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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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(Getty Images)

Pentagon left AWS databases publicly exposed

Government

Eugene Kaspersky (CeBIT Australia / Flickr)

Kaspersky: NSA worker’s computer was packed with malware

Technology

china national vulnerability database — (flickr)

China hides homegrown hacks from its vulnerability disclosure process

Government

(Dan DeLuca / Flickr)

Forever 21 announces payment card data breach

Technology

North Korea — (Flickr / CC0)

U.S. CERT issues report on remote hacking tool used by North Korea

Government

Kaspersky sales — (Flickr/Norwegian University of Science and Technology)

DHS prepares for possible legal action over Kaspersky directive

Government

(Flickr)

Tor’s ex-director thinks ISS World gets a bad rap

Technology

Apple — (Flickr)

Crooks sending fake Apple emails in order to unlock stolen iPhones

Threats

(Duncan Rowlinson / Flickr)

As cryptocurrencies grow, so does the demand to track their users

Financial