Sean Lyngaas is a Cybersecurity Reporter at CNN. He covers a range of topics including cyber attacks, elections, government, and public policy, with a strong focus on cybersecurity and law enforcement. His work has been featured in numerous outlets including ABC News, the Richmond Times-Dispatch, and the Gwinnett Daily Post.
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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 Updated (CNN) — Election offices in multiple states reported receiving suspicious letters in the mail this week
By: Sean Lyngaas
Law enforcement agencies are investigating suspicious substances mailed to election offices nationwide and several congressional offices, according to Senate and law enforcement officials.
By: Sean Lyngaas, Marshall Cohen
US intelligence officials had to postpone a much-anticipated classified briefing for election officials about foreign threats because the video call
By: Sean Lyngaas
(CNN) — Law enforcement agencies are investigating suspicious substances mailed to election offices nationwide and several congressional offices, according to Senate and law enforcement officials.
By: Sean Lyngaas, Aleena Fayaz
Law enforcement agencies are investigating suspicious substances mailed to dozens of election and congressional offices nationwide, according to lawmakers and law enforcement officials.
By: Jennifer Hansler, Zachary Cohen, Kylie Atwood, Sean Lyngaas
The United States is rushing to move some diplomats and their family members from posts in the Middle East as the threat of regional escalation looms, according to multiple sources familiar with the matter.
By: Jennifer Hansler, Sean Lyngaas, Zachary Cohen, Kylie Atwood
(CNN) — The United States is rushing to move some diplomats and their family members from posts in the Middle East as the threat of regional escalation looms, according to multiple sources familiar with the matter.
By: Jennifer Hansler, Kylie Atwood, Sean Lyngaas, Zachary Cohen
The United States is rushing to move some diplomats and their family members from posts in the Middle East as the threat of regional escalation looms, according to multiple sources familiar with the matter.
By: Hannah Rabinowitz, Katelyn Polantz, Evan Perez, Sean Lyngaas
(CNN) — Two former FBI officials are facing charges for allegedly lying to Congress as part of a probe that focused on whether FBI investigators
By: Sean Lyngaas
(CNN) — The hardware underpinning major AI models can be hacked so that chatbots provide faulty and dangerous answers to questions from users, according to new research shared exclusively with CNN.
