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US: Hack of federal agencies 'likely Russian in origin'

January 06, 2021 10:15 am

Top national security agencies in a rare joint statement said the hacks appeared to be intended for "intelligence-gathering," suggesting the evidence so far pointed to a Russian spying effort rather than an attempt to damage or disrupt US government operations.

Evidence of hacked Supermicro hardware found in US telecom

October 09, 2018 10:06 pm

The development comes following an investigative report that detailed how China’s intelligence services had ordered subcontractors to plant malicious chips in Supermicro server motherboards over a two-year period ending in 2015.

US cyber espionage: Hackers have personal data of every federal employee, claims workers' union

June 12, 2015 11:22 am

Hackers stole personal data for every federal employee, a government worker union said, saying that the cyber theft of employee information was more damaging than the administration has acknowledged.

NSA hired IT specialists to hack sensitive info: Report

November 24, 2013 3:45 pm

NSA documents revealed that the agency was able to infiltrate over 50,000 computer networks.

France seeks explanations after 'shocking' US spying claims

October 21, 2013 3:25 pm

Spy agency taped 70.3 million phone calls in France between Dec 10 and Jan 8 this year.

China calls US the "real hacking empire" after Pentagon report

May 08, 2013 9:47 am

People's Liberation Army Daily called the report a "gross interference in China's internal affairs".

US will lose cyber war: Ex-official

August 08, 2011 9:23 am

A former top American official has said that the US lacks an online security "hygiene".

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