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Patrick Howell O'Neill


Patrick Howell O'Neill is a notable cybersecurity reporter whose work has focused on the dark net, national security, and law enforcement. A former senior writer at the Daily Dot, O'Neill joined CyberScoop in October 2016. I am a cybersecurity journalist at CyberScoop. I cover the security industry, national security and law enforcement.

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U.S. scanning of Yahoo emails ‘would be illegal,’ NSA chief says

The details on Yahoo's reported scanning of users' emails remain murky.

On Oct 5, 2016 by Patrick Howell O'Neill

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Hacker group defaces BuzzFeed after report on alleged member

First Mark Zuckerberg, now BuzzFeed News.

On Oct 5, 2016 by Patrick Howell O'Neill

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The Clinton Foundation hack is likely fake

'None of these folders or files shown are from the Clinton Foundation.'

On Oct 4, 2016 by Andrew Couts, Patrick Howell O'Neill

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Yahoo searched all users’ emails for U.S. intelligence: report

The surveillance effort was first discovered last May.

On Oct 4, 2016 by Patrick Howell O'Neill

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Outage knocks out all major phone providers on the East Coast

Did your phone stop working this morning? You weren't alone.

On Oct 4, 2016 by Patrick Howell O'Neill

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Encryption app Signal wins fight against FBI subpoena and gag order

Signal didn't have the information the FBI wanted, but it fought back anyway.

On Oct 4, 2016 by Patrick Howell O'Neill

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Trump fans blow their tops after WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange leaks nothing on Clinton

'There is enormous expectation in the United States.'

On Oct 4, 2016 by Michelle Jaworski, Patrick Howell O'Neill

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Does it matter that Donald Trump has no major newspaper endorsements?

Newspapers have been writing warnings instead.

On Sep 30, 2016 by Patrick Howell O'Neill

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Security startup offers $1.5 million to anyone who can remote jailbreak iOS 10

Hackers with their crosshairs on iPhones and iPads are playing with more money than ever.

On Sep 29, 2016 by Patrick Howell O'Neill

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Trump claims Google is manipulating search results to help Clinton

You can test the theory for yourself.

On Sep 29, 2016 by Patrick Howell O'Neill

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Hackers are selling the keys to your WhatsApp messages

No one knows how or if the product works.

On Sep 29, 2016 by Patrick Howell O'Neill

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Independent investigation links Russian missile to MH17 crash

Turns out citizen journalists at Bellingcat were onto something.

On Sep 29, 2016 by Patrick Howell O'Neill

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Hacker magazine offers $10,000 bounty for Trump’s tax returns

It's a bold, but seemingly lawful, move.

On Sep 28, 2016 by Patrick Howell O'Neill

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Snowden denied passage to accept freedom of expression award in Norway

'Sadly, this was not entirely unexpected.'

On Sep 28, 2016 by Patrick Howell O'Neill

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U.S. intelligence sources point to Russian hacking far beyond DNC

'The law firms will be hacked, the insurance companies will be hacked, because that’s where all the information is.'

On Sep 28, 2016 by Patrick Howell O'Neill