Computer and data security
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

Packets containing cocaine which was hidden in boxes of bananas are seen at Malta Freeport, an international transshipment hub on Malta’s southeastern tip, after it was seized by Customs Malta, late Tuesday, June 8, 2021. The customs department in Malta intercepted 740 kilograms (1,630 pounds) of cocaine Tuesday in a record-breaking drug seizure for the Mediterranean island nation, officials said. (Customs Malta via AP)
EU report: Illicit drug sales moved online during lockdowns

Jun. 09, 2021 05:31 AM EDT

Editorial Roundup: Pennsylvania

By The Associated Press May. 19, 2021 09:00 AM EDT
Philadelphia Inquirer. May 17, 2021. Editorial: Republican lawmakers should deal with real issues instead of targeting transgender children...

Prosecutors probe Pennsylvania contact tracing data breach

May. 12, 2021 04:14 PM EDT
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The Pennsylvania attorney general said Wednesday his agency has begun looking into a breach of COVID-19 contact tracing data that may...

GOP: Wolf should fire vendor that mishandled virus data

By Michael Rubinkam May. 03, 2021 01:35 PM EDT
Pennsylvania should immediately terminate the no-bid state contract of a company that performed COVID-19 contact tracing and exposed the private medical...

Contract tracing breach impacts private info of 72K people

By Mark Scolforo And Michael Rubinkam Apr. 29, 2021 01:02 PM EDT
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Employees of a vendor paid to conduct COVID-19 contact tracing in Pennsylvania may have compromised the private information of at least...

New Mexico AG reviewing practices of child welfare workers

Apr. 28, 2021 12:11 PM EDT
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico Attorney General Hector Balderas said Wednesday he is “highly concerned” about government employees potentially deleting...

Editorial Roundup: US

By The Associated Press Apr. 07, 2021 07:51 PM EDT
Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: ___ April 7 The Boston Globe on ...

Bangladeshi students clash with police during a protest in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Monday, March 1, 2021. About 300 student activists rallied in Bangladesh’s capital on Monday to denounce the death in prison of Mushtaq Ahmed, a writer and commentator who was arrested last year on charges of violating a sweeping digital security law that critics say chokes freedom of expression. (AP Photo/Mahmud Hossain Opu)
Bangladesh High Court grants bail to imprisoned cartoonist

By Julhas Alam Mar. 03, 2021 06:55 AM EST

Bangladeshi students overturn security barricades outside the Home Ministry during a protest in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Monday, March 1, 2021. About 300 student activists rallied in Bangladesh’s capital on Monday to denounce the death in prison of Mushtaq Ahmed, a writer and commentator who was arrested last year on charges of violating a sweeping digital security law that critics say chokes freedom of expression. (AP Photo/Mahmud Hossain Opu)
300 activists rally in Bangladesh to denounce prison death

By Julhas Alam Mar. 01, 2021 03:24 AM EST

Protesters offer Friday prayers as they protest the death in prison of a writer who was arrested on charges of violating the sweeping digital security, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Friday, Feb. 26, 2021. Mushtaq Ahmed, 53, was arrested in Dhaka in May last year for making comments on social media that criticized the Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina government's handling of the coronavirus pandemic. He had been denied bail at least six times. (AP Photo/Mahmud Hossain Opu)
Bangladeshis protest prison death of commentator

By Julhas Alam Feb. 26, 2021 04:53 AM EST

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

Data breach compromised info of 1M-plus who sought benefits

By Gene Johnson Feb. 01, 2021 02:44 PM EST
SEATTLE (AP) — A Washington agency examining how the state fell victim to massive unemployment fraud last year said Monday that files on 1.6 million claims...

Air pollution blankets a mountain range in Tehran, Iran, Dec 23, 2020. Iran's capital and its major cities have been plunged into darkness as rolling outages in recent weeks left millions with no electricity for hours. With toxic smog blanketing the skies in Tehran and the country buckling under the strain of the pandemic and sanctions targeting Iran’s oil and gas industry, speculation about the spate of blackouts gripped social media. Soon, fingers pointed at an unlikely culprit: Bitcoin. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)
Iran, pressured by blackouts and pollution, targets Bitcoin

By Nasser Karimi And Isabel Debre Jan. 22, 2021 01:03 AM EST

FILE - In this Oct. 2, 2020, file photo, Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak speaks during a news conference at the Sawyer Building in Las Vegas. Sisolak laid out ambitious plans Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2021, to create programs to spur job growth and attract new industries to Nevada as the coronavirus pandemic continues to wreak havoc on the state's tourism-driven economy. (K.M. Cannon/Las Vegas Review-Journal via AP, Pool, File)
Sisolak calls to diversify Nevada's tourism-reliant economy

By Sam Metz And Michelle L. Price Jan. 19, 2021 09:42 PM EST

FILE- In this Dec. 21, 2017, file photo, a Bitcoin logo is shown is displayed on an ATM in Hong Kong. The price of bitcoin rose above $20,000 for the first time Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2020 as the speculative digital currency reached levels not seen since when bitcoin became tradable on Wall Street three years ago this month. Like other instruments used to store value in times of uncertainty, bitcoin has benefited from the pandemic which has push other commodities like gold, silver, platinum up to multi-year highs. But despite its high price, the currency remains a niche investment for most of the public, and remains extremely volatile. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File)
Bitcoin surges past $20,000, erasing 3 years of deep losses

By Ken Sweet Dec. 16, 2020 03:20 PM 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

Editorial Roundup: New England

By The Associated Press Nov. 06, 2020 04:38 PM EST
Recent editorials of regional and national interest from New England’s newspapers: CONNECTICUT: Local Republicans...

Brazilian police investigate online hacking of high court

Nov. 05, 2020 05:40 PM EST
SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil's federal police opened an investigation into the hacking of computers at one of the country's high courts on Thursday. ...

FILE - This Thursday, June 14, 2018, file photo, shows the FBI seal at a news conference at FBI headquarters in Washington. In an alert Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2020, the FBI and other federal agencies warned that cybercriminals are unleashing a wave of data-scrambling extortion attempts against the U.S. healthcare system that could lock up their information systems just as nationwide cases of COVID-19 are spiking. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)
FBI warns ransomware assault threatens US health care system

By Frank Bajak Oct. 29, 2020 12:50 AM EDT