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Defending Against a Digital Storm: How to Stop China's Cyber 'Typhoons'

Defending Against a Digital Storm: How to Stop China's Cyber 'Typhoons'

DEEP DIVE — The “Salt Typhoon,” “Volt Typhoon” and “Silk Typhoon” cyber espionage campaigns have become symbols of China’s efforts to hack U.S. [...] More

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A Consequential Attack on America

As Washington continues to investigate the true depth of what experts are describing as one of the most damaging cyberattacks in U.S. history, both [...] More

Washington's Cyber Reckoning

Washington's Cyber Reckoning

As Washington continues to investigate the true depth of what experts are describing as one of the most damaging cyberattacks in U.S. history, both [...] More

Facebook Blowback

Facebook announced on Friday that as many as 50 million of the platform’s social media accounts had been hacked giving attackers access to user’s [...] More

Yahoo: Who is Responsible for the Hack?

Yahoo has announced hackers, believed to be state-sponsored, stole data on around 500 million users in 2014. The Cipher Brief’s Kaitlin Lavinder [...] More

Beyond the DNC hack: Russian interference in the West

Beyond the DNC hack: Russian interference in the West

With strong links suggesting Russian involvement in the hack of the Democratic National Committee’s (DNC) email servers, the Kremlin’s efforts to [...] More

The Human Factor Behind the Panama Papers Leak

The Human Factor Behind the Panama Papers Leak

There’s still much to be learned about the unauthorized release of the so-called Panama Papers, the documents exposing the financial interests of [...] More

Healthcare and the Cyber Threat

Healthcare and the Cyber Threat

In February, Hollywood Presbyterian Hospital very publicly paid $17,000 to regain access to its files after being infected with a type of malware [...] More

Low-Hanging Fruit

Healthcare providers represent an attractive target for hackers due to the wealth of information they store about their patients. The Cipher Brief [...] More

A Prime Target

On February 5th, Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center lost access to its computers after being infected with ransomware – a type of malware that [...] More

Strengthening U.S. Cyber Defenses

Strengthening U.S. Cyber Defenses

The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) hack shocked the U.S., exposing the vulnerability of the U.S. government to cyber attack. After thieves took [...] More

New Ground Rules Needed

Imagine this: a private company discovers that detailed personal identifying information—including Social Security numbers, dates of birth, passport [...] More

Mitigating the Cyber Threat

The Cipher Brief sat down with Michael Chertoff at the Aspen Security Conference to discuss emerging issues in cybersecurity. He feels that [...] More