Tonya Riley

Tonya Riley covers privacy, surveillance and cryptocurrency for CyberScoop News. She previously wrote the Cybersecurity 202 newsletter for The Washington Post and before that worked as a fellow at Mother Jones magazine. Her work has appeared in Wired, CNBC, Esquire and other outlets. She received a BA in history from Brown University.

You can reach Tonya with sensitive tips on Signal at 202-643-0931. PR pitches to Signal will be ignored and should be sent via email.

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Red Cross — An aid convoy from the International Committee of the Red Cross arrives in Syria’s northern region of Afrin on March 1, 2018 (AHMAD SHAFIE BILAL / AFP via Getty Images)

Red Cross attributes server breach to nation-state actor

Threats

This illustration photo shows Heather Morgan, also known as “Razzlekhan,” on a phone in front of the Bitcoin logo displayed on a screen, in Washington, DC, February 9, 2022. – A couple accused of seeking to launder the bitcoin were arrested in New York, the department said. Ilya Lichtenstein, 34, and his wife Heather Morgan, 31, were set to appear in federal court over the charges later in the day. (Photo by Olivier DOULIERY / AFP) (Photo by OLIVIER DOULIERY/AFP via Getty Images)

‘Razzlekhan’ released on bond, husband detained ahead of cryptocurrency laundering trial

Financial

Canada, truckers, Freedom Convoy, COVID-19 protests — Anti-vaccine mandate protestors block the roadway at the Ambassador Bridge border crossing, in Windsor, Ontario, on Feb. 11, 2022 (Photo by GEOFF ROBINS/AFP via Getty Images)

‘Freedom Convoy’ donors exposed in possible cyberattack on GiveSendGo crowdfunding site

Threats

Sens. Richard Blumenthal, left, and Lindsey Graham appear at a news conference in Washington, D.C., on March 8, 2018. (JIM WATSON / AFP via Getty Images)

EARN IT Act gets no changes to encryption language in Senate committee

Privacy

Gary Gensler — SEC Chairman Gary Gensler speaks at a Senate Banking Committee hearing in September 2021. (Photo by Evelyn Hockstein-Pool/Getty Images)

SEC’s breach notification proposal one step closer to a final vote

Financial

Justice Department DOJ seal — (Photo by Ramin Talaie/Getty Images)

New York couple accused of laundering cryptocurrency from $4.5 billion Bitfinex hack

Financial

Sen. Gary Peters, D-Mich., right, speaks with Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, during a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing on June 8, 2021 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Andrew Caballero-Reynolds-Pool / Getty Images)

CISA’s new JCDC worked as intended, witnesses say at Senate hearing on Log4Shell bug

Government

Charles Rettig — Charles Rettig, nominated to be IRS commissioner, testifies during his confirmation hearing before the Senate Finance Committee on June 28, 2018. (Photo by Aaron P. Bernstein / Getty Images)

IRS announces it will stop use of facial recognition for identity verification

Technology

WASHINGTON, DC – APRIL 27: The Internal Revenue Service headquarters building appeared to be mostly empty April 27, 2020 in the Federal Triangle section of Washington, DC. The IRS called about 10,000 volunteer employees back to work Monday at 10 of its mission critical locations to work on taxpayer correspondence, handling tax documents, taking telephone calls and other actions related to the tax filing season. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Lawmakers want IRS to address security concerns with use of facial recognition on taxpayers

Government