computer hacking

In Cleveland, Ohio, about 8,000 city employees — including the police and fire departments — are affected by the Kronos outage.

Hackers disrupt payroll for thousands of employers — including hospitals

7:35am January 15, 2022

by Becky Sullivan

Hundreds, if not thousands, of workers have missed out on overtime and holiday pay in recent weeks. In Cleveland, city administrators set up a "war room" to deal with the paycheck backlog.

Visitors walk past the giant word "Data" during the Guiyang International Big Data Expo 2016 in southwestern China. China says it's determined to be a leader in using artificial intelligence to sort through big data. U.S. officials say the Chinese efforts

China Wants Your Data — And May Already Have It

4:41pm February 24, 2021

by Greg Myre

When COVID hit, a Chinese firm offered to set up testing labs in the U.S., which could have given it access to DNA data. The U.S. says this is part of China's effort to collect mass data on Americans.

Fireworks explode over the Kremlin and Red Square during New Year's celebrations on Jan. 1 in Moscow. The U.S. government says a widespread computer incursion into U.S. government and private computer networks was likely carried out by Russia.

U.S. Security Agencies: Massive Computer Hack Is 'Likely Russian'

6:21pm January 05, 2021

by Greg Myre

In its most detailed comment so far, the U.S. government says the breach of government and private company computer networks "will require a sustained and dedicated effort to remediate."

Russian hackers successfully infiltrated emails of employees at Burisma Holdings, a Ukrainian energy company, according to a U.S. security firm. Here, a building is seen in Kyiv that holds the offices of a Burisma subsidiary.

Russia Hacked Ukrainian Company Linked To Trump Impeachment, Security Firm Says

12:01pm January 14, 2020

by Bill Chappell

Days after the House formalized its impeachment inquiry into President Trump, Russian hackers reportedly started working to gain access to Ukrainian energy company Burisma Holding's email accounts.

"To an extraordinary degree, Mark Zuckerberg is Facebook ... so if you're going to understand Facebook in any meaningful way, the conversation really has to start with him and end with him," journalist Evan Osnos says.

Politics & Government

The Central Question Behind Facebook: 'What Does Mark Zuckerberg Believe In?'

5:15pm October 04, 2018

by Dave Davies

Facebook and its CEO have come up against "a growing and really serious decline of public trust, both among politicians and among the general public," New Yorker staff writer Evan Osnos says.

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A New York City election worker tests a ballot scanner ahead of the November 2016 election. Two congressional panels are looking into the extent of Russian attempts to hack parts of the election system.

5 Questions Ahead Of The Election Hacking Hearings

4:03am June 21, 2017

by Pam Fessler

Russia's efforts to interfere with last year's elections will be front and center during two hearings on Capitol Hill on Wednesday.

North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un. A hacking group linked to North Korea has used code that's identical to some of the malware used in the WannaCry attack, security researchers say.

National

North Korea May Be Linked To WannaCry Ransomware, Researchers Say

2:00pm May 16, 2017

by Bill Chappell

Google security researcher Neel Mehta pointed out similarities between WannaCry and malware used by Lazarus, the group that has been blamed for the Sony Pictures hack of 2014.

A world map shows where computers were infected by WannaCrypt ransomware since Sunday, as recorded by MalwareTech.com.

WannaCry Ransomware: What We Know Monday

4:03pm May 15, 2017

by Bill Chappell

A Homeland Security official says that so far, "the U.S. is still in a relatively good place." But because of the malware's success, it is being tweaked to foil attempts to stop its spread.

AOL CEO Tim Armstrong will take the same position at the head of Verizon's Oath.

Yahoo And AOL Move In Together Under 'Oath,' Verizon's New Digital Arm

9:21am April 05, 2017

by Laura Sydell

The digital content mashup of Internet oldsters will be led by Tim Armstrong, AOL's CEO. Though the Yahoo deal was widely panned, it gives Verizon a vast subscriber base appealing to advertisers.

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President-elect Donald Trump gets on an elevator Monday after speaking with reporters at Trump Tower in New York.

Trump Denies Allegations Of Secret Ties, Collusion Between Campaign And Russia

11:44pm January 10, 2017

by Philip Ewing

Intelligence officials recently briefed both Obama and Trump about the unconfirmed reports. U.S. intelligence agencies have said Russia engaged in an extensive hacking effort during the 2016 election.