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Michael Riley

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ARTICLES BY MICHAEL RILEY

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg. Photo: Bloomberg

How the Facebook-Cambridge Analytica saga unfolded

3 min read . 22 Mar 2018

The massive breach occurred even though Equifax had invested millions in sophisticated security measures. Photo: Reuters

The Equifax hack has the hallmarks of state-sponsored pros

13 min read . 30 Sep 2017

A file photo of a nuclear power generating station in Limerick, Pennsylvania, US. Representational Photo: Bloomberg

Russians are said to be suspects in hacks involving nuclear site

7 min read . 07 Jul 2017

Russian President Vladimir Putin has said hackers inside the country could have been involved without being sanctioned by the government. Photo: AP

Russian hackers hit 39 states during US elections

7 min read . 13 Jun 2017

Republican Senator John McCain, chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, said of WikiLeaks, ‘If they can hack into the CIA they can hack into anyone.’ Photo: Reuters

WikiLeaks says it has CIA spy tools as John McCain cites dangers

7 min read . 08 Mar 2017

Some US groups have paid the ransoms to the Russian hackers, even though there is a little guarantee the documents won’t be made public anyway. Photo: iStock

Russian hackers seeking hush money from liberal US groups: report

5 min read . 06 Mar 2017

The Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency would be at least the second central bank to suffer a major digital attack in the past year.

Saudi central bank systems said to be struck by Iran malware

1 min read . 03 Dec 2016

Verizon Communications Inc., has agreed to buy Yahoo’s web assets for $4.83 billion. Photo: AP

Yahoo tipped off to hack by report of data dump on dark web

5 min read . 24 Sep 2016

Photo: Bloomberg

Thank you for hacking iPhone, now tell Apple how you did it

5 min read . 23 Mar 2016

A group of Russian hackers infiltrated the servers of Dow Jones, owner of the Wall Street Journal and several other news publications, and stole information to trade on before it became public. Photo: AFP

Russian hackers of Dow Jones said to have sought trading tips

4 min read . 17 Oct 2015

A file photo of FBI headquarters. AFP

FBI probes if banks hacked back as US firms explore cyber offensive

8 min read . 30 Dec 2014

The hackers tried to break into Citigroup this year but failed, according to a person familiar with the incident at the bank. Photo: Bloomberg

Citigroup said to be attacked by JPMorgan hackers

2 min read . 09 Oct 2014

Authorities are looking for signs the stolen data has been used to move money from accounts, but no such activity had been spotted as of this afternoon, the US government official said. Photo: Bloomberg

JPMorgan and four other banks hit by hackers, US official says

3 min read . 28 Aug 2014

Still image from undated video of a masked Islamic State militant holding a knife speaking next to man purported to be James Foley at an unknown location. Photo: Reuters

Hunt for James Foley’s killer uses old police work and high-tech tools

8 min read . 22 Aug 2014

NSA said to have used Heartbleed bug and left consumers exposed

5 min read . 12 Apr 2014