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UNITED STATES – OCTOBER 5: Lisa O. Monaco, deputy attorney general, testifies during the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing titled Renewing and Strengthening the Violence Against Women Act, in Dirksen Building on Tuesday, October 5, 2021.

U.S. promises to sue contractors that don’t report breaches

By Eric Tucker and The Associated Press

Huawei executive resolves criminal charges in deal with U.S.

By Eric Tucker, Jim Mustian, and others

A Colonial Pipeline station is seen, Tuesday, May 11, 2021, in Smyrna, Ga. Colonial Pipeline, which delivers about 45% of the fuel consumed on the East Coast, halted operations last week after revealing a cyberattack that it said had affected some of its systems. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)

U.S. moves to improve cybersecurity defenses amid recent wave of hacks

By Eric Tucker and The Associated Press

President Joe Biden walks to Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Friday, July 16, 2021, to spend the weekend at Camp David. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Biden to meet with private sector in August on cybersecurity issues

By Eric Tucker and The Associated Press

US President Joe Biden walks from Marine One to Air Force One prior to departure from O’Hare International Airport in Chicago, Illinois, July 7, 2021, as he travels to promote his economic plans in Illinois.

Latest hack to test Biden’s vow for consequences for Russia

By Aamer Madhani, Eric Tucker, and others

Targeting of Americans’ data ‘routine’, says Microsoft exec

By Eric Tucker, Matt O'Brien, and others

WASHINGTON, DC – JUNE 08: Joseph A. Blount Jr., president and CEO of Colonial Pipeline talks to the media following a Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee hearing on the Colonial Pipeline cyber-attack, on Capitol Hill, June 8, 2021 in Washington, DC.

Colonial Pipeline CEO defends paying ransom amid cyberattack

By Eric Tucker, Ben Fox, and others

Tanker trucks are parked near the entrance of Colonial Pipeline Company Wednesday, May 12, 2021, in Charlotte, N.C. The operator of the nation’s largest fuel pipeline has confirmed it paid $4.4 million to a gang of hackers who broke into its computer systems. That’s according to a report from the Wall Street Journal. Colonial Pipeline’s CEO Joseph Blount told the Journal that he authorized the payment after the ransomware attack because the company didn’t know the extent of the damage. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)

Colonial Pipeline CEO will testify before the Senate on ransomware hack

By Eric Tucker, Ben Fox, and others

Motorists line up for fuel at one of the few remaining gas stations that still has fuel in Arlington, Virgina, on May 13, 2021. – The Colonial Pipeline network shut down by a cyber attack said t has resumed fuel deliveries, but gas stations up and down the east coast were still facing shortages after a wave of panic buying. Frantic motorists from Florida to Maryland continued to line up at gas stations trying to fill their tanks and other containers, sending the national average price above $3 a gallon for the first time since late 2014 despite government efforts to ease the supply crunch. (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP) (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images)

Ransom paid, fuel is flowing—but the Colonial Pipeline mess will linger

By Cathy Bussewitz, Eric Tucker, and others

FILE – This Thursday, June 6, 2013 file photo shows the National Security Administration (NSA) campus in Fort Meade, Md. The number of targets of secretive surveillance in national security investigations fell sharply last year amid the coronavirus pandemic and continued scrutiny of the FBI’s wiretapping authorities arising from the Russia investigation. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Number of surveillance targets fell sharply during the pandemic according to U.S. officials

By Nomaan Merchant, Eric Tucker, and others

FILE – In this Nov. 19, 2020, file photo, former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, who was a lawyer for President Donald Trump, speaks during a news conference at the Republican National Committee headquarters in Washington. A law enforcement official tells the Associated Press that federal investigators have executed a search warrant at Rudy Giuliani’s Manhattan residence. The former New York City mayor has been under investigation for several years over his business dealings in Ukraine. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Feds execute search warrant at Rudy Giuliani’s NYC home

By Michael R. Sistak, Michael Balsamo, and others

15 February 2020, Hamburg: The screen of a PC with the lettering “locky” and various number combinations (alienation in an image processing program). Photo: Soeren Stache/dpa-Zentralbild/ZB

U.S. takes new aim at ransomware after most costly year

By Eric Tucker and Bloomberg

FILE – This Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2021 file photo shows power lines in Houston. The Biden administration is taking steps to protect the country’s electric system from cyberattacks through a new 100-day initiative combining federal government agencies and private industry. The initiative was announced Tuesday by the Energy Department. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

Biden administration launches initiative to protect U.S. electric system from cyberattacks

By Eric Tucker and The Associated Press

Biden Administration poised to slam Russia with sanctions over SolarWinds hack, election meddling

By Aamer Madhani, Eric Tucker, and others

Microsoft’s one-click tool to protect against cyberattacks is getting lots of downloads

By Eric Tucker and The Associated Press