Alyza Sebenius

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  • UKRAINE – 2021/05/24: In this photo illustration, Colonial Pipeline logo is seen displayed on a smartphone screen in front of a pipeline map.Tech

    U.S. recovered majority of ransom paid in Colonial Pipeline hack

    By Chris Strohm, Alyza Sebenius, and others
  • WASHINGTON, DC – JANUARY 08: The American flag flies at half-staff at the U.S. Capitol on January 08, 2021 in Washington, DC. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi ordered the building’s flags be flown at half-staff in honor of Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick, 42, who died after being injured during clashes with a pro-Trump mob at the Capitol on Jan. 6. Sicknick, a military veteran, was a 12-year member of the force.Tech

    Missing laptops raise cyber risks from U.S. Capitol mayhem

    By Alyza Sebenius and Bloomberg
  • Signage outside SolarWinds Corp. headquarters in Austin, Texas on Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2020. A former security adviser at the IT monitoring and network management company SolarWinds Corp. said he warned management of cybersecurity risks and laid out a plan to improve it that was ultimately ignored. Photographer: Bronte Wittpenn/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesPolitics

    Intelligence officials blame Russia for major hack that targeted U.S. government

    By Alyza Sebenius and Bloomberg
  • (FILES) In this file photo taken on August 04, 2020, Prince, a member of the hacking group Red Hacker Alliance who refused to give his real name, uses a website that monitors global cyberattacks on his computer at their office in Dongguan, China’s southern Guangdong province. – As the number of online devices surges and super-fast 5G connections roll out, record numbers of companies are offering up to seven-figure rewards to ethical hackers who can successfully attack their cybersecurity systems.Tech

    Suspected Russian-backed hackers breached U.S. Treasury computers

    By Sebastian Tong, Alyza Sebenius, and others
  • BRAZIL – 2020/09/07: In this photo illustration the FireEye logo seen displayed on a smartphone.Tech

    Cybersecurity firm FireEye discloses that it was hacked, sending its shares spiraling

    By Alyza Sebenius and Bloomberg
  • SAN FRANCISCO, CA – NOVEMBER 10: In an aerial view from a drone, a mural that reads “Count Every Vote” is seen painted on Montgomery Street on November 10, 2020 in downtown San Francisco, California. The vote count in the U.S. presidential election continues after major news organizations declared former Vice President Joe Biden the winner and surrogates for President Donald Trump have begun a legal fight to stop the vote count in key battleground states, including Pennsylvania and Michigan. (Photo by Josh Edelson/Getty Images)Politics

    The 2020 election was the ‘most secure in American history’

    By Alyza Sebenius and Bloomberg
  • Russian hackers are targeting U.S. political campaigns, Microsoft said.Tech

    Russian hackers are again trying to disrupt U.S. elections, Microsoft says

    By Jackie Davalos, Alyza Sebenius, and others
  • The federal government has flagged a type of malware as being frequently used by the Chinese government.Tech

    Warning: This malware is tied to the Chinese government, U.S. says

    By Alyza Sebenius and Bloomberg
  • Twitter Seeks to Avoid Facebook's IPO Stumble With Its Own Debut

    Twitter removes more than 32,000 propaganda accounts linked to China, Russia and Turkey

    By Alyza Sebenius and Bloomberg
  • A vulnerability has been found in Apple iPhone and iPad mail appsTech

    Apple iPhones, iPads are vulnerable to hackers through flaws in email app

    By Alyza Sebenius and Bloomberg
  • Deputy crown prince of Saudi Arabia and Defense Minister Mohammad bin Salman Al Saud (center), the Minister of Trade and Investment of Saudi Arabia, Majed Bin Abdullah Al Kassabi (left) and founder of the Amazon website Jeff Bezos (3rd from left) pose for a photo during his visit in in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on November 9, 2016. (Photo by Pool / Bandar Algaloud/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)Tech

    From goodwill to bad blood: How Mohammed Bin Salman used a U.S. publicity tour to hack Jeff Bezos

    By David Wainer, Alyza Sebenius, and others
  • RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA - DECEMBER 10: (----EDITORIAL USE ONLY MANDATORY CREDIT - "BANDAR ALGALOUD / SAUDI KINGDOM COUNCIL / HANDOUT" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS----) Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia Mohammad bin Salman attends the 40th Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) annual summit in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on December 10, 2019. (Photo by Bandar Algaloud / Saudi Kingdom Council / Handout/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)International

    Saudi crown prince implicated in hacking of Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos’s phone

    By Greg Farrell, Alyza Sebenius, and others
  • In this photo illustration a Facebook logo seen displayed on aTech

    Data on Hundreds of Millions of U.S. Facebook Users Exposed

    By Alyza Sebenius and Bloomberg
  • TikTokTech

    TikTok Called a ‘Potential Counterintelligence Threat,’ by Bipartisan Duo of Senators

    By Alyza Sebenius and Bloomberg
  • COMBO-US-ASSEMBLY-CHINALeadership

    Trump Warns of ‘Plan B’ on China Trade: Billions More in Tariffs

    By Terrence Dopp, Alyza Sebenius, and others