Hacking

CNN States add intrusion sensors to election systems to thwart hackingCNN(CNN) A growing number of states are installing a cyber-intrusion sensor system supplied by the Department of Homeland Security in response to fears that election systems my be hacked by foreign adversaries during the 2018 midterm elections and beyond.Wyoming confident …

WASHINGTON —  A majority of U.S. states has adopted technology that allows the federal government to see inside state computer systems managing voter data or voting devices in order to root out hackers. Two years after Russian hackers breached voter registration databases in Illinois and Arizona, most states have begun …

WBAL Baltimore Meet the kids hacking our next electionWBAL BaltimoreAt the hacking convention DEFCON 16, a group of 50 kids aged 16 and under managed to hack into a replica of the U.S. election results page and change the information listed. Advertisement. Here are 5 reasons to add ‘going to …

WASHINGTON — FBI agents in California and Washington, D.C., have investigated a series of cyberattacks over the past year that targeted a Democratic opponent of Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA). Rohrabacher is a 15-term incumbent who is widely seen as the most pro-Russia and pro-Putin member of Congress and is a …

It’s Saturday morning at Defcon, and eight players are racing to solve as many hacking challenges as they can within two hours. But the crowd at Caesars Palace isn’t here for that. They want to see someone’s computer get smashed. A player known only as “That Guy” is the first …

Child’s play or a sign of a serious security problem in one of the nation’s swing states? That’s the question confronting Florida election officials who are pushing back against reports that an 11-year-old hacked a replica of the state’s election website. Multiple media outlets over the weekend reported that children …

CISO MAG (blog) Election hacking, now a child’s playCISO MAG (blog)Election hacking is now a child’s play, or at least that is what Democratic National Committee (DNC) of United States is trying to show at the upcoming DEFCON in Las Vegas. Inspired by last year’s DEF CON’s Voting Village, where …

Nigerian Man Found Guilty on Charges Related to HackingU.S. News & World ReportATLANTA (AP) — A jury in Atlanta has convicted a Nigerian man on federal charges related to hacking universities. Prosecutors said in a news release Monday that 34-year-old Olayinka Olaniyi and co-defendant 29-year-old Damilola Solomon Ibiwoye ran … and …

An 11-year-old boy on Friday was able to hack into a replica of the Florida state election website and change voting results found there in under 10 minutes during the world’s largest yearly hacking convention, DEFCON 26, organizers of the event said. Thousands of adult hackers attend the convention annually, …

A few weeks ago, a report highlighted how hackers were gaining access to Instagram accounts by stealing a phone number and reassigning it to a different SIM card. Now, authorities have made an arrest as part of a multi-state SIM card hacking ring… Sylvania HomeKit Light Strip Court records unearthed …