Patrick Howell O'Neill

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

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Kim Il-Sung Square, Pyongyang North Korea

Researchers: WannaCry ransomware shares code with North Korean malware

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(Getty Images)

Leaked NSA tools linked to global ransomware outbreak, authorities say

Technology

Photo by Web Summit/Flickr (CC BY 2.0)

U.S. intel officials slam Kaspersky while CEO calls fears of Russian influence ‘unfounded conspiracy theories’

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Paris call for trust — Emmanuel Macron (French Embassy in the U.S. / Flickr)

Researchers link Macron hack to APT28 with ‘moderate confidence’

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(Elliott Brown / Flickr)

Staples hires first-ever CISO

Technology

A polling station in Paris for this month’s presidential election. (Lorie Shaull / Flickr)

NSA alerted France to ‘Russian activity’ against presidential campaign targets, Rogers says

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Photo by Yukiko Matsuoka/Flickr (CC BY 2.0)

Hacking against France’s Macron previews dangers for other major European elections

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Macron — French presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron. ( École polytechnique – J.Barande / Flickr)

French presidential candidate Macron suffers ‘massive and coordinated hack’

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salon cryptomining — (Getty)

Monero mining botnet earns suspected Chinese hacker $25,000 per month

Technology