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Patrick Howell O'Neill

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

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Secretary John Kelly’s department would see some significant increases for cybersecurity efforts under President Trump’s budget proposal. (DHS photo)

After a long fight, Raytheon wins $1 billion cybersecurity contract with Homeland Security

Government

People gather outside a school near the Boroli settlement in Uganda for refugees from war in South Sudan. (Roberto Maldeno / Flickr)

United Nations backs blockchain-powered permanent identity tool for refugees

Government

Senator Dick Durbin. Photo by AMSF2011/Flickr (CC BY 2.0)

After 2016 election hacking, Illinois politicians pose cybersecurity questions to local officials

Government

Photo by Joi Ito/Flickr (CC BY 2.0)

Report: Malware campaign targeted Palestinian elections

Government

Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Joseph Dunford testifies June 12 before the House Armed Services Committee. (Dept. of Defense Photo by Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Dominique A. Pineiro)

70 percent of U.S. Cyber Command force teams now ‘fully operational’

Geopolitics

Timothy Tsui / Flickr

Microsoft patches Windows XP due to ‘heightened risk’ of nation-state activity

Technology

Kim Il-Sung Square, Pyongyang North Korea

DHS identifies North Korean hacking infrastructure used by Lazarus Group

Government

Photo by Chris/Flickr (CC BY SA 2.0)

Israeli hacking company NSO Group is on sale for more than $1 billion

Technology

The Al Jazeera logo. (Osama Saeed Bhutta / Flickr)

Al Jazeera comes under cyberattack as Persian Gulf crisis escalates

Government