A cache of leaked Chinese hacking documents just confirmed experts' warnings about how compromised the US could be

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A cache of over 570 Chinese hacking documents was posted to GitHub last week. Cybersecurity experts say the files, which reportedly belong to state-backed hackers, look authentic.

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Chinese hackers would outnumber FBI cyber agents by 50 to 1 even if the agency threw all its resources at China: FBI chief

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FBI chief Christopher Wray (left) and a hacker (right).
"If each one of the FBI's cyber agents and intelligence analysts focused exclusively on the China threat, China's hackers would still outnumber FBI cyber personnel by at least 50 to 1," FBI director Christopher Wray said at a congressional hearing.

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23andMe took 5 months to realize hackers had stolen data from customer accounts

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23andMe found out it was attacked by hackers in October

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Microsoft says Russian hackers attacked it to find information about themselves

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Microsoft said Friday it detected an attack on its systems by Russian hacking group Midnight Blizzard. The group was also behind the massive SolarWinds cyberattack.

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JPMorgan says attempts by hackers are on the rise and it's spending $15 billion partly to defend against cybercrime

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JPMorgan's Mary Callahan Erdoes says hackers' attempts on the firm have increased.

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A leaked presentation reveals how Microsoft built one of its top generative AI products, from cherry picking outputs to pitching government customers

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Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella

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Could a 'Leave the World Behind' style cyberattack cause chaos in real life?

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(L-R) Mahershala Ali, Myha'la Herrold, Julia Roberts, and Ethan Hawke in "Leave the World Behind."

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Brace yourself for 'Q-Day,' a global cybersecurity event that could expose our most important secrets

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Quantum computers rely on subatomic particles to do some serious number crunching. Pictured above is laser than manipulates atoms at startup that makes quantum computers.

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Hackers behind recent ChatGPT outage say they'll target the AI bot until it stops 'dehumanizing' Palestinians

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ChatGPT's recent outage may have resulted from a targeted attack by hacker group Anonymous Sudan.

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Meta is finally encrypting all messages and calls on Facebook and Messenger. It took 4 years.

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