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Retail legend Leslie Wexner has officially retired after 56 years as head of the company that runs struggling lingerie chain Victoria’s Secret. The founder of L Brands, which owns both Victoria’s Secret and Bath & Body Works, retired during a virtual annual meeting Thursday morning — relinquishing his role as chief executive and chairman of …

The FBI and the Department of Homeland Security’s cyber division warned on Wednesday that hackers backed by the Chinese government may be attempting to steal the work of researchers dealing with the response to the coronavirus outbreak. Both the FBI and the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency said that health care and pharmaceutical researchers …

The Trump administration has collected evidence that Chinese and Iranian hackers are targeting American healthcare firms and universities, hindering coronavirus vaccine research in the process, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday. The hackers have the capability to “irreversibly harm” American healthcare facilities, according to U.S. officials. Cyber attacks by Chinese and Iranian hackers have …

Acting Director of National Intelligence Richard Grenell has declassified a list of Obama administration officials who were behind the “unmasking” of former Trump national security adviser Michael Flynn. Multiple reports have cited U.S. officials who say Grenell has handed over the list to attorney general Bill Barr, who could release it “at any time.” Last …

The U.S. will issue a warning that China is planning to steal research on possible coronavirus vaccines via cyber attacks, the New York Times reported on Sunday. China is actively seeking “valuable intellectual property and public health data through illicit means related to vaccines, treatments and testing,” a draft of the warning by the FBI and …

Zoom has reached a deal with New York regulators to better protect users from “Zoom-bombing” and other security problems. The Thursday pact with the state attorney general’s office marks the videoconferencing company’s latest effort to address mounting concerns about the security and privacy of its platform, which has become a crucial tool during the coronavirus …

Representative Michael McCaul, who has harshly criticized China in his position as the ranking member on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, disclosed that his family owns stock in a Chinese tech company he described as a threat to national security. An April 20 periodic transaction report showed that McCaul disclosed a February purchase of between $50,000 …

Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer said Wednesday that she supports banning firearms in the state Capitol after armed protesters demonstrated against the state’s strict lockdown measures last week. “There are legislators who are wearing bulletproof vests to go to work,” Whitmer told NBC News. “No one should be intimidated by someone who’s bringing in an assault …

A US cryptocurrency investor on Thursday sued a suburban New York high school senior, accusing the 18-year-old of being the mastermind and ringleader of a cybercrime scheme that defrauded him out of millions of dollars in digital currencies. The plaintiff, Michael Terpin, accused Ellis Pinsky, of Irvington, NY, and his alleged co-conspirators of stealing $23.8 …

Zoom Video Communications on Wednesday named former White House National Security Adviser HR McMaster to its board and hired the policy chief of one of the tech world’s big lobby groups to drive governmental relations as it poured more money into improving its image on security. Jonathan Kallmer, who takes over as head of Global …