The Hacker Behind The New Clinton Leaks Denies That He Made Stuff Up
Guccifer 2.0 continues to insist that that the documents released Tuesday came from the servers of the Clinton Foundation in a chat with BuzzFeed News.
Israeli Statesman Shimon Peres Dies At 93
Peres, Israel’s longest-serving politician and statesman, stepped down as the country's president in 2014. He died Wednesday at the age of 93.
Those Online Polls Showing Trump Winning The Debate Were Probably Not Rigged By Russia
Media companies know that the online polls are easily rigged but go ahead and use them anyways.
We Followed Two Women At A Donald Trump Rally And This Is What It Was Like
Two women who consider themselves independent voters attended their first Donald Trump rally Wednesday in Ohio. Here's how it went.
A Russian Hacking Group Has Released US Olympians' Medical Records
Russian hackers have threatened to release more files of US Olympic athletes in coming days.
Intel Officials Say Obama Administration Avoiding Cyberwar With Russia
“Do you really want that shitstorm? I don’t think you do,” one intelligence official told BuzzFeed News.
The Government Is Going To Have A Way Easier Time Hacking Your Computer After December 1
Sen. Ron Wyden will go to the Senate floor Thursday to try and force a debate on a court rule that allows for widespread government hacking.
This Country's Internet Has Been Blocked For 72 Hours And Counting
Gabon has been under the longest country-wide internet blackout since Libya went dark during the Arab Spring in 2011.
Senate Staffers' First Ever Cybersecurity Training Was Simple AF
Amid mounting concerns of foreign government hacking, Senate staffers sat through a 20 minute-long instructional video this week on best cybersecurity practices.
Your iPhone Is Super Vulnerable To Being Hacked So Update It Right This Second
An Israeli company has been selling software to state governments that allows them to easily infiltrate an iPhone, according to a new report published Thursday.
Cybersecurity Is Broken And The Hacks Are Going To Just Keep Coming
“No one in the industry is incentivized to actually fix it.”
This Is How The Majority Of The World Will Get Online, Google Hopes
“We can’t say go to hell to Google or to technology. But we also cannot allow them to do everything they want to do.” BuzzFeed News' Sheera Frenkel reports from Jakarta.
Hackers Say It Would Be "Too Easy" To Hack The U.S. Elections
“If it were up to me, I would remove every single electronic voting machine in America.”
Hackers Behind Leaked DNC Emails Are Still Trying To Hack Democratic Party Members
Cybersecurity firms say hackers are using a fake website to trick supporters of the Democratic Party weeks after the original breach was disclosed.
There's Going To Be A Clinton Campaign Fundraiser At A Hacker Convention
“I hope whoever comes from the Clinton campaign turns off their wi-fi and Bluetooth on their phones,” one young cybersecurity professional in Las Vegas for the Black Hat conference said.
What If The DNC Leak Was Just The Beginning?
DNC staffers and cybersecurity experts face the prospect that more emails may be to come.
Countries That Throttle Access To Facebook Are Uncool, Says UN
The U.N.'s Human Rights Council passed a resolution condemning countries that limit access to the internet, over the opposition of China and Russia and with the support of Turkey.
Is Edward Snowden Trying To Get Vladimir Putin's Attention?
In a series of tweets this week, Edward Snowden leveled unprecedented criticism of a Russian surveillance bill, calling it a "Big Brother Law."
China-Based Hackers Launch Fewer Attacks On U.S., Report Finds
A cybersecurity firm released a report Monday concluding that they saw “a threat that is less voluminous but more focused, calculated, and still successful."
New Video Calls On ISIS Supporters To Attack The West
The video, released by an ISIS-linked propaganda network, is the most explicit call to date asking that ISIS followers wage attacks in the West: “Kill them wherever you find them.”