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Pages from the Anthropic website and the company's logo are displayed on a computer screen in New York on February 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Patrick Sison)
June 13, 2026, 3:33 pm
Anthropic says it cut access to powerful AI models over US ‘national security’ order
Firm says government apparently ‘believes it has become aware’ of method to bypass Fable 5, a locked-down version of Mythos 5 that was held back from public over unprecedented abilities
By AFP
Illustrative: A person types on a laptop keyboard, June 19, 2017. (AP/Elise Amendola/File)
July 18, 2023, 11:34 pm
US blacklists Israeli-controlled firms behind Predator spyware
Commerce Department restricts ability of Intellexa and Cytrox to do business with American companies for ‘threatening the privacy and security of individuals and organizations’
By AFP
Illustrative: A man holds a phone with the NSO Group logo (Yonatan Sindel/ Flash90)
July 12, 2022, 6:18 pm
Israel’s NSO Group said to lobby unsuccessfully for removal from US blacklist
Lawyers and PR firms hired by embattled spyware company reportedly approached senators and members of Congress and are urging discussion of issue in Lapid-Biden meeting this week
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: A man holds a phone with the NSO Group logo (Yonatan Sindel/ Flash90)
June 11, 2022, 12:00 am
Report: Israel pushing US to remove scandal-ridden NSO Group from blacklist
After initially refusing to assist controversial Israeli spyware firm, Jerusalem said lobbying Biden administration on its behalf, arguing it should be given chance to reform
By ToI Staff
A logo on a branch of the Israeli NSO Group company, near the southern Israeli town of Sapir, on August 24, 2021. (AP/Sebastian Scheiner)
November 3, 2021, 5:05 pm
Malicious activities: US blacklists Israel’s NSO Group and Candiru spyware firms
Commerce Department says Israeli companies suspected of link to ‘activities contrary to the national security or foreign policy interests of the United States’
By ToI Staff and Jacob Magid
US President-elect Joe Biden arrives at The Queen theater in Wilmington, Del., Thursday, Dec. 17, 2020. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
December 18, 2020, 12:39 pm
With Trump silent, reprisals for massive hack on US government may fall to Biden
Reactions could include federal indictments, sanctions, counterattacks and even exposure of Kremlin corruption, experts say
By Eric Tucker, Frank Bajak and Matthew Lee
Illustrative: A blast door leading to an underground control room is opened at an ICBM launch control facility near Minot, North Dakota, June 24, 2014. US officials fear American defense and nuclear facilities were breached in a massive cyber attack linked to Russia. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)
December 18, 2020, 6:58 am
Microsoft says cyber assault on US hit 40 of its customers, including in Israel
Tech giant issues call-to-arms after attack on US government institutions blamed on Russia; singles out Israel’s private sector, NSO Group as potentially dangerous going forward
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Illustrative: A US Air Force officer closes the gate at an ICBM launch control facility at an air force base in the countryside outside Minot, North Dakota, June 24, 2014. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
December 18, 2020, 12:06 am
‘Worst hacking in US history’: Agencies said to fear nuclear networks accessed
‘They got into everything,’ one official says, as federal authorities express growing alarm over breadth and depth of intrusion into government networks, likely by Russian actors
By ToI Staff and AP
The FBI logo is seen outside the headquarters building in Washington, DC on July 5, 2016. (AFP Photo/Yuri Gripas)
December 17, 2020, 10:27 am
US intel agencies say government networks compromised in cyberattack
FBI, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency says hack, blamed on Russia, is still ongoing
By AFP
The Kremlin in Moscow, September 29, 2017. (Ivan Sekretarev/AP)
December 14, 2020, 1:17 pm
Russia suspected behind hacking of US agencies in global cyber-spying campaign
Experts still trying to assess scope of months-long operation that slipped code into software update used on servers across the globe and in all 5 branches of US military
By Eric Tucker, Frank Bajak and Matt O'Brien
The US Treasury Department building viewed from the Washington Monument in Washington, September 18, 2019. (Patrick Semansky/AP)
December 13, 2020, 11:48 pm
Hackers backed by foreign government reportedly steal info from US Treasury
Cyberattack also targets Commerce Department’s telecommunication division; sources say officials concerned similar method may have been used to breach other government agencies
By ToI Staff
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