Sean Lyngaas is a cybersecurity reporter for CNN, covering global cybersecurity issues and their impact on national security, government, and the private sector. His reporting focuses on topics such as state-sponsored hacking, ransomware attacks, and the evolving threat landscape. Lyngaas is a graduate of Duke University and the Fletcher School at Tufts University, and he is a proud father.
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Sean Lyngaas primarily covers breaking news, government announcements, and evolving stories related to privacy & cybersecurity, politics, and government. His articles often focus on FBI investigations, cybersecurity incidents involving hacking or ransomware attacks with a particular emphasis on US Government involvement and Russian hackers.
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By: Evan Perez, Sara Murray, Sean Lyngaas, Paul P. Murphy
(CNN) — US intelligence has assessed that Russian operatives were behind a fake video purporting to show someone destroying mail-in ballots in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, that circulated on social media Thursday.
By: Sean Lyngaas
(CNN) — Russian, Chinese and Cuban operatives all spread misinformation about US government hurricane relief efforts in the aftermath of Hurricanes Helene and Milton, a US official said Monday, citing recent US intelligence.
By: Sean Lyngaas, Kara Scannell, Evan Perez
CNN — US officials believe Chinese government-linked hackers targeted Eric Trump's and Jared Kushner's call and text data as the scale of
By: Zachary Cohen, Sean Lyngaas, Sara Murray
(CNN) — Elon Musk's misinformation megaphone has created a “huge problem” for election officials in key battleground states who told CNN they're struggling to combat the wave of falsehoods coming from the tech billionaire and spreading wildly on his X platform.
By: Sara Murray, Sean Lyngaas, Zachary Cohen
Elon Musk’s misinformation megaphone has created a “huge problem” for election officials in key battleground states who told CNN they’re struggling to combat the wave of falsehoods coming from the tech billionaire and spreading wildly on his X platform.
By: Sean Lyngaas, Paul P. Murphy
Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger on Thursday said the state had been targeted by election disinformation, pointing to a viral video of alleged voter fraud that he suggested could be the result of foreign meddling.
By: Sean Lyngaas
The federal agency tasked with protecting the nation’s elections systems has retreated from some of the key work it did to counter false and viral information about voting in the 2020 election, including dismissing or ignoring multiple internal and external policy proposals to combat disinformation, numerous sources familiar with the matter told CNN.
By: Sean Lyngaas, Paula Reid, Kaitlan Collins
CNN — The FBI has informed one of President-elect Donald Trump's lead attorneys that his cellphone was tapped by Chinese hackers, three
By: Jillian Sykes, Ashley R. Williams, Dalia Faheid, Jack Forrest, Sean Lyngaas
Federal and state authorities are working to find the origins of racist text messages sent to Black people across the country referencing slavery and telling them they were "selected to pick cotton at the nearest plantation."
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