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Claim: FBI used mercenary hackers to access terrorist iPhone

(Cyberwar.news) For weeks there has been speculation that the FBI utilized a top Israeli cyber forensics firm to break into a locked iPhone used by one of the San Bernardino, California, terrorists, but a new report claims the federal law enforcement agency actually turned to mercenary hackers, the Washington Post reported this week. The paper Read More


Secret Service Director Joe Clancy speaks during the kick off Cyber Storm V in Washington, Tuesday, March 8, 2016. More than 1,100 cybersecurity professionals across the country and from Wyoming, Missouri, Mississippi, Georgia, Maine, Nevada, Oklahoma and Oregon, are participating in the Homeland Security Department's simulation to test their ability to deal with a cyberattack, said Touhill, the agency’s deputy assistant secretary for Cybersecurity Operations and Programs at DHS. (AP Photo/Tami Abdollah)

Cybersecurity pros participate in mock attack against U.S. systems

(Cyberwar.news) The U.S. Secret Service hosted a three-day exercise last week run by the Department of Homeland Security involving dozens of cybersecurity experts who gathered in an underground control room for a drill aimed at staving off the kinds of cyber attacks that have hampered health networks and retail giants recently. As reported by The Read More