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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Commerce Department rule to limit sale of offensive cyber tools to China, Russia

Government

Sign with logos for Google and the Google owned video streaming service YouTube at the Googleplex. (Photo by Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images)

Scammers targeted YouTube creators to takeover accounts, promote crypto investment fraud

Threats

DHS scans — (Department of Homeland Security photo – Jetta Disco / Flickr)

As attention grows, #ShareTheMicInCyber leaders explain why mid-career talent matters

Workforce

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2021 ransomware transactions already exceed 2020 numbers, Treasury Department says

Financial

BARCELONA, SPAIN – JANUARY 29: A Bitcoin ATM machine, to buy or sell cryptocurrencies, is placed within a safety cage on January 29, 2021 in Barcelona, Spain. The European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation (Europol) and local law enforcement busted an allegedly fraudulent scam posing as a firm that specialized in cryptocurrency and foreign exchange investment training out of Andorra. (Photo by Cesc Maymo/Getty Images)

Romance scammers exploit Apple’s developer program to spread fake cryptocurrency apps

Threats

Dubai Dry Dock, Jumeirah, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, June 2007. (Photo by ITP Images/Construction Photography/Avalon/Getty Images)

Iran-linked hackers targeted maritime and defense contractors, compromised Office 365 accounts

Transportation

People wait in line at booth for Twitch. (FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP via Getty Images)

Trolls defaced Twitch’s website with pictures of Jeff Bezos, adding to the platform’s security concerns

Technology

Turla, a hacking group linked with Russia, has put some interesting names on its code strings. (Andy Emel/Getty Images)

Google blames suspected Russian hacking group for targeting 14,000 Gmail users

Threats

Protest ahead of Togo election. (Photo by PIUS UTOMI EKPEI / AFP) (Photo by PIUS UTOMI EKPEI/AFP via Getty Images)

Spies used Android malware to try collecting intelligence from a Togolese activist, Amnesty says

Geopolitics