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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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Santa Rita Jail’s front door. (Daniel Arauz / Flickr)

Extradited Russian hacking suspect is in solitary confinement, lawyer says

Geopolitics

SamSam ransomware — (wikicommons)

Marcus Hutchins faces new charges of developing malware and lying to FBI

Government

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PGP creator Phil Zimmermann joins StartPage.com to develop ‘next-generation PGP’

Technology

DNA, genes, genetic, double helix, Burrows-Wheeler Aligner, CRISPR — (Getty Images)

Data from 92 million accounts stolen from DNA testing site MyHeritage

Technology

Crowdfense — Crowdfense is a UAE-based company. Photo: Patrick Howell O’Neill

The zero-day industry tries ‘transparency’ in Dubai

Technology

dod apache struts — (chucka_nc / flickr )

Pentagon’s latest bug bounty program pays out $80,000

Government

Kaspersky — Researchers at Kaspersky, whose headquarters are pictured, made the discovery. (Mikhail Deynekin/Wikicommons)

Judge dismisses Kaspersky lawsuits, U.S. government ban will stand

Technology

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Hacker linked to Russian intelligence sentenced to five years in prison

Government

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London police seize over $667,000 in bitcoin from convicted hacker

Government