If ever there was a sign the United States was losing control of information warfare, of its own warriors, it was the moment one of…
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FireEye, a Top Cybersecurity Firm, Says It Was Hacked by a Nation-State
WASHINGTON — For years, the cybersecurity firm FireEye has been the first call for government agencies and companies around the world who have been hacked…
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Get Your Digital Accounts Ready In Case of Death
On March 7, 2019, Myrna M. DeLeon passed away, days before her 65th birthday. “Her death was completely unexpected,” said her daughter and my brother-in-law’s…
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I Shared My Phone Number. I Learned I Shouldn’t Have.
For most of our lives, we have been conditioned to share a piece of personal information without a moment’s hesitation: our phone number. We punch…
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Cisco to Pay $8.6 Million to Settle Government Claims of Flawed Tech
WASHINGTON — Cisco Systems agreed on Wednesday to pay $8.6 million to settle claims that it sold video surveillance technology that it knew had a…
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iPhone FaceTime Bug That Allows Spying Was Flagged to Apple Over a Week Ago
SAN FRANCISCO — On Jan. 19, Grant Thompson, a 14-year-old in Arizona, made an unexpected discovery: Using FaceTime, Apple’s video chatting software, he could eavesdrop…
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Did Australia Poke a Hole in Your Phone’s Security?
SYDNEY, Australia — A new law in Australia gives law enforcement authorities the power to compel tech-industry giants like Apple to create tools that would…
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You Don’t Have to Be a Journalist to Want to Keep Chats Private
How do New York Times journalists use technology in their jobs and in their personal lives? Kate Conger, a technology reporter for The Times in…
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