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A TV monitor displays a message from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) during a news conference to announce an international ransomware enforcement action, at the Department of Justice in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 26, 2023. The FBI has seized the website of a prolific ransomware gang that has heavily targeted hospitals and other healthcare providers. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

‘We hacked the hackers’: Biden administration reveals international effort that nails cybercriminals

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

Chinese President Xi Jinping and Finnish President Sauli Niinisto (unseen) review an honor guard at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Monday, Jan. 14, 2019. (AP Photo/Andy Wong, File)

China launches aggressive political power-play to undermine U.S. midterm elections

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

In this Nov. 7, 2012, photo, U.S. and Chinese national flags are hung outside a hotel during the U.S. presidential election event, organized by the U.S. embassy in Beijing. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

Pro-China disinformation scheme attempted to discourage Americans from voting, sow political discord

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

The American and Chinese flags wave at Genting Snow Park ahead of the 2022 Winter Olympics, Feb. 2, 2022, in Zhangjiakou, China. Hackers working on behalf of the Chinese government broke into the computer networks of at least six state governments in the United States in the last year. That's according to a report released Tuesday by a private cybersecurity firm. The report from Mandiant does not identify the hacked agencies or offer a motive for the intrusions, which began last May and continued through the last month. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato, File)

Chinese posed as local Texans online to target rare earth producer

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

A sign is shown on a Google building at their campus in Mountain View, Calif., on Sept. 24, 2019. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)

Google to acquire cybersecurity firm Mandiant for estimated $5.4 billion

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

This Feb 23, 2019, photo shows the inside of a computer. The Biden administration will offer rewards up to $10 million for information leading to the identification of foreign state-sanctioned malicious cyber activity against critical U.S. infrastructure, including ransomware attacks. The administration is launching the website stopransomware.gov to offer the public resources for countering the threat. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane) **FILE**

Cybersecurity pros warn Ukraine crisis could spur Russian cyberattacks around the world

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

The Kremlin in Moscow is seen here on Sept. 29, 2017. The federal government's primary cyber security agency is urging computer network administrators for American critical infrastructure networks to immediately bolster security against electronic attacks following suspected Russian cyberstrikes against Ukraine. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev) **FILE**

Report says Russian hackers haven’t eased spying efforts

By Eric Tucker and Frank Bajak - Associated Press

This Feb 23, 2019, photo shows the inside of a computer. The Biden administration will offer rewards up to $10 million for information leading to the identification of foreign state-sanctioned malicious cyber activity against critical U.S. infrastructure, including ransomware attacks. The administration is launching the website stopransomware.gov to offer the public resources for countering the threat. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane) **FILE**

Russian-speaking group ‘FIN12’ blamed for ransomware attacks on hospitals

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

Dr. Michelle Lee, left, a radiology resident, and Ida Chen, right, a physician assistant student, unfold a banner Lee created to display at rallies protesting anti-Asian hate, Saturday April 24, 2021, in New York's Chinatown. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

Cyber sleuths blame China-based digital propaganda for fanning Asian American protests

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

This Feb. 24, 2021, file photo shows a T-Mobile store at a shopping mall in Pittsburgh. T-Mobile says about 7.8 million of its current postpaid customer accounts’ information and approximately 40 million records of former or prospective customers who had previously applied for credit with the company were involved in a recent data breach. T-Mobile said Wednesday, Aug. 18, that customers’ first and last names, date of birth, Social Security numbers, and driver’s license/ID information were exposed. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)

T-Mobile CEO says he’s ‘truly sorry’ for hack of 50M users’ data

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In this Aug. 11, 2019, file photo, an iPhone displays multiple apps in New Orleans. More than 50 government officials across 13 agencies “threatened, cajoled and colluded” with social media companies to silence online speech about topics the Biden administration disliked such as election integrity, the origins of the novel coronavirus and COVID-19 restrictions, according to a lawsuit filed by state attorneys general. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane, File)

Researchers say they’ve found a flaw exposing millions of devices’ camera data and audio to hackers

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

This Feb 23, 2019, file photo shows the inside of a computer in Jersey City, N.J. A ransomware attack paralyzed the networks of at least 200 U.S. companies on Friday, July 2, 2021, according to a cybersecurity researcher whose company was responding to the incident. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane, File) **FILE**

Cybersecurity teams work stem impact of biggest global ransomware on record

By Frank Bajak - Associated Press

This undated image provided by the cybersecurity firm FireEye shows a Tweet from a social media persona related to a group called &quot;Liberty Front Press&quot; using the Twitter handle &quot;@Berniecratss.&quot; FireEye called the group an influence operation apparently aimed at promoting Iranian political interests. The group had multiple social media personas that masqueraded as liberal U.S. activists. (FireEye via AP)

FireEye: Tech firms’ secret weapon against disinformation

By MAE ANDERSON - Associated Press

In this Feb. 27, 2013, photo illustration, hands type on a computer keyboard in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)

Industrial safety systems targeted by Triton malware meant to cause ‘physical consequences’: Reports

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

Equifax: 2.5 million more Americans may be affected by hack

By KEN SWEET - Associated Press