US Navy Seal who wrote Bin Laden raid book to pay US government $7m
No Easy Day was published in 2012 under a pseudonym without Pentagon clearance
Glenn Beck says Boston Marathon bombing sources could be killed by US government
Beck was ordered to reveal the sources who claimed a Saudi student was behind the attacks.
Ransomware spam campaign targets US government and educational institutions
CryptFile2 belongs to the CrypBoss ransomware family.
Could the US election be hacked to rig the results?
Outdated, insecure electronic systems could be cyberattacked and influence result.
Obama puts FBI in charge of responding to cyberattacks following DNC hack
The presidential directive includes a five-level grading system for cyberattacks.
Google reveals government surveillance at all-time high
US, Germany, France, UK and India top surveillance requests list.
US government denies any involvement in planning failed Turkey coup
Secretary of State John Kerry warns Ankara against insinuating that the US was behind the uprising.
Microsoft wins landmark court battle against US government over email privacy
US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit rules in favour of Microsoft.
WikiLeaks cable: Boris Johnson's career 'defies the laws of political gravity', say US officials
The US diplomatic cable brands Johnson a 'mistake-prone former journalist'.
Stingray evidence rejected by US federal judge for the first time
The DEA had used a stingray device without a warrant to identify suspect's location.
Decline in Isis social media traffic due to messages sent by US government in Arabic
Isis' Twitter traffic down by 45% in two years as the US enlists help of tech companies.
Russian culture secretary: 'Netflix is part of a US government-funded conspiracy'
Minister Vladimir Medinsky claims Netflix is used to 'get into the heads of everyone on earth'.
Lauri Love: 'I will kill myself if extradited to the US,' says alleged Nasa hacker
If found guilty under US law, Love faces up to 99 years in prison and up to $9m in fines.
US teen hacks Pentagon websites, gets thanked for finding bugs and offered internships
David Dworken didn't collect a bounty for hacking the US Defence Department from his school.
DNC breach: Donald Trump research dossier stolen by Russian hackers leaked online
The document was reportedly leaked to both The Smoking Gun and Wikileaks by a hacker called 'Guccifer 2.0'
US government targeted with new malware by cyberespionage group Sofacy
Malware was likely sent from a compromised email belonging to another nation's ministry of foreign affairs
Russian hackers infiltrated Democratic Party computers to steal research on Donald Trump
Analysis suggests the hackers had access to the DNC's computer networks for over a year.
Hack the Pentagon: How the US government used cheap labour to find 100 cybersecurity flaws
Ash Carter launched 'Hack the Pentagon' and 100 flaws have been found in its defence systems so far.
Edward Snowden says Japan vulnerable to mass surveillance conducted by US government
The NSA whistleblower indicated that one of Japan's secrecy laws was designed by US to promote spying in Japan.
US government study finds link between mobile phone usage and cancer
National Toxicology Program study finds phone radiation causes tumours in lab rats.
US judge rejects Mozilla's appeal to disclose security bug used to catch child porn peddlers
FBI reportedly exploited a vulnerability to seize a dark web-based website called Playpen last year.
OpLGBT: Anonymous launches US government cyberattack in protest against 'bathroom bill'
Hacker has used DDoS attacks on a number of government websites in light of new 'anti-LGBT' law.
Is North Korea behind the £81m Bangladesh bank cyber-heist?
BAE Systems claims that malware used in Sony Pictures hack is similar to that used in recent banking heists.
From hacking to cyber espionage: US and China discuss security in the digital age
US and Chinese relations on cybercrime have long been strained - will new talks fix impasse?
Twitter blocks US intelligence agencies from accessing real-time analytics service Dataminr
A senior intelligence official said Twitter is concerned about the "optics" and appearing too close to the US intelligence services.
Tor developer Isis Agora Lovecruft publicly accuses the FBI of harassment
Isis Agora Lovecruft is a Tor developer that is accusing the FBI of harassment – which the agency denies.
FBI requests for customer data from internet and telecom firms rose 50% in 2015
FBI sent a total of 48,642 requests for customer records in 2015 to internet and telecom companies.
Chiraq: Jesse Jackson calls on US government to tackle Chicago's crisis-ridden police
The civil rights activist tells IBTimes UK that the Chicago police department cannot reform itself.
Uninstall Apple QuickTime on Windows right now warns US government over security risk
US Homeland Security is warning all users to uninstall QuickTime as Apple will no longer patch security bugs.
Driverless cars could be hijacked by rogue nation states to murder targets remotely
Manufacturers of driverless car technology need to prioritise cybersecurity standards or face the risks.