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Michael Riley @MichaelRileyDC

Washington bureau of Bloomberg News

Joined July 2009
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Dozens of researchers helped w/ our global trolling reporting done in conjunction with new @iftf report: iftf.org/statesponsoredtroll… It's an impressive project that deserves a lot of attention.

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Maltese journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia was hounded by Labour Party trolls before being car bombed last year. Turkish special forces units used @Twitter and @facebook for live manhunts of journalists. bloomberg.com/features/2018-…

A Global Guide to State-Sponsored Trolling

Trolling by states and parties is changing the political landscape of entire nations, according to journalists and politicians.

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Chinese hacking tools and a possible insider. Behind the scenes of the Equifax breach w/ @jordanr1000 @anita_sharpe bloomberg.com/news/features/…

The Inside Story of Equifax’s Massive Data Breach

The intruders broke in and then handed off to a more sophisticated team of hackers, the hallmarks of a state-sponsored operation.

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Equifax had not one but two major breaches. They just didn't tell you about one. Scoop w @anita_sharpe @jordanr1000 bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Equifax Suffered a Hack Almost Five Months Earlier Than the Date It Disclosed

Equifax Inc. learned about a major breach of its computer systems in March -- almost five months before the date it has publicly disclosed, according to three people familiar with the situation.

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Equifax has failed to follow the most basic rule after a major breach. Get all the bad news out at once. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Equifax Suffered a Hack Almost Five Months Earlier Than the Date It Disclosed

Equifax Inc. learned about a major breach of its computer systems in March -- almost five months before the date it has publicly disclosed, according to three people familiar with the situation.

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Past 24 hours of @kaspersky 's shifting responses to our piece ends where it started 1/2
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Sure @iblametom but since last story this happened: *DIA warned @kaspersky could help Russia attack ICS *Six intel chiefs trash KL 1/4
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It's @kaspersky email spool. They have the original emails. We gave them the info to find it, and their response indicates they did. 2/2
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US gov't-wide ban won't have a big biz impact on Kaspersky. If move leads Walmart and Best Buy to pull KL products, that will. 2/2
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ABC News reporting Trump considering government-wide ban on Kaspersky products. 1/2 abcnews.go.com/US/trump-admi…
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Russia is chief suspect in hack of at least a dozen U.S. power plants since May bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Russians Are Suspects in Nuclear Site Hackings, Sources Say

Hackers working for a foreign government recently breached at least a dozen U.S. power plants, including the Wolf Creek nuclear facility in Kansas, according to current and former U.S. officials,...

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Nation state hackers have breached at least a dozen U.S. power plants since May, including a nuke plant in Kansas bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Russians Are Suspects in Nuclear Site Hackings, Sources Say

Hackers working for a foreign government recently breached at least a dozen U.S. power plants, including the Wolf Creek nuclear facility in Kansas, according to current and former U.S. officials,...

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@benatworkdc Hey, Ben. Can you follow me so I can DM? I had a quick question for you.
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Read the @spj_tweets Sigma Delta Chi Award-winning piece from @jordanr1000 and @MichaelRileyDC bloom.bg/2oYyzaw

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Upstart cyber arms dealer meets authoritarian West African govt: What could possibly go wrong? @BW @jordanr1000 bloomberg.com/news/features/…

The Post-Snowden Cyber Arms Hustle

An Indian hacker promised governments he could supply them with NSA-level technology. But when Mauritania hired him to help spy on its cell networks, things went way, way south.

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Insane tale of a secretive, lucrative cyber-arms deal gone wrong and the int'l incident it created w/ @jordanr1000 bloomberg.com/news/features/…

The Post-Snowden Cyber Arms Hustle

An Indian hacker promised governments he could supply them with NSA-level technology. But when Mauritania hired him to help spy on its cell networks, things went way, way south.

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Declassified hacking report links DCLeaks.com to Russian intel. Bloomberg was 1st to report link in Aug.:bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
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Given the timing of Saudi malware attack, you have to wonder if conservative elements w/in Iran are trying to bait Trump to scrap nuke deal
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Wave of destructive malware attacks hits Saudi Arabia, evidence points to Iranian actors w/ @gccarey1 @johnfraher bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Saudi Arabia Has Just Suffered a Series of Major Cyber Hack Attacks

State-sponsored hackers have conducted a series of destructive attacks on Saudi Arabia over the last two weeks, erasing data and wreaking havoc in computer banks.

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Josh Aaron, accused of masterminding biggest hacks of Wall Street firms, may soon be in US hands w/Stepan Kravchenko bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
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