Patrick Howell O'Neill

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

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Vulnerability found in dark web market Alphabay

Technology

(Scott Lum / Flickr)

Women’s March faces hacking, surveillance threats ahead of planned protests

Technology

After global FBI hacking operation, admin of dark web’s largest child porn site sentenced to 20 years

Government

Under Trump, Congress to push for funding that grows government hacking

Policy

DanaBot — (Getty)

Illegal bitcoin exchange operator pleads guilty in case tied to JPMorgan Chase hack

Financial

University calls out Wire private messenger over code structure

Technology

Yahoo — (Glen Scott / Flickr)

2016: Why Yahoo’s breaches leave billions users susceptible to spying

Technology

Congressional report: We shouldn’t bother with encryption backdoors

Government

FBI tells businesses to not pay ransomware hackers, 70 percent of US businesses do anyway

Technology