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# Hacking

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## Hacking


* ![Zain Qaiser, 24, has been jailed for more than six years for his involvement with an organized cyber crime group. ](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9f6464f0ea3bec52/698947f67cdbacfa61d5f50a/qaiser.jpeg?branch=production&width=1080&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Apr 9, 2019  
## [Hacker From Russian Crime Group Jailed In Multi-Million Dollar Global Blackmail Conspiracy](https://time.com/5566519/russian-cyber-crime-hacker-nca/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Madeline Roache
* ![Anniversary Of Nuclear Disaster At Three Mile Island Marked Near The Site](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt18169a11ab43424b/69892b0fdb2987695125f1e8/three-mile-island-pennsylvania-shut-down.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Mar 16, 2018  
## [Feds: Russian Hackers Are Attacking U.S. Power Plants](https://time.com/5202774/russia-hacking-dhs-report-power/)  
[BUSINESS](/section/business/)  
by Nash Jenkins
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Nov 8, 2017  
## [Compassion is Missing From the Opioid Crisis Conversation](https://time.com/5015103/compassion-is-missing-from-the-opioid-crisis-conversation/)  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)  
by The Aspen Institute
* ![Candidates Hillary Clinton And Donald Trump Hold Second Presidential Debate At Washington University](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8ad7c22e20025deb/6988bedc4dd2150293efe2ad/donna-brazile.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Nov 8, 2017  
## [Former DNC Chair Donna Brazile Opens Up on the 2016 Election](https://time.com/5014194/donna-brazile-dnc-elections-book-interview/)  
[POLITICS](/section/politics/)  
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Oct 6, 2017  
## [Americans Didn't Always Keep Their Social Security Numbers Secret. Here's What Changed](https://time.com/4970536/social-security-number-secret-history/)  
[HISTORY](/section/history/)  
by Olivia B. Waxman  
* ![secret-history-Election-2016-01](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt77deb2a110a7ea13/6988d660ab6d775b276af09d/secret-history-election-2016-01.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jul 20, 2017  
## [Inside the Secret Plan to Stop Vladimir Putin’s U.S. Election Plot](https://time.com/4865982/secret-plan-stop-vladimir-putin-election-plot/)  
[POLITICS](/section/politics/)  
by Massimo Calabresi
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Jun 1, 2017  
## [How Schools Can Tackle Their Equity Problem](https://time.com/4801133/how-schools-can-tackle-their-equity-problem/)  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)  
by The Aspen Institute
* ![hacking-democracy-inside-russia-social-media-war-america](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbe4278127363258b/6988cdc20a4a2211bc9ce34a/hacking-democracy-inside-russia-social-media-war-america.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
May 18, 2017  
## [Inside Russia’s Social Media War on America](https://time.com/4783932/inside-russia-social-media-war-america/)  
[POLITICS](/section/politics/)  
by Massimo Calabresi
* ![botched-ransomware-attack-reveals-looming-threat-hospital](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltffd03194fe3e8d81/6988cdbe8e06011b4f46a671/botched-ransomware-attack-reveals-looming-threat-hospital.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
May 18, 2017  
## [Why a Global Cyber Crisis Stalled-This Time](https://time.com/4783910/why-a-global-cyber-crisis-stalled-this-time/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Robert Hackett
* ![Notebook/laptop with video cam masked adhesive plaster](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt81f9a3d96ad81069/6988bfc1cd1bba31fe704706/gettyimages-506103587.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Mar 29, 2017  
## [Teenagers Already Know the Key to Protecting Your Privacy](https://time.com/4699972/technology-privacy-national-security/)  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)  
by Kenneth A. Bamberger and Deirdre K. Mulligan  
* ![TOPSHOT-RUSSIA-HACKING-INVESTIGATION-INTERNET-POLITICS](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt368cbdbcbe87084c/6988b2e3fb4eac0347890312/russia-hacking.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Mar 23, 2017  
## [Hacking Myself Is the Most Surprisingly Humiliating Decision I've Ever Made](https://time.com/4710631/hacking-myself-is-surprisingly-humiliating/)  
[BUSINESS](/section/business/)  
by TIME Staff
* ![CIA Podium](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3ba03e16175d9c5e/6988be9f196cf4e14a03f41a/cia-wikileaks.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Mar 16, 2017  
## [WikiLeaks: The Real Cost of ‘Forced Transparency’](https://time.com/4703326/wikileaks-vault-7-forced-transparency/)  
[POLITICS](/section/politics/)  
by Ian Bremmer
* ![U.S.-NEW YORK-DISTRICT COURT-APPLE](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9719a45ed5c72f63/6988b4ddab6d7701fb6ac6b6/cybersecurity-internet-security-fbi-phishing-apple-hackers1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jan 10, 2017  
## [U.S. Cyber Policy Makes Americans Vulnerable to Our Own Government](https://time.com/4625798/donald-trump-cyber-policy/)  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)  
by Oren J. Falkowitz
* ![UN Panel Rules That Wikileaks Founder Is Arbitrarily Detained](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4ee4e5c03d7d6707/6988b4c3e20a873946a93abf/gettyimages-508572172.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jan 9, 2017  
## [The Founder of WikiLeaks Just Dismissed the Russia Hacking Report as a 'Press Release'](https://time.com/4628558/wikileaks-julian-assange-russia-election-hack-donald-trump/)  
[POLITICS](/section/politics/)  
by Maya Rhodan
* ![Senate Armed Services Hearing on Cyber Threats at US Capitol](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc7553de31ac7453c/6988b48d524fc047e6dfaa2f/gettyimages-631029002.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jan 6, 2017  
## [CIA Names Russian Officials](https://time.com/4625301/cia-russia-wikileaks-dnc-hacking/)  
[POLITICS](/section/politics/)  
by Reuters

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