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Massachusetts
BOSTON – A Somerville man accused of wreaking havoc after hacking into a local hospital's computer network turned up in a sailboat off the coast of Cuba Tuesday, where his craft had foundered, federal prosecutors said Wednesday. Martin Gottesfeld, 31, faces a single criminal conspiracy charge for disrupting the
Democrats
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration confirmed for the first time Friday that Hillary Clinton's home server contained closely guarded government secrets, censoring 22 emails that contained material requiring one of the highest levels of classification. The revelation comes three days before Clinton competes in the Iowa presidential caucuses.
public records
WASHINGTON (AP) — A proposed law meant to encourage companies to share information about cyberthreats with the U.S. government includes measures that could significantly limit what details, if any, the public can review about the program through federal and state public records laws. The legislation — already passed in both houses
fraud
NEW YORK (AP) — Two men held in Israel and one U.S. citizen believed to be living in Moscow have been charged in one of the largest cybercrimes involving a U.S. bank in history, according to an indictment unsealed Tuesday. Most of the massive data theft involved personal information
Barack Obama
WASHINGTON (AP) — Somber against a backdrop of grand pageantry, President Barack Obama laid out a fresh threat of sanctions against China for alleged cybercrimes on Friday, even as he and Chinese President Xi Jinping reached an agreement not to conduct or support such hacking. "It has to stop,"
NewBostonPost
Written by Stephen Ohlemacher WASHINGTON (AP) — A computer breach at the IRS in which thieves stole tax information from thousands of taxpayers is much bigger than the agency originally disclosed.
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