Hacking the Army

 A hacker prodding a public-facing Army recruitment website in early December stumbled upon a vulnerability, then…

Uber settles FTC lawsuit claiming it misled drivers about pay

 Uber settled a lawsuit filed by the Federal Trade Commission today for $20 million. The lawsuit alleged…

Chelsea Manning to be freed this May

 President Obama commuted the majority of the 35-year sentence faced by Chelsea Manning, a former Army…

Cloudflare and CREDO are still gagged from talking about national security letters

 In 2013, the government estimated that it issued approximately 60 of these national security letters a…

Cloudflare explains how FBI gag order impacted business

 Cloudflare issued its biannual transparency report yesterday, detailing the government requests for user data it received…

Trump’s attorney general pick claims ignorance on tech issues

 Sen. Jeff Sessions, Donald Trump’s nominee for the position of U.S. attorney general, is being grilled by…

Marissa Mayer resigning from Yahoo board as company renames itself Altaba

 Despite hiccups, Yahoo’s planned sale to Verizon appears to be moving forward — but some portions of…

Intel report on hacking says Russian interference with US election was ‘boldest yet’

 Today the U.S. intelligence community released a report claiming that the Russian government was behind hacks of…