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from The Center for Investigative Reporting

Category: Cybersecurity

Hacking, the National Security Agency and cyberwarfare

Judge unseals trove of internal Facebook documents following our legal action

by Nathan Halverson January 17, 2019January 6, 2020

Facebook’s own employees worried they were bamboozling children who racked up hundreds, and sometimes even thousands, of dollars in game charges, documents show.

Posted inCybersecurity, National Security

They didn’t vote … now they can’t

by Angela Caputo, Geoff Hing and Johnny Kauffman October 22, 2018November 27, 2018

Georgia purged an estimated 107,000 people largely for not voting, an APM Reports investigation shows.

Posted inAccountability, Cybersecurity, National Security

Who gets to vote?

by Michael Montgomery, Katharine Mieszkowski, Byard Duncan, Deborah George, Aaron Sankin, Michael Corey, Mwende Hinojosa, Fernando Arruda and Jim Briggs October 20, 2018July 22, 2020

The 2018 Georgia governor’s race has become a battleground for many of America’s most pressing concerns about democracy.

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Palo Alto Networks avoids disclosing diversity data despite shareholder vote

by Will Evans December 22, 2017April 11, 2018

The cybersecurity company used a controversial workaround to avoid disclosing diversity data after a majority of shareholders voted for disclosure.

How an army of Twitter bots almost created a major political pundit

by Aaron Sankin April 3, 2017April 6, 2017

To get the true story behind the bot army accused of bolstering Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign, “60 Minutes” turned to someone who has spent years mastering the art of deploying fake social media accounts – and uses a fake name.

Posted inAccountability, Cybersecurity, Local Law Enforcement, National Security, Surveillance and Privacy, The Trump Era

How to stay safe online: A cybersecurity guide for political activists

by Aaron Sankin December 8, 2016January 29, 2017

To be both safe and effective, thinking deeply about one’s own cybersecurity practices is essential.

This is how America’s presidential election could be hacked

by Byard Duncan July 29, 2016July 29, 2016

The recent Democratic National Committee email hack didn’t just create chaos for both parties. It also shows what another country can do if it wants to mess with our elections.

Posted inCybersecurity, Immigration, National Security

Deportation stalls for Chinese woman linked to US security breach

by Andrew Becker December 2, 2015August 3, 2017

Espionage concerns loom over a debate among federal agencies about how to argue for the woman’s deportation in an immigration court – and whether to use potentially classified information against her.

Post-Paris push against encryption has been long coming

by Ali Winston November 20, 2015December 15, 2015

The law enforcement community has long been searching for a wedge to try to change the tenor of the public debate over privacy and surveillance since Edward Snowden’s leaks about mass surveillance programs in 2013, and activity in the wake of the Paris attacks is no exception.

Contrary to claims, police wiretaps threatened by encryption are down

by G.W. Schulz November 18, 2015December 15, 2015

American law enforcement officials argue the Paris attacks show need for “backdoors” that enable government surveillance in computing devices and software despite a drop in requests for wiretaps on encrypted communications.

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