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The Feds cracked El Chapo’s encrypted comms network by flipping his system admin — Gizmodo

Prosecutors played copies of what they said were audio recordings of Guzmán the FBI obtained “after they infiltrated his encrypted messaging system”, writes Tom...

The government shutdown has severely weakened cybersecurity in the US — MIT Technology Review

In a stalemate over how best to secure America’s southern border, the Trump administration has endangered the integrity of one of the country’s even more important frontiers,...

How China’s elite hackers stole the world’s most valuable secrets — Wired

A new Justice Department indictment outlines how Chinese hackers allegedly compromised data from companies in a dozen countries in a single intrusion, writes Brian...

Ernst & Young, Symantec will go to market jointly with cyber risk management solutions

Ernst & Young (EY) has inked a strategic partnership with Symantec on data protection and cyber risk management for enterprises.

Marriott data breach is traced to Chinese hackers as U.S. readies crackdown on Beijing — NYT

The cyberattack on the Marriott hotel chain that collected personal details of roughly 500 million guests was part of a Chinese intelligence-gathering effort that...