Cybersecurity

The president's daughter reportedly used the account to discuss government policies and official business. Her lawyer's spokesperson denies she transmitted classified information.

In the months leading up to the midterms, Ohio election officials tried to make their computer systems harder to hack. They role-played how to handle cyberattacks and received help from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. They say last week’s vote went off without major cybersecurity problems. Now they have to prepare for an even bigger election—the 2020 presidential race.

Facebook says a vulnerability allowed attackers to gain full access to some users' accounts; it's not yet clear whether any accounts were actually misused. The company says the problem has been fixed.

County boards of elections in Ohio are bringing in experts to size up whether their computer systems are vulnerable to hackers.

Starting July 24, the newest version of the Google Chrome is notifying users anytime they try to access an unencrypted or unsecure page. HTTP sites are…

An Akron man has been arrested and charged with a cyber attack last year that shut down two of the city’s main government websites. Thirty-two-year-old...

Taft IT High School is launching what Cincinnati Public Schools believes is the first-in-the-country cybersecurity certificate program.

The new funding is part of a $1.3 trillion omnibus spending bill, a source told NPR. The development comes as the Senate intelligence committee has put a focus on election security this week.

As the Winter Olympic Games in South Korea continue, cybersecurity officials have been combating hackers and other cyberattacks. We'll take a look at…

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has reached out to elections officials in Ohio and 20 other states, which have confirmed they were targeted by…