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Obama orders review of election hacks as Trump doubts Russia’s role

The review is scheduled to be completed before Obama leaves office

Dec 9, 2016 3 mins

Georgia says it’s traced an attempted voter hack to DHS

An IP address from the agency was the source of an attempted breach of the state's voter registration database, according to Georgia's secretary of state.

By Michael Kan

Dec 8, 2016 3 mins

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Russian cyberspies likely behind DNC breach move on to German election

Fancy Bear has been allegedly targeting political parties in the country using spear-phishing attacks

By Michael Kan

Dec 8, 2016 2 mins

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Democrats unveil bill to probe Russia’s role in alleged election hacks

President-elect Trump continues to doubt that Russia was involved

By Michael Kan

Dec 7, 2016 3 mins

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Scholars, infosec experts call for action on Russian hacking

In the wake of reports about Russian involvement in fake news and hacks against political targets leading up to the recent presidential election, scholars and security experts are calling for federal action

By Maria Korolov

Dec 1, 2016 4 mins

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