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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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NSO Group employee allegedly stole source code worth ‘hundreds of millions of dollars’

Threats

An F-16 carrying Raytheon’s Sidewinder missile (Photo: Raytheon).

Raytheon hires Air Force CISO Peter Kim

Government

Adidas — U.S. Customers who made purchases via the company’s website were impacted. (Pexels)

Adidas warns U.S. customers of new data breach

Technology

The Brave browser is a niche but unique effort to block ads, maintain privacy and still pay creators.

Brave browser adds private tabs with Tor for ‘enhanced privacy protection’

Technology

Equifax settlement — The judge’s decision Monday represents the final approval of a settlement deal initially proposed in July. (Flickr)

Former Equifax employee charged with insider trading over 2017 data breach

Financial

Jonathan Reiber — Jonathan Reiber previously worked in Obama’s Pentagon.

Former Obama administration senior cybersecurity adviser hired at Illumio

Government

The United States Court House in San Francisco where Yevgeniy Nikulin is being tried. (Photo: Patrick Howell O’Neill)

Jury trial against extradited Russian hacking suspect will begin in January

Geopolitics

NSA at night — (CreativeTime / Flickr)

Former NSA contractor Reality Winner accepts guilty plea for leaking classified report

Government

cyber resilience — (CyberScoop)

Eight men arrested in alleged $15 million hacking scheme

Government