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Patrick Howell O'Neill

Patrick Howell O’Neill is a cybersecurity reporter for CyberScoop based in San Francisco.

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Senators ask voting machine manufacturers if Russia reviews source code

Government

Equifax settlement — The judge’s decision Monday represents the final approval of a settlement deal initially proposed in July. (Flickr)

Equifax says 2.4 million more Americans impacted by 2017 mega-breach

Technology

TLS 1.3 weakness — (Getty Images)

Big banks want to weaken the internet’s underlying security protocol

Financial

Vulnerable memcached servers are all around the globe. (Cloudflare)

GitHub hit with record 1.35-Tbps denial of service attack, more attacks expected

Technology

Trustico revokes 23,000 SSL certificates due to compromise

Technology

National Security Agency — (Creative Time Reports / Flickr)

Another well-known hacking group using leaked NSA hacking tools

Government

Shari Steele, pictured in 2007 (Scott Beale / Laughing Squid)

Tor executive director Shari Steele to step down

Technology

Getty

Criminals sell counterfeit certificates to make malware look legitimate

Technology

(Getty)

Hackers will target Putin’s reelection effort, Russian security chief warns

Government