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Personal information—including Social Security numbers—from about 73 million AT&T customers was leaked on the dark web earlier this month, the company said Saturday, though the source of the data is still under investigation, as it’s not known whether the leak came from within the company or one of its vendors. The ...

Two decades ago, the US intelligence community worked closely with Silicon Valley in an effort to track citizens in cyberspace. And Google is at the heart of that origin story. Some of the research that led to Google’s ambitious creation was funded and coordinated by a research group established by the intelligence ...

WASHINGTON (7News) — 7News is asking a security question that deals with your cell phone. How did a Maryland woman lose $17,000 even though she had two-factor authentication on all her accounts?We all know criminals have multiple ways to steal your identity, but 7News is sending out a warning. SIM card swapping almo...