Frank Bajak

Associated Press

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Russian President Vladimir Putin attends his annual live call-in show in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, June 30, 2021.

NSA Discloses Hacking Methods it Says Are Used by Russia

Attacks have been attempted on hundreds of government agencies, energy companies and other organizations.

Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco announces the recovery of millions of dollars worth of cryptocurrency from the Colonial Pipeline Co. ransomware attacks as she speaks during a news conference with FBI Deputy Director Paul Abbate and acting U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of California Stephanie Hinds at the Justice Department in Washington, Monday, June 7, 2021.

US Recovers Most of Ransom Paid After Colonial Pipeline Hack

Colonial officials had paid ransom in bitcoin valued at $4.4 million.

In this Oct. 13, 2018, file photo, a sign marks the entrance to the Tesla Gigafactory in Sparks, Nev. A Russian citizen has pleaded guilty to offering a Tesla employee $1 million to get malware into the electric car company's plant in Nevada and enable a ransomware attack. Attorneys representing Egor Igorevich Kriuchkov did not immediately respond Friday, March 19, 2021, to messages about his Thursday plea in U.S. District Court in Reno.

Russian Pleads Guilty to Tesla Ransomware Plot

He offered a Tesla employee $1 million to cripple the electric car company’s massive electric battery plant in Nevada.

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Apple, Google Team Up

They want to track down people who may have been infected by coronavirus carriers.

In this June 13, 2019, file photo, Steve Marcinkus, an Investigator with the Office of the City Commissioners, demonstrates the ExpressVote XL voting machine at the Reading Terminal Market in Philadelphia.

Voting Machine Reliability Questioned

They are at least twice as expensive as the hand-marked paper ballot option.

In this Aug. 11, 2019, file photo an iPhone displays a Facebook page in New Orleans. A Ukrainian security researcher says a database with the names, phone numbers and unique user IDs of more than 267 million Facebook users was exposed on the open internet for at least 10 days this month.

Data on 267M Facebook Users Exposed

A database with names, phone numbers and unique user IDs of more than 267 million Facebook users was found on the open internet.

In this March 27, 2019, photo, author Shoshana Zuboff pauses while walking her dog near her home in Maine. Zuboff is the author of 'The Age of Surveillance Capitalism,' a book about how tech companies collect and use personal data.

Meet the Scholar Who Diagnosed 'Surveillance Capitalism'

The unflattering term evokes how companies monetize the details of our lives to make billions.

DOJ Charges 2 Russians in 'Evil Corp.' Cybertheft Ring

Officials say the group developed malware used to steal at least $100 million from banks and other financial institutions.

This July 30, 2019, photo provided by James Glenn shows Glenn, a computer security expert. Glenn won a trailblazing payout in a whistleblower lawsuit over critical security flaws he found in October 2008 in Cisco Systems Inc. video surveillance software used at major U.S. international airports and multiple federal agencies with sensitive missions thought his discovery would be a career-boosting milestone.

Whistleblower Vindicated in Cisco Case

He thought his discovery would be a career-boosting milestone. Instead, he was fired.

Vehicles are parked outside the home of Paige A. Thompson, who uses the online handle 'erratic,' Wednesday, July 31, 2019, in Seattle. Thompson was taken into custody Monday at her home and has been charged with computer fraud and abuse in connection with hacking data from more than 100 million Capital One credit holders or applicants.

Alleged Hacker Didn't Hide

And she barely bothered to hide.

The Liberian-flagged oil tanker Mesdar is seen at an unknown location. British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt confirmed Friday July 19, 2019 that Iran had seized one British, the Stena Impero, and one Liberian-flagged vessel, Mesdar, in the Strait of Hormuz.

Tanker Incidents May Raise Costs

Insurance rates have been up since May, and Iran could wreak havoc with global oil supply if it decided to mine the Strait of Hormuz or choke the oil exports flowing through it .