Patrick Howell O'Neill

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

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openvpn — AlphaBay operated for three years as a marketplace on the Tor network, rising as a leader among dark web marketplaces due to its speed, reliability and availability of goods that separated the site from its competitors. (Flickr)

AlphaBay shut down by law enforcement raids across three countries

Government

Cybersecurity doubts may spook voters in future elections

Government

Kaspersky twitter ban — Kaspersky Lab CEO Eugene Kaspersky at the Starmus IV science festival in Trondheim, Norway, in June. (Norwegian University of Science and Technology / Kai T. Dragland / Flickr)

Trump administration removes Kaspersky from list of approved vendors

Government

1Password is shown on an Android phone (Flickr/ Ervins Strauhmanis)

1Password has confused everyone with shift to cloud-based subscriptions

Technology

NATO extends cybersecurity help to Ukraine in wake of cyberattack

Government

(U.S. State Department/Flickr)

Russia and U.S. to create ‘working group’ to discuss election hacking

Government

Wolf Creek Generating Station in Burlington, Kansas, which is part of the Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corporation. Malware was sent to various engineers of the operation corporation. (Flickr / Nuclear Regulatory Commission)

DHS: Nuclear plant hacks show ‘no indication’ of threat to public safety

Government

(Scott Ackerman / Flickr)

Scammers make millions in two months with dated Android exploits

Technology

A screen locked with Petya ransomware

Global malware attack ‘most likely’ carried out by a nation-state, NATO-sponsored researchers say

Technology