Communication Technology
Officials: State Dept suffers worldwide email outage
Aug 18, 2017
U.S. officials say the State Department has suffered a worldwide email outage affecting its entire unclassified system. The officials said the outage began early Friday morning and that technicians were working to restore email as soon as possible
Court denies appeal of man caught in texting sting
Aug 17, 2017
A court has denied the appeal of a man convicted of attempting to lure a minor after a New Jersey mother posed as her teen daughter, texted him and then alerted police
Leaked email shows HBO negotiating with hackers
Aug 11, 2017
An email sent by HBO to a group of hackers shows the entertainment company expressed willingness to pay $250,000 to the hackers as they threatened to release electronic data swiped from HBO's servers
The Latest: HBO says email system not breached 'as a whole'
Aug 8, 2017
HBO repeated its earlier assertion that it doesn't believe its entire email system has been compromised by hackers
James Comey has book deal, publication set for next spring
Aug 2, 2017
Former FBI Director James Comey has a book deal and will write about everything from allegations of ties between Russia and Donald Trump's presidential campaign to the bureau's investigation into Hillary Clinton's private e-mail server
Telegram denies Iran's claim it installed servers there
Jul 30, 2017
Iran's communications and information technology minister was quoted Sunday as saying the widely used Telegram messenger service has transferred some of its servers into the country, but the encrypted application's founder swiftly denied the claim
New York eyes textalyzer to bust drivers using cellphones
Jul 27, 2017
New York state will study the use of a device known as the textalyzer that would allow police to determine whether a motorist involved in a crash was texting while driving
No Russia collusion, Trump son-in-law Kushner tells Congress
Jul 24, 2017
Senior White House adviser Jared Kushner is denying that President Donald Trump's campaign colluded with Russia
Brazil foreign ministry hit by barrage of malicious emails
Jul 13, 2017
The Brazilian Foreign Ministry says it was forced to disconnect from the internet for several hours after being bombarded by malicious emails
Trump's cellphone use worries security experts
Jun 1, 2017
President Donald Trump, who blasted Hillary Clinton for using a personal email server, might be a walking magnet for eavesdropping and malware if he's using an unsecured cellphone to chat with foreign leaders