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At the inaugural Passcode Cup capture the flag challenge, competitors raced through hacking challenges that ranged from password-cracking to compromising a mock water treatment facility.

An unprecedented and alarming attack on the internet's core infrastructure shutdown much of the web Friday in another sign of the growing sophistication of malicious cyberattacks.  

Lisa Wiswell was the driving force behind the Defense Department's first-ever bug bounty program, which rewarded outside security researchers for finding vulnerabilities in its websites. Now, the Pentagon is expanding the effort.

At an Atlantic Council event Wednesday, experts warned about myriad technical vulnerabilities at the polls but said a hack that could change the outcome of the presidential election was nearly impossible.

Earlier this month, Czech police arrested a Russian hacker with the help of the FBI. The international nature of cyberattacks has made it even more difficult to catch hackers.

Voter trust is on the line unless the US increases cybersecurity at the polls.

Passcode is hosting our inaugural cybersecurity-based capture-the-flag competition, in Washington, D.C. Watch the first and last hours live here on Friday, October 21 at 12:00 and 4:15 Eastern time.

More than 40 rights groups asked the Department of Justice to launch a probe examining whether systems used by police to investigate crimes disproportionately identify blacks as criminal suspects.

E-voting could expose the US electoral process to an unprecedented scale of vulnerabilities. Watch a panel discussion examining the tradeoffs and threats facing our election systems.

A new American president and Congress have a historic opportunity to safeguard digital privacy — but they can’t build on a foundation of mass surveillance and encryption backdoors

Join Privacy Lab and Passcode on Thursday, October 20th at 6:15 p.m. PDT for a discussion that will look at how privacy and security go hand in hand.

The US intelligence community still appears to be violating Americans' privacy with domestic spying operations. But to reform these actions, Congress first needs to know how spies really operate.

The nation’s first ever chief information security officer (CISO) has a big task — and can make a big impact.

The Obama administration is planning to respond to Russia's suspected cyberattacks on US political organizations. What are its options?

News that Yahoo and Apple collect information that can assist with government surveillance highlights a privacy tug-of-war between tech firms and law enforcement. 

Join the Atlantic Council's Cyber Statecraft Initiative and Passcode on Friday, October 14 from 9:00 to 10:30 a.m. for a moderated discussion that will focus on new policy solutions to securing connected devices.

The tech advocacy group Fight for the Future is calling on Yahoo users to delete accounts after reports alleged the company let US officials scan millions of emails.

While consumers and industry experts worry about cybersecurity in autonomous vehicles, government regulators are still struggling to respond to digital risks in driverless cars.

Twitter's decision to suspend the startup drew praise from privacy activists and highlighted tensions between police and the American public.

Consumers have many questions about safety, cybersecurity, and privacy in the coming fleets of autonomous vehicles. And they want a say in shaping the future of transportation.