Patrick Howell O'Neill

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

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MedSec Holdings, a third-party security research firm, identified the pacemaker vulnerabilities. (Getty)

Pacemaker updates seal vulnerabilities affecting nearly a half-million U.S. patients

Healthcare

Tillerson to officially eliminate cyber coordinator office

Government

(European Space Agency)

Hurricane Harvey scammers use disaster as phishing bait

Technology

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Chinese drone maker DJI launches bug bounty program after U.S. Army ban

Technology

Kaspersky sanctions — Kaspersky’s Singapore office. (Flickr/e_kaspersky)

U.S. spies think the FBI is botching the Kaspersky investigation

Government

(Gage Skidmore)

Will Democrats and Donald Trump share all campaign cyberthreat intel in 2020?

Government

Getty

Marcus Hutchins prosecutors outline secret evidence to be introduced

Government

signal — (Emma Whitehead/Getty/Open Whisper Systems)

Private firm puts $500K bounty on Signal, WhatsApp zero-day vulnerabilities

Technology

(Getty)

Versive gets $12.7 million in Series C round

Technology