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US government confirms arrest of Chinese national accused of stealing COVID research and mass-hacking email servers | TechCrunch

adminJuly 8, 2025

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The U.S. Justice Department has confirmed the arrest of Chinese national Xu Zewei, an alleged prolific contract hacker who carried out cyberattacks for China. Xu...

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The people in Elon Musk’s DOGE universe | TechCrunch

adminMay 20, 2025

by adminMay 20, 2025024

Elon Musk has spent decades building a universe of companies that has served as an incubator for up-and-coming engineers and a proving ground for his...

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Trump’s national security advisor reportedly used his personal Gmail account to do government work | TechCrunch

adminApril 2, 2025

by adminApril 2, 2025028

Senior members of the Trump administration’s National Security Council — including its top national security advisor, Michael Waltz — used Gmail to conduct government business,...

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Trump’s national security adviser reportedly used his personal Gmail account to do government work | TechCrunch

adminApril 2, 2025

by adminApril 2, 2025029

Senior members of the Trump administration’s National Security Council — including its top national security adviser, Michael Waltz — used Gmail to conduct government business,...

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CISA scrambles to contact fired employees after court rules layoffs ‘unlawful’ | TechCrunch

adminMarch 18, 2025

by adminMarch 18, 2025038

The U.S. government’s cybersecurity agency is scrambling to contact more than 130 former employees after a federal court ruled that the Trump administration must reinstate...

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AT&T technician Mark Klein, who exposed secret NSA spying, dies | TechCrunch

adminMarch 14, 2025

by adminMarch 14, 2025033

Mark Klein, a former AT&T technician turned whistleblower who exposed mass surveillance by the U.S. government, has died at age 79. Klein went public in...

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The people in Elon Musk’s DOGE universe | TechCrunch

adminMarch 12, 2025

by adminMarch 12, 2025034

Elon Musk has spent decades building a universe of companies that has served as an incubator for up-and-coming engineers and a proving ground for his...

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DOGE axes CISA ‘red team’ staffers amid ongoing federal cuts | TechCrunch

adminMarch 11, 2025

by adminMarch 11, 2025037

Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has fired more than a hundred employees working for the U.S. government’s cybersecurity agency CISA, including “red team”...

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Trump nominates Sean Plankey as new CISA director | TechCrunch

adminMarch 11, 2025

by adminMarch 11, 2025028

President Donald Trump nominated Sean Plankey to head the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), according to a White House email sent to journalists on...

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Former NSA official says federal worker cuts will have ‘devastating impact’ on cyber and national security | TechCrunch

adminMarch 5, 2025

by adminMarch 5, 2025026

Former top U.S. cybersecurity official Rob Joyce told lawmakers on Wednesday that cuts to federal probationary employees will have a “devastating impact” on U.S. national...

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