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FILE – Trump co-campaign manager Susie Wiles is seen at Nashville International Airport as Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump arrives, July 27, 2024, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Trump’s chief of staff is a former lobbyist. Now she’ll play the other side, policing special interests who want access to the president

By Brian Slodysko, Joshua Goodman, and others

Attorney General Merrick Garland, center, speaks before a meeting of the Justice Department’s Election Threats Task Force, at the Department of Justice, Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2024, in Washington, with from left, Deputy Attorney General, Criminal Division, Nicole Argentieri, Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco, Garland, FBI Director Christopher Wray and Assistant Attorney General, National Security Division, Matthew Olsen. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Right-wing social media influencers were duped to work for a Russian influence operation, U.S. prosecutors say

By Alan Suderman, Ali Swenson, and others

FILE – Brad Parscale, then-campaign manager for President Donald Trump, speaks during a campaign rally at the Target Center in Minneapolis, Oct. 10, 2019. Parscale, the digital campaign operative who helped engineer Trump’s 2016 presidential victory, vows that his new, AI-powered platform will dramatically overhaul not just polling, but also campaigning. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Former Trump campaign manager who used Cambridge Analytica to target Facebook ads in 2016 run has returned with his own AI platform

By Garance Burke, Alan Suderman, and others

Mountains frame the skyline of Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S., on on Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2011. Dallin H. Oaks, a member of the governing body of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Salt Lake City, told the Senate Finance Committee this week he opposes limiting tax deductions for charitable contributions to churches. “Private educational institutions, hospitals, social welfare agencies and innumerable other organizations” would be impacted according to Oaks. Photographer: George Frey/Bloomberg via Getty Images

China’s global influence campaign finds an unlikely friend in Utah, and it may serve as a blueprint for ‘New York and elsewhere’

By Alan Suderman, Sam Metz, and others

Qatar World Cup

FBI probes ex-CIA officer working on Qatar’s World Cup bid, led influence operation to damage reputations of U.S. officials, sources say

By Alan Suderman and The Associated Press

Sherry Williams, executive director of One Treasure Island, poses for a photo at her office on Tuesday, April 5, 2022, in San Francisco. Business Email Compromise scams are a type of crime where criminals hack into email accounts, pretend to be someone they’re not and fool victims into sending money to places they aren’t supposed to. In the case of Williams, the San Francisco nonprofit director, thieves hacked the email account of the nonprofit’s bookkeeper then inserted themselves into a long email thread, sent messages asking to change the wire payment instructions for a grant recipient, and made off with $650,000. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)

Accounts deceivable: Email scam costliest type of cybercrime

By Alan Suderman and The Associated Press

SAPIR, ISRAEL – NOVEMBER 11: A woman walks by the building entrance of Israeli cyber company NSO Group at one of its branches in the Arava Desert on November 11, 2021 in Sapir, Israel. The company, which makes the spyware Pegasus, is being sued in the United States by WhatsApp, which alleges that NSO Group’s spyware was used to hack 1,400 users of the popular messaging app. An US appeals court ruled this week that NSO Group is not protected under sovereign immunity laws.

NSO Group spyware used to hack State Department employees

By Alan Suderman, Eric Tucker, and others

FILE – In this June 1, 2020, file photo, an officer holds a baton and shield as demonstrators gather to protest the death of George Floyd near the White House in Washington. In the wake of Floyd’s death, state lawmakers around the country want to make it easier to hold police legally accountable for their actions. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Ransomware gang threatens release of D.C. police department records over payment negotiations

By Alan Suderman and The Associated Press

Suspected Chinese hackers targeted U.S. and European agencies and companies: report

By Alan Suderman and The Associated Press

Christopher DeRusha, federal chief information security officer at the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), from left, Brandon Wales, acting director of cybersecurity and information security agency at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), and Tonya Ugoretz, acting assistant director of the cyber division at the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), are sworn in during a Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs hearing in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Thursday, March 18, 2021. The Biden administration said it’s moving quickly to respond to recent cyber attacks on the U.S., vowing executive action on a hack using SolarWinds Corp. software. Photographer: Samuel Corum/Bloomberg via Getty Images

SolarWinds hackers gained access to high-level Homeland Security emails

By Alan Suderman and The Associated Press

Berlin, Germany – August 28: Symbolic photo on the subject of hackers and data security. Hands write on a computer keyboard on August 28, 2019 in Berlin, Germany.

Why water plants are so vulnerable to hackers

By Frank Bajak, Alan Suderman, and others