Patrick Howell O'Neill

Patrick Howell O’Neill is a cybersecurity reporter for CyberScoop based in San Francisco.

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After social engineering hack, judge rules ‘very poor’ contract won’t save hosting company

Technology

Photo by Tristan Schmurr (Flickr/CC BY 2.0)

Dark web crooks wage an easy and profitable phishing scheme on Wikipedia

Technology

Yahoo — (Flickr/Clavoio)

Yahoo shareholders file lawsuit over company’s massive data breaches

Technology

Vulnerability found in dark web market Alphabay

Technology

(Scott Lum / Flickr)

Women’s March faces hacking, surveillance threats ahead of planned protests

Threats

After global FBI hacking operation, admin of dark web’s largest child porn site sentenced to 20 years

Government

Under Trump, Congress to push for funding that grows government hacking

Government

DanaBot — (Getty)

Illegal bitcoin exchange operator pleads guilty in case tied to JPMorgan Chase hack

Financial

University calls out Wire private messenger over code structure

Technology