A Romanian hacker who targeted high-profile US politicians has been sentenced to 52 months in prison. Marcel Lazar, known online as “Guccifer”, pleaded guilty in May on charges of aggravated…
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Is Russia hacking the US election?
Huge leaks of data from US organisations have been attributed by some to Russia, so has the former Soviet state launched cyberwar on the US elections? By Chris Baraniuk, Technology…
Edward Snowden: Russia probably behind NSA leak
The whistleblower Edward Snowden believes Russia is behind a leak of malware allegedly belonging to the US National Security Agency (NSA). By Kevin Rawlinson, BBC News Hackers calling themselves Shadow…
Russia cyber attack: Large hack 'hits government'
A “professional” cyber attack has hit Russian government bodies, the country’s intelligence service says. A “cyber-spying virus” was found in the networks of about 20 organisations, the Federal Security Service…
Democrat hack: Who is Guccifer 2.0?
A lone hacker calling themselves Guccifer 2.0 has claimed responsibility for a damaging hacking attack on the US Democratic Party. In that attack, gigabytes of files including emails and other…
US election: Trump encourages Russia to find Clinton emails
Donald Trump has “actively encouraged” foreign powers to hack his presidential rival Hillary Clinton, her camp says. Mrs Clinton did not hand over 30,000 emails as part of an investigation…