How the Far Right Exploded on Steam and Discord
Since the online harassment campaign known as Gamergate, in which sections of the gaming world hounded female journalists with rape, bomb, and […]
Tag: Security / National Security
Phantom Warships Are Courting Chaos in Conflict Zones
Bergman had noticed fake tracks on an AIS website before, when virtual yachts from an online sail racing game had improbably appeared […]
How China’s Hacking Entered a Reckless New Phase
For years, China seemed to operate at the quieter end of the state-sponsored-hacking spectrum. While Russia and North Korea carried out hack-and-leak […]
Biden’s Cybersecurity Team Gets Crowded at the Top
(Disclosure: I have worked with nearly everyone mentioned in this article at the Aspen Institute, where most were engaged in the public-private […]
The Cl0p Bust Shows Exactly Why Ransomware Isn’t Going Away
On Wednesday, as United States president Joe Biden and Russian president Vladimir Putin prepared to meet in Geneva, Ukrainian law enforcement announced […]
The SolarWinds Hackers Aren’t ‘Back.’ They Never Went Away
The Russian hackers who breached SolarWinds IT management software to compromise a slew of United States government agencies and businesses are back […]
An Ambitious Plan to Tackle Ransomware Faces Long Odds
Schools, hospitals, the City of Atlanta. Garmin, Acer, the Washington, DC, police. At this point no one is safe from the scourge […]
US Sanctions on Russia Rewrite Cyberespionage’s Rules
Some cyberpolicy critics see Biden’s sanctions for SolarWinds spying in more cynical terms: an incoherent, knee-jerk response designed to satisfy anyone who’d […]
The Biggest Security Threats to the US Are the Hardest to Define
It’s been two years since the heads of the top US intelligence agencies last came to Congress for an update on global […]
Extremist Charged With Plot to Blow Up Amazon Data Centers
In the days after the January 6 riot on Capitol Hill, one man struck an alarming note on the MyMilitia.com message board. […]