Russian hacking stretched far beyond US elections, digital hit list reveals

The hackers who upended the U.S. presidential election had ambitions well beyond Hillary Clinton's campaign, targeting the emails of Ukrainian officers, Russian opposition figures, U.S. defense contractors and thousands of others of interest to the Kremlin, according to a previously unpublished digital hit list obtained by The Associated Press. The list provides the most detailed forensic evidence yet of the close alignment between the hackers and the Russian government, exposing an operation that stretched back years and tried to break into the inboxes of 4,700 Gmail users across the globe -- from the pope's representative in Kiev to the punk band Pussy Riot in Moscow.

AP Investigation: Russian hacking went beyond US elections

HOLD FOR RELEASE Thursday 2, 1 a.m. EDT; Graphic shows when fake password-reset links were created, as part of a hacking attack closely aligned with the Russian government; 2c x 5 inches; 96 mm x 126 mm; FILE - In this Monday, May 29, 2017 photo released by the Sputnik news agency, Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during an interview in Paris, France. On Thursday, June 1, 2017, Putin told reporters, Russian hackers might "wake up, read about something going on in interstate relations and, if they have patriotic leanings, they may try to add their contribution to the fight against those who speak badly about Russia."

‘Mindhunter’ is the perfect horror story for a year so…

Early in the first season of "Mindhunter," Netflix's new show from David Fincher about criminal profiling and the invention of the serial killer, FBI agent Holden Ford finds himself trying to understand why crime doesn't seem to make sense anymore. Beset by spree killers, men who commit grotesque acts of violence against women, and crimes that seem to lack any social or economic motivation at all, Ford is convinced that the meaninglessness of these crimes reflects something about a society that seems to have lost its moral center.

Ron Wyden urges NSA and DHS to defend Trump administration officials from hackers

Sen. Ron Wyden , a Democratic member of the Senate Intelligence Committee, is demanding that national security leaders adopt a plan to protect the personal devices and internet accounts of top Trump administration officials. Mr. Wyden of Oregon wrote the acting director of the Department of Homeland Security and the head of the National Security Agency on Friday urging them to work together to ensure senior White House officials are safeguarded from cyberattacks after malware was reportedly found recently on Chief of Staff John F. Kelly's personal cell phone.

Steve Forbes to Congress: “Just do a big fat rate cut and come back for reform later.”

Steve Forbes, Chairman and Editor-in-Chief of Forbes Magazine, spoke on education reform and the workforce skills gap in a conference in San Diego this week. Steve Forbes, Chairman and Editor-in-Chief of Forbes Magazine, spoke on education reform and the workforce skills gap in a conference in San Diego this week.

Green Berets in Niger waited an hour for air support

The U.S. Special Forces team caught in a deadly ambush three weeks ago in Niger did not request help from nearby French forces for about an hour after the firefight began near a village the Americans had visited during a reconnaissance mission several hours prior, the Pentagon's top general said Monday. It then took the French another hour to get fighter jets over the American troops, according to a new timeline provided by Gen.

USDA sets new labeling disclosures for bio-engineered foods

Results from the USDA study, conducted by Deloitte, show that most consumers should be able to access bioengineering food disclosure information from a digital link on a package but that access is not foolproof. The National Bioengineered Food Disclosure Law-signed into law on July 29, 2017-directs the U.S. Department of Agriculture to develop regulations and standards to create mandatory disclosure requirements for bio-engineered foods by July 2018.

Holcomb, Indiana University plan $50M opioid recovery effort

Indiana University President Michael McRobbie, left, shakes hands with Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb as they announce IU's commitment to invest $50 million to collaborate with community partners to prevent and reduce opioid addictions in Indiana, Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2017, in Indianapolis. Indiana University President Michael McRobbie, left, shakes hands with Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb as they announce IU's commitment to invest $50 million to collaborate with community partners to prevent and reduce opioid addictions in Indiana, Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2017, in Indianapolis.

Morrisville man guilty of child porn charges

Michael Caraher, 27, pleaded guilty to one count of distribution of child pornography, three counts of receipt of child pornography and four counts of possession of child pornography. According to a news release by Acting United States Attorney Grant C. Jaquith and Vadim Thomas, special agent in charge of the Albany field office of the FBI, Caraher admitted as part of his guilty plea to using a custom-built desktop computer to access child pornography-oriented internet sites, including at least one on the anonymous “Tor” network, for the purpose of downloading child pornography.

Google, Facebook help spread bad info after Las Vegas attack

In the immediate aftermath of the Las Vegas shooting, people turned to Facebook and Google, looking for news about what happened and, in some cases, updates about their friends and loved ones in the area. Perhaps the most egregious strain of misinformation took hold after far-right trolls gathered on 4chan, a forum in which individuals are permitted to post almost anything anonymously, and, through some amateur online sleuthing, misidentified the shooter.

Google, Facebook help spread bad information after Las Vegas attack

In the immediate aftermath of the Las Vegas shooting, people turned to Facebook and Google, looking for news about what happened and, in some cases, updates about their friends and loved ones in the area. Perhaps the most egregious strain of misinformation took hold after far-right trolls gathered on 4chan, a forum in which individuals are permitted to post almost anything anonymously, and, through some amateur online sleuthing, misidentified the shooter.