Cybersecurity

NBC 7’s Dana Williams spoke with a local cybersecurity expert about the Signal messages that were shared in a group chat that mistakenly included a journalist.

Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard testified Wednesday that intelligence and senior U.S. officials at the Departments of Energy, Commerce and Treasury are investigating attempts by foreign adversaries to target and encroach the American southeast.

Signal is an open-source, encrypted service used for messaging and calls.

Protecting personal and financial information should be part of a strategy to ensure overall financial well-being, regardless of the political climate.

Tens of thousands of users reported outages in various Microsoft programs on Saturday, according to Downdetector.

Tens of millions of students appear to be impacted by what is described as the largest breach of American children’s personal information to date.

Here are five solid ways to prevent your personal information from ending up in the wrong hands.

As uncertainty hovers around the TikTok ban that could go into effect in the U.S. on Sunday, users are flocking to a Chinese app called RedNote.

An executive order issued by President Joe Biden just days before he leaves office aims to shore up America’s cyber defenses while making it easier to go after foreign countries that launch cyberattacks.

The San Diego County Office of Education says more resources are needed to keep hackers away from school computer systems.

The Treasury Department says Chinese hackers remotely accessed several employee workstations and unclassified documents after compromising a third-party software service provider.

A top White House official says a ninth U.S. telecoms firm has been confirmed to have been hacked as part of a sprawling Chinese espionage campaign that gave officials in Beijing access to private texts and phone conversations of an unknown number of Americans.

The new Apple iOS 18 feature allows texting features between iPhone users and Androids, but U.S. officials are urging caution, citing cybersecurity concerns.

FBI and CISA officials said it was impossible to predict when the telecommunications companies would be fully safe from interlopers.

Officials from the FBI and CISA said it was impossible to predict when the telecommunications companies would be fully safe from interlopers.

Delta is seeking damages for its losses from the July IT incident, as well as litigation costs and punitive damages.

A broad Chinese hacking campaign against U.S. telecommunication networks targeted the phones of Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump and his running mate, Sen. JD Vance, two sources familiar with the matter say. Another source told NBC News that people affiliated with the campaign of Vice President Kamala Harris were also targeted.

The director of the National Security Agency said Sunday that a Chinese hack of three major telecommunications firms is under investigation but that it remains “premature” to discuss the case. 

One in 43 kids will have their personal information exposed, according to Javelin.

The data first appeared on April 8, when hacking group USDoD posted a database on “Breached,” a dark web forum, and claimed to have 2.9 billion rows of unencrypted records.