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Hacking worries have hovered over Germany’s election campaign. AFP/File / FABRICE COFFRINI


Germany on Guard Against Russian Hack

Germany on Guard Against Russian Hack

As the clock ticks down to elections Sunday, Germany’s cyber defense nervously hopes it’ll be third time lucky after Russia was accused of meddling in the US and French votes and cyber attacking the website of Chancellor Angela Merkel. But even if Berlin...
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Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin – DMITRY


The Russia Probe Through Moscow’s Lens

The Russia Probe Through Moscow’s Lens

At a cafe a few blocks from the old KGB headquarters at Lubyanka Square, investigative journalist Andrei Soldatov tries to explain the murky world of Russian intelligence that’s now the focus of a US criminal investigation into the hacking of the 2016 campaign. Big...
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A sample of the ransomware cyberattack on a laptop in Taipei, Taiwan, on Saturday. Credit Ritchie B. Tongo/European Pressphoto Agency


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Sinking pirates. Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg


Why Netflix is Winning the Online Piracy Wars

Why Netflix is Winning the Online Piracy Wars

A hacker who has unsuccessfully tried to hold Netflix for ransom has achieved an unexpected result: His failure shows that subscription-based business models in content distribution is making piracy pointless. Intellectual property owners’ slowness in adopting...
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How to Protect Your Devices from Hacking

How to Protect Your Devices from Hacking

New York- WikiLeaks this week published a trove of documents that appears to detail how the Central Intelligence Agency successfully hacked a wide variety of tech products, including iPhones, Android devices, Wi-Fi routers and Samsung televisions. That’s just about...