Sean Lyngaas is a Cybersecurity Reporter at CNN. He specializes in topics such as cybersecurity, cybercrime, and security technology, with a keen focus on drone technology and law enforcement applications. Sean has been featured in various outlets, including Gwinnett Daily Post, CBS News, and ABC7 Los Angeles, among others.
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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: Sean Lyngaas
(CNN) — The USS Gerald R. Ford, America's largest and newest aircraft carrier, is set to return to port in Virginia Saturday after nearly a year at sea that included participating in the capture of former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro , the Iran war, a shipboard fire, and repeated plumbing issues.
By: Sean Lyngaas
US officials suspect Iranian hackers are behind a series of breaches of systems that monitor the amount of fuel in storage tanks serving gas stations in multiple states, according to multiple sources briefed on the activity.
By: Sean Lyngaas
(CNN) — Iranian hackers have posed as job recruiters to target software engineers in the aviation sector as part of an elaborate espionage scheme during the US and Israeli war with Iran , cybersecurity researchers told CNN on Friday.
By: Sean Lyngaas
(CNN) — Iranian hackers have posed as job recruiters to target software engineers in the aviation sector as part of an elaborate espionage scheme during the US and Israeli war with Iran , cybersecurity researchers told CNN on Friday.
By: Kristen Holmes, Jeremy Herb, Zachary Cohen, Sean Lyngaas
Tulsi Gabbard resigned as director of national intelligence after being repeatedly sidelined from President Donald Trump's major military decisions.
By: Jeremy Herb, Kristen Holmes, Sean Lyngaas, Zachary Cohen
President Donald Trump selected Tulsi Gabbard as his top intelligence official thanks to her non-interventionist, “America First” ideology that had pushed her away from the Democratic Party and into the MAGA fold.
By: Zachary Cohen, Sean Lyngaas
Hackers breached the Instagram account of a senior Space Force official and posted pro-Iran propaganda. Chief Master Sgt.
By: Sean Lyngaas, Zachary Cohen
Hackers breached a senior US Space Force official’s Instagram account and temporarily posted a string of pro-Iran and anti-US propaganda on Sunday, some of it invoking the Vietnam War.
By: Zachary Cohen, Sean Lyngaas
Hackers hijacked a top Space Force leader’s Instagram account and briefly filled it with pro-Iran, anti-U.S. propaganda amid rising cyber threats tied to the war.
By: Brian Todd, Zachary Cohen, Jim Sciutto, Sean Lyngaas
Newly obtained video reveals severe damage from a fire to a section of the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford that the Navy initially downplayed.
