Patrick Howell O'Neill

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

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Hotspot Shield accused of snooping on VPN users and selling data to advertisers

Technology

A DJI Phantom drone 2 (B Yestbo / Flickr)

DJI drones banned by U.S. Army due to ‘cyber vulnerabilities’

Government

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Russian hacker gets 46 months in U.S. prison for role in creating huge botnet

Technology

encryption — (Getty)

WannaCry’s bitcoins were converted to Monero, researchers say

Technology

(Marco Verch / Flickr)

Chinese tech firm disputes report it siphons smartphone data after Amazon suspends sales

Technology

(Thomas Hawk/ Flickr)

HBO hack could expose employees’ financial information, future show episodes

Technology

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Serial crook posed as Anonymous and extorted news websites with DDoS, officials say

Technology

Silent Circle’s Blackphone 2 is no longer available, but the Blackphone name lives on in new Silent Circle software.

Back in America with a black eye, Silent Circle rebuilds with focus on software

Technology

Jeff Sessions. (Department of Homeland Security / Jetta Disco / Flickr)

Jeff Sessions made investors want to throw money at dark web intelligence firms

Policy