Tonya Riley

Tonya Riley covers privacy, surveillance and cryptocurrency for CyberScoop News. She previously wrote the Cybersecurity 202 newsletter for The Washington Post and before that worked as a fellow at Mother Jones magazine. Her work has appeared in Wired, CNBC, Esquire and other outlets. She received a BA in history from Brown University.

You can reach Tonya with sensitive tips on Signal at 202-643-0931. PR pitches to Signal will be ignored and should be sent via email.

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Cryptocurrency reporting requirement in infrastructure bill sees potential changes

Financial

White House — Deputy National Security Adviser Anne Neuberger briefs reporters from the White House on Feb. 17. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

A US official explains why the White House decided not to ban ransomware payments

Government

Business email, BEC — (Getty Images)

Hackers are using CAPTCHA techniques to scam email users

Technology

WASHINGTON, DC – JUNE 10: Senate Homeland Security Chairman Gary Peters (D-MI) presides over a nomination hearing with Chris Inglis, nominee to be the National Cyber Director, and Jen Easterly, nominee to be the Director of the Homeland Security Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, during a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on June 10, 2021 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Federal agencies are failing to protect sensitive data, Senate report finds

Threats

Two cellphone towers are seen on top of a building in Beijing on September 24, 2020. (Photo by NICOLAS ASFOURI/AFP via Getty Images)

Suspected Chinese hackers took advantage of Microsoft Exchange vulnerability to steal call records

Technology

Chris Inglis, National Cyber Director. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

National cyber director endorses plan for a bureau to collect, analyze threat data

Policy

BAKU, AZERBAIJAN – JANUARY 15: A lab worker holds a test tube before running a polymerase chain reaction. (Photo by Aziz Karimov/Getty Images)

Popular technology that hospitals use to send lab samples is vulnerable, researchers found

Technology

A John Deere s770 combine with AI capabilities is shown at the Las Vegas Convention Center during CES 2019 in Las Vegas on January 10, 2019. (Photo by DAVID MCNEW / AFP via Getty Images)

FTC’s right-to-repair ruling is a small step for security researchers, giant leap for DIY hackers

Government

Two phone boxes in London. (Photo by John Keeble/Getty Images)

Criminals are using call centers to spread ransomware in a crafty scheme

Technology