Sean Lyngaas,

Sean Lyngaas Cybersecurity Reporter Sean Lyngaas is CNN’s cybersecurity reporter. Latest Sean Lyngaas is CNN’s cybersecurity reporter. He reports on all forms of hacking, along with government and corporate attempts to thwart them. Prior to joining CNN, Lyngaas was the senior reporter for CyberScoop, where he consistently broke news on election security and cybersecurity issues facing the energy, health and manufacturing sectors. Lyngaas’s exclusives on foreign interference activity in the 2020 US election were widely cited by national news outlets. As a reporter on the cybersecurity beat for nearly a decade, Lyngaas has also worked as a correspondent for Federal Computer Week and Smart Grid Today. In 2017, he received a grant from the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting to investigate cybersecurity in the nuclear sector, and his reporting on the subject spanned Europe and the U.S. Lyngaas has also been a freelance foreign correspondent based in Ivory Coast, reporting for The New York Times, The Washington Post, BBC News and other outlets. He covered Ghana’s 2016 presidential elections for The Times, and has also reported from the Middle East for The Economist. Lyngaas earned a B.A. in public policy from Duke University and an M.A. from The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University. He currently lives in the Washington area and is a proud dad and husband.

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The Daily's Verdict

This author has a mixed reputation for journalistic standards. It is advisable to fact-check, scrutinize for bias, and check for conflicts of interest before relying on the author's reporting.

Bias

85%

Examples:

  • . . . accused of being part of a yearslong hacking effort that resulted in the “confirmed and potential compromise” of data belonging to millions of Americans
  • The alleged hacking effort was vast. Over the course of just a few months in 2018, the hackers sent more than 10,000 malicious emails to senior US officials (and their advisers) in the White House, Justice Department and other agencies

Conflicts of Interest

75%

Examples:

  • Without valid evidence, the US jumped to an unwarranted conclusion and made groundless accusations against China

Contradictions

56%

Examples:

  • The article states that the hackers targeted some of America’s most vital critical infrastructure sectors without providing any specific examples or details about which sectors were affected.

Deceptions

60%

Examples:

  • The article mentions a group called 'CAPT29', which has links to Russia's foreign intelligence service and is said to be one of the stealthiest and most advanced cyber espionage groups in the world, but it does not mention that Cozy Bear is actually part of this same group.
  • The article mentions a previous breach by 'Cozy Bear' on HPE's SharePoint files in May 2021 but fails to disclose any details about what was stolen or how they gained access.
  • The author claims that HPE's cloud-based email systems were breached by 'Cozy Bear', but there is no evidence provided to support this claim.

Recent Articles

APT31: China's Cyberespionage Campaign Targeted Millions, Including Lawmakers and Critics of Beijing

APT31: China's Cyberespionage Campaign Targeted Millions, Including Lawmakers and Critics of Beijing

Broke On: Monday, 25 March 2024 The US and UK have accused China of a cyberespionage campaign that hit millions, including lawmakers, academics, journalists and more. APT31 is an arm of China's Ministry of State Security. The hacking operation targeted White House staffers, US senators, British parliamentarians and government officials across the world who criticized Beijing. Defense contractors, dissidents and security companies were also hit by the hacking operation.
HPE Hacked by Suspected Russian Intelligence Team in December 2023

HPE Hacked by Suspected Russian Intelligence Team in December 2023

Broke On: Wednesday, 31 January 2024 Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) was hacked by a suspected Russian intelligence team on December 12, 2023. The incident affected a small percentage of HPE mailboxes belonging to individuals in various functions. Immediate action was taken to investigate, contain and remediate the incident.