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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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Firefox — (Flickr user Maik Meid)

Firefox is adding ‘Have I Been Pwned’ alerts

Technology

iOS kernel exploits — Google’s Project Zero discovered three critical iOS bugs (Pexels)

Apple corrects the record on reported iPhone vulnerability

Technology

Google Huawei partnership — Huawei at Mobile World Congress. Photo: Karlis Dambrans

Lawmakers urge Google to end partnership with China’s Huawei

Government

Bithumb is one of the biggest cryptocurrency exchanges in the world.

Bithumb, South Korea’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, loses $30 million to hackers

Technology

Joshua Schulte — The update comes more than two months after a jury found Schulte, 31, guilty of lying to the FBI and contempt of court. (CIA.gov)

Ex-CIA employee charged in ‘Vault 7’ leaks

Government

ZTE is one of China’s biggest telecom corporations.

ZTE ban, tucked inside the NDAA, passes the Senate

Government

Kaspersky Lab cybersecurity — Kaspersky Lab’s headquarters in Moscow. (Getty Images)

Kaspersky freezes partnership with Europol after EU calls for company ban

Government

Top U.S. counterintelligence official: Kaspersky’s move to Switzerland doesn’t matter

Government

russia — The Russian flag flies above Russian parliament. (Getty Images)

U.S. sanctions Russian companies linked to FSB

Government