Hacking
A woman looks at her phone as she passes an Olympic logo inside the main media center for the Beijing Winter Olympics Tuesday, Jan. 18, 2022, in Beijing. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
Report: Chinese Olympic app has serious security flaws

By Alan Suderman Jan. 18, 2022 02:18 PM EST

FILE - In this Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2021, file photo, a clinical lab scientist processes upper respiratory samples from patients suspected of having COVID-19 at a laboratory in Palo Alto, Calif. On Friday, June 18, 2021, The Associated Press reported on stories circulating online incorrectly asserting the new COVID-19 variants were named after brain wave frequencies. Both virus variants and brain wave frequencies are named using letters from the Greek alphabet. But the names have no connection. (AP Photo/Noah Berger, File)
NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week

By Beatrice Dupuy And Ali Swenson Jun. 18, 2021 11:50 AM EDT

President Joe Biden speaks during a news conference after meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Wednesday, June 16, 2021, in Geneva, Switzerland. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
The Latest: Biden and Putin depart Geneva after summit

Jun. 16, 2021 04:00 AM EDT

This poster provided by the U.S. Department of Justice shows Maxsim Yukabets. Yakubets, 33, is best known as co-leader of a cybergang that calls itself Evil Corp. Foreign keyboard criminals with no fear of repercussions have paralyzed U.S. schools and hospitals, leaked highly sensitive police files, triggered US fuel shortages and, most recently, a now could be responsible for a disruption in global food supply chains. (U.S. Department of Justice via AP)
Global war on ransomware? Hurdles hinder the US response

By Alan Suderman Jun. 05, 2021 08:31 AM EDT

Irish health system struggling to recover from cyberattack

May. 18, 2021 10:16 AM EDT
LONDON (AP) — Ireland’s health system was still struggling to restore its computers and treat patients on Tuesday, four days after it shut down its entire IT...

FILE - In this Friday, Feb. 21, 2020 file photo, Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar arrives for an EU summit at the European Council building in Brussels. Ireland’s health service says it has shut down its IT systems after being targeted in a “significant ransomware attack.” The Health Service Executive said Friday that the move was a precaution, and appointments for coronavirus vaccinations were not affected. Procedures were canceled at hospitals and Deputy Prime Minister Leo Varadkar said the disruption could last for days. (Ludovic Marin, Pool Photo via AP, File)
Irish health system targeted in 'serious' ransomware attack

May. 14, 2021 03:40 AM EDT

Finland IDs hackers linked to parliament spying attack

Mar. 18, 2021 11:24 AM EDT
HELSINKI (AP) — Finland’s domestic security agency said Thursday that the cybergroup APT31, which is generally linked to the Chinese government, was likely...

White House deputy national security adviser Anne Neuberger speaks during a press briefing, Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Suspected Russian hack fuels new US action on cybersecurity

By Ben Fox And Alan Suderman Feb. 19, 2021 01:16 AM EST

An ampoule Moderna vaccine against the COVID-19 disease, stand on the table at the Diakonie Hospital "DIAKO" vaccination ward in Bremen, Germany, Friday, Jan. 15, 2021. Besides the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine, Moderna is the second corona vaccine approved in the European Union. (Mohssen Assanimoghaddam/dpa via AP)
EU regulator: Hackers 'manipulated' stolen vaccine documents

By Maria Cheng Jan. 15, 2021 10:22 AM EST

President-elect Joe Biden receives his first dose of the coronavirus vaccine from Nurse partitioner Tabe Mase at Christiana Hospital in Newark Del., Monday, Dec. 21, 2020, from nurse practitioner Tabe Mase. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
Biden: Trump 'failed' to shore up nation's cybersecurity

By Alexandra Jaffe And Meg Kinnard Dec. 22, 2020 09:08 AM EST

China criticizes Trump suggestion it is behind cyber spying

Dec. 21, 2020 05:19 AM EST
BEIJING (AP) — China’s government on Monday criticized President Donald Trump’s suggestion that Chinese hackers, not Russia, might be behind a cyber espionage...

FILE - This June 6, 2013 file photo, shows the sign outside the National Security Agency (NSA) campus in Fort Meade, Md.All fingers are pointing to Russia as author of the worst-ever hack of U.S. government agencies. But President Donald Trump, long wary of blaming Moscow for cyberattacks has so far been silent. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)
Trump downplays Russia in first comments on hacking campaign

By Jill Colvin And Matthew Lee Dec. 20, 2020 12:45 AM EST

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks at Georgia Tech, Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2020, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)
Trump downplays Russia in first comments on hacking campaign

By Jill Colvin And Matthew Lee Dec. 19, 2020 09:02 AM EST

FILE - The U.S. Treasury Department building viewed from the Washington Monument, Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2019, in Washington. Hackers got into computers at the U.S. Treasury Department and possibly other federal agencies, touching off a government response involving the National Security Council. Security Council spokesperson John Ullyot said Sunday, Dec. 13, 2020 that the government is aware of reports about the hacks. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, file)
Hacked networks will need to be burned 'down to the ground'

By Frank Bajak Dec. 18, 2020 10:42 PM EST

European Commissioner for Promoting our European Way of Life Margaritas Schinas speaks during an online news conference at the European Council headquarters in Brussels, Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2020. The European Union unveiled Wednesday plans to revamp the 27-nation bloc's dated cybersecurity rules, just days after data on a new coronavirus vaccine was unlawfully accessed in a hack attack on the European Medicines Agency. (Kenzo Tribouillard/Pool Photo via AP)
EU unveils revamp of cybersecurity rules days after hack

Dec. 16, 2020 07:29 AM EST

FILE - In this Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2019, file photo, a woman types on a keyboard in New York. Following the disclosure of a global cyberespionage campaign that penetrated multiple U.S. government agencies and private organizations, governments and major corporations worldwide are scrambling to see if they, too, were victims. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane, File)
Hack may have exposed deep US secrets; damage yet unknown

By Frank Bajak Dec. 15, 2020 06:33 PM EST

FILE - The U.S. Treasury Department building viewed from the Washington Monument, Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2019, in Washington. Hackers got into computers at the U.S. Treasury Department and possibly other federal agencies, touching off a government response involving the National Security Council. Security Council spokesperson John Ullyot said Sunday, Dec. 13, 2020 that the government is aware of reports about the hacks. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, file)
US agencies hacked in monthslong global cyberspying campaign

By Eric Tucker, Frank Bajak And Matt O'brien Dec. 14, 2020 01:30 AM EST

FILE - The U.S. Treasury Department building viewed from the Washington Monument, Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2019, in Washington. Hackers got into computers at the U.S. Treasury Department and possibly other federal agencies, touching off a government response involving the National Security Council. Security Council spokesperson John Ullyot said Sunday, Dec. 13, 2020 that the government is aware of reports about the hacks. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, file)
US agencies hacked in monthslong global cyberspying campaign

By Eric Tucker, Frank Bajak And Matt O'brien Dec. 13, 2020 11:00 PM EST

A vial of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, as the mass public vaccination program gets underway, at the NHS Louisa Jordan Hospital in Glasgow, Scotland, Tuesday Dec. 8, 2020. The United Kingdom is beginning its vaccination campaign with vulnerable, the elderly and key workers among the first people to be inoculated against the COVID-19 virus. (Jeff J Mitchell/Pool via AP)
EU drug regulator hacked, data on COVID-19 vaccine accessed

Dec. 09, 2020 03:24 PM EST

In this photo provided by University of Vermont Health Network, Sarah Shields, a patient account representative at the University of Vermont Medical Center in Burlington, Vt., runs paper lab orders on Friday, Nov. 20, 2020. After the Oct. 28, cyberattack, administrators scrambled to keep the hospital operational — cancelling non-urgent appointments, reverting to pen-and-paper record keeping and rerouting some critical care patients to nearby hospitals. (Ryan Mercer/University of Vermont Health Network via AP)
As hospitals cope with a COVID-19 surge, cyber threats loom

By Marion Renault And Wilson Ring Dec. 04, 2020 10:21 AM EST