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Patrick Howell O'Neill

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

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Russian cybercrime suspect to be extradited to France despite Moscow’s objections

Government

scan4you — (Getty)

LuminosityLink malware author pleads guilty

Government

dark web marketplaces — (Getty Images)

Alleged Silk Road employee extradited from Ireland to U.S.

Government

chrome extension — (Stephen Shankland / Flickr)

Google Chrome shifts browser architecture to thwart Spectre attacks

Technology

(Pexels)

Industrial cybersecurity firm Radiflow raises $18 million in funding

Technology

iphone — (Flickr / Wiyre Media)

Apple’s iOS 11.4.1 blocks tools governments use to crack open iPhones

Technology

(–sam– / Flickr)

Congress presses Tim Cook and Larry Page for answers on security and privacy

Government

Cellebrite IoT data — See that Amazon speaker? Cellebrite has a way to examine its data. (Amazon)

Cellebrite’s newest target: Your IoT-filled home

Technology

Tor Browser, dark web, onion router — (Tor logo wia Wikicommons/Image by Greg Otto)

German police raid cyber-privacy groups

Privacy