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Wall Street banks scramble to assess fallout from hack of real-estate data firm | CNN Business Hackers stole a trove of data from a company used by major Wall Street banks for real-estate loans and mortgages, setting off a scramble to determine what was taken and which banks were affected, acco...

Wall Street banks scramble to assess fallout from hack of real-estate data firm www.cnn.com/2025/11/23/b...

North Korean operatives have created a convincing (but fake) job-application platform out of whole cloth, targeting applicants of major AI firms like Anthropic: www.cnn.com/2025/11/20/p...

‘Oh my God, this is our Tanzania’: CNN investigation shows police shooting protesters, signs of mass graves | CNN In the chaotic aftermath of Tanzania’s disputed presidential election last month, police and gun-wielding men on patrol shot at groups of protesters, many of whom appeared unarmed or were holding only...

"Videos verified by CNN also support witness reports about the deadly toll of the post-election crackdown [in #Tanzania], showing morgues overflowing with scores of bodies." www.cnn.com/2025/11/21/a...

Exclusive: UK suspends some intelligence sharing with US over boat strike concerns in major break | CNN Politics The United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes ...

NEWS: The UK is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes the attacks are illegal, sources familiar with the matter told CNN. edition.cnn.com/2025/11/11/p...

"As the news spread through the tightknit world of Naval Special Warfare, a consensus began to form: The command was likely yanked by Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth because of the officer’s gender."

Exclusive: ‘She was the best man for the job’: Hegseth’s policies are forcing qualified women out of the military | CNN Politics Active service women and men who spoke to CNN say that goals Hegseth laid out often don’t make sense and will damage the military.

Important reporting from colleagues Brianna Keilar, @halbritz.bsky.social, @ikhurshudyan.bsky.social: A Navy officer who was set to become the 1st woman in a Naval Special Warfare command overseeing Navy SEALs had her appointment abruptly canceled w/ little explanation. www.cnn.com/2025/11/11/p...

Trump has accused boat crews of being narco-terrorists. The truth, AP found, is more nuanced One was a fisherman struggling to eke out a living on $100 a month. Another was a career criminal. A third was a former military cadet.

"In dozens of interviews in villages on Venezuela’s breathtaking northeastern coast, from which some of the boats departed, residents and relatives said the dead men had indeed been running drugs but were not narco-terrorists or leaders of a cartel or gang." apnews.com/article/trum...

Congressional Budget Office hacked, China suspected in breach | CNN Politics The Congressional Budget Office has been hacked, potentially exposing its communications with the offices of lawmakers, according to an email sent to congressional staff this week and obtained by CNN.

Chinese state-backed hackers suspected in breach of Congressional Budget Office: www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/p...

Congressional Budget Office hacked, China suspected in breach | CNN Politics The Congressional Budget Office has been hacked, potentially exposing its communications with the offices of lawmakers, according to an email sent to congressional staff this week and obtained by CNN.

Chinese state-backed hackers suspected in breach of Congressional Budget Office: www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/p...

Two men accused of hacking and extorting US companies previously worked for cybersecurity firms | CNN Politics Two former employees of cybersecurity firms that sold services helping companies combat hackers have been indicted and accused of participating in a conspiracy, outside of their day jobs, to hack mult...

Two men who previously worked for ransomware-recovery firms have been indicted in Florida and accused of using the ALPHV/Black Cat ransomware to hack multiple US firms, and then trying to extort them for millions: www.cnn.com/2025/11/03/p...

Cyber scholarship-for-service students say government has pulled rug on them, potentially burdening them with debt Some CyberCorps: Scholarship for Service participants have had federal agency job and internship offers rescinded this year due to cutbacks and freezes. It’s a condition of their scholarship contract ...

Good reporting from @timstarks.bsky.social on recipients of a prestigious cybersecurity scholarship feeling left high and dry (and in a lot of debt) because of government cuts: cyberscoop.com/cyber-schola...

Justice Department tells Congress Trump doesn’t need its approval for military strikes on alleged drug boats | CNN Politics A senior Justice Department official has told Congress that the Trump administration can continue lethal military strikes on alleged drug traffickers without congressional approval and that the admini...

Justice Department tells Congress Trump doesn’t need its approval for military strikes on alleged drug boats www.cnn.com/2025/11/02/p...

Millions of Americans could lose access to SNAP food assistance this weekend. Here’s who could be most affected | CNN Politics In an unprecedented situation, tens of millions of Americans could lose access to a crucial food assistance program starting on Saturday amid the federal government shutdown.

In an unprecedented situation, tens of millions of Americans could lose access to a crucial food assistance program starting on Saturday amid the federal government shutdown.

CIA cyberattacks targeting the Maduro regime didn’t satisfy Trump in his first term. Now the US is flexing its military might | CNN Politics In the final year of President Donald Trump’s first administration, the CIA carried out a clandestine cyberattack against the Venezuelan government, disabling the computer network used by Venezuelan l...

Inside the Trump team's debates on what to do with Venezuela during his first term, and what that could mean for the military buildup going on right now - from @cnn.com 's Katie Bo Lillis, Sean Lyngaas and Kylie Atwood

CIA cyberattacks targeting the Maduro regime didn’t satisfy Trump in his first term. Now the US is flexing its military might | CNN Politics In the final year of President Donald Trump’s first administration, the CIA carried out a clandestine cyberattack against the Venezuelan government, disabling the computer network used by Venezuelan l...

The CIA hacked and disrupted a computer network used by Venezuela’s security service in Trump’s 1st term, one of a series of covert actions US agencies took or considered taking as Trump increased pressure on Maduro: www.cnn.com/2025/10/29/p...

Former US defense contractor employee pleads guilty to selling hacking tools to buyer in Russia | CNN Politics An Australian man on Wednesday pleaded guilty in connection with a scheme to steal powerful hacking tools from a US defense contractor and sell them to a buyer in Russia, the Justice Department said.

Former US defense contractor employee pleads guilty to selling hacking tools to buyer in Russia www.cnn.com/2025/10/29/p...

CIA cyberattacks targeting the Maduro regime didn’t satisfy Trump in his first term. Now the US is flexing its military might | CNN Politics In the final year of President Donald Trump’s first administration, the CIA carried out a clandestine cyberattack against the Venezuelan government, disabling the computer network used by Venezuelan l...

US military considered setting up a hacking team to focus on counter-narcotics, with an emphasis on Venezuela: www.cnn.com/2025/10/29/p...

Also in this story, all in Trump's 1st term:
- Pentagon officials balked when an admin official floated the idea of knocking a Venezuelan dam offline w/ a cyberattack
- Cyber Command carried out a hacking op against the Wagner Group in Venezuela.

CIA cyberattacks targeting the Maduro regime didn’t satisfy Trump in his first term. Now the US is flexing its military might | CNN Politics In the final year of President Donald Trump’s first administration, the CIA carried out a clandestine cyberattack against the Venezuelan government, disabling the computer network used by Venezuelan l...

The CIA hacked and disrupted a computer network used by Venezuela’s security service in Trump’s 1st term, one of a series of covert actions US agencies took or considered taking as Trump increased pressure on Maduro: www.cnn.com/2025/10/29/p...

2020 election deniers and allies amass power, in and out of the Trump administration | CNN Politics Nearly five years after the 2020 election, the debunked conspiracy that Trump was robbed of the election due to massive voter fraud has become gospel in many corners of the Republican Party. Back in p...

2020 election deniers and allies amass power, in and out of the Trump administration www.cnn.com/2025/10/24/p...

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Exclusive | Trump Pardons Convicted Binance Founder The pardon follows months of efforts by Changpeng Zhao to boost Trump crypto company

Trump pardons convicted Binance founder CZ: www.wsj.com/finance/curr...

Ukraine says ‘massive’ Russian attack targeted energy infrastructure | CNN Russia carried out a “massive attack” on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure, top Ukrainian officials said early Friday, leaving parts of the capital Kyiv without power.

Russian strikes plunge parts of Kyiv into darkness and kill a 7-year-old boy in Zaporizhzhia, according to Ukrainian officials: www.cnn.com/2025/10/09/e...

US law firm with major political clients hacked in spying spree linked to China | CNN Politics Suspected Chinese government-backed hackers have breached computer systems of US law firm Williams & Connolly, which has represented some of America’s most powerful politicians, as part of a larger sp...

Prominent American law firms continue to be breached by suspected Chinese intelligence operatives: www.cnn.com/2025/10/08/p...

Exclusive: Classified Justice Department opinion authorizes strikes on secret list of cartels, sources say | CNN Politics The Trump administration has produced a classified legal opinion that justifies lethal strikes against a secret and expansive list of cartels and suspected drug traffickers, according to multiple peop...

Important story from @natashabertrand.bsky.social & @zcohencnn.bsky.social, a reminder of the power of the OLC. www.cnn.com/2025/10/06/p...

Suspected Chinese government operatives used ChatGPT to shape mass surveillance proposals, OpenAI says | CNN Politics Suspected Chinese government operatives asked ChatGPT to help write proposal for a tool to conduct large-scale surveillance and to help promote another that allegedly scans social media accounts for “...

Suspected Chinese state actors used ChatGPT to help write proposals to conduct mass-surveillance of Uyghurs and to scan social media for taboo content, OpenAI finds www.cnn.com/2025/10/07/p...

Exclusive: Classified Justice Department opinion authorizes strikes on secret list of cartels, sources say | CNN Politics The Trump administration has produced a classified legal opinion that justifies lethal strikes against a secret and expansive list of cartels and suspected drug traffickers, according to multiple peop...

New: DOJ has produced a classified legal opinion that justifies lethal strikes against a secret and expansive list of cartels and suspected drug traffickers—justifying an open-ended war against suspected smugglers, now considered by the US to be enemy combatants. www.cnn.com/2025/10/06/p...