<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/"><channel><title><![CDATA[Jeff Stone - ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Jeff Stone - ]]></description><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/authors/AVnEbbnZ-KQ/jeff-stone</link><image><url>https://www.bloomberg.com/feeds/static/images/bloomberg_logo_black.png</url><title>Jeff Stone - </title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/authors/AVnEbbnZ-KQ/jeff-stone</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Tue, 02 Sep 2025 21:30:56 GMT</lastBuildDate><copyright><![CDATA[Copyright 2025 BLOOMBERG L.P. 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Minnesota&apos;s real GDP grew 3.5 percent in 2012 and was ranked fifth in growth after North Dakota, Texas, Oregon and Washington. Photographer: Ariana Lindquist</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Latest US Court System Hack Is a Throwback to 2020 SolarWinds]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-08-08/latest-us-court-system-hack-is-a-throwback-to-2020-solarwinds</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-08-08/latest-us-court-system-hack-is-a-throwback-to-2020-solarwinds</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jeff Stone]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2025 16:49:58 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iR3zSBcBmEG8/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iR3zSBcBmEG8/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>The Mark O. Hatfield United States Courthouse in Portland, Oregon, US, on Thursday, Sept. 5, 2024. Kroger Co. and Albertsons Cos. supermarkets say they need to combine to compete against bigger rivals Amazon Inc., Costco Wholesale Corp. and Walmart Inc., while the Federal Trade Commission alleges the tie-up would lead to higher grocery prices for consumers and lower wages for the supermarkets&apos; unionized workforces. Photographer: Elayna Yussen/Bloomberg</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Revoked West Point Job Highlights Pressure on US Cyber Officials]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-08-01/revoked-west-point-job-highlights-pressure-on-us-cyber-officials</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-08-01/revoked-west-point-job-highlights-pressure-on-us-cyber-officials</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jeff Stone]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 01 Aug 2025 18:05:11 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[How Telegram Became a Magnet for Extremists and Crime: QuickTake]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-06-20/how-telegram-became-a-magnet-for-extremists-crime</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-06-20/how-telegram-became-a-magnet-for-extremists-crime</guid><category><![CDATA[technology]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jeff Stone]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 20 Jun 2025 15:34:41 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iPjZgmYuoR_8/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iPjZgmYuoR_8/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Pavel Durov Photographer: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Violent Extremists Post Anti-LGBTQ+ Bile in Response to Offline Events]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-06-06/violent-extremists-post-anti-lgbtq-bile-in-response-to-offline-events</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-06-06/violent-extremists-post-anti-lgbtq-bile-in-response-to-offline-events</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jeff Stone]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 06 Jun 2025 16:08:48 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i2XtVUr03C_4/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i2XtVUr03C_4/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>US President Donald Trump displayed on the jumbotron during the 60th presidential inauguration parade at Capital One Arena in Washington, DC, US, on Monday, Jan. 20, 2025. President Donald Trump launched his second term with a strident inaugural address that vowed to prioritize America&apos;s interests with a &quot;golden age&quot; for the country, while taking on &quot;a radical and corrupt establishment.&quot; Photographer: Kent Nishimura/Bloomberg</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Victoria’s Secret Security Incident Disrupts Website, Email]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-28/victoria-s-secret-website-down-in-dayslong-unexplained-outage</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-28/victoria-s-secret-website-down-in-dayslong-unexplained-outage</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Lara Sanli]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 28 May 2025 16:50:33 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iRk7BxPppRxI/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iRk7BxPppRxI/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Pedestrians walk past a Victoria&apos;s Secret Stores LLC store in the Xidan shopping area in Beijing, China, on Wednesday, July 15, 2020. The Chinese economy returned to growth in the second quarter, marking an important milestone in the global struggle to recover from the coronavirus pandemic.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Microsoft Seizes Domains Linked to Ransomware in Cyber Dragnet]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-05-21/microsoft-seizes-domains-linked-to-ransomware-in-cyber-dragnet</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-05-21/microsoft-seizes-domains-linked-to-ransomware-in-cyber-dragnet</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jeff Stone]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 21 May 2025 16:05:14 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iRBmbj6PMwCQ/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.png" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iRBmbj6PMwCQ/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.png"/><media:description>Heat map detailing global spread of Lumma malware infections and encounters across Windows devices. </media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Theft of Coinbase Customer Data Probed by Justice Department]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-19/coinbase-customer-data-theft-investigated-by-justice-department</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-19/coinbase-customer-data-theft-investigated-by-justice-department</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Chris Strohm]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 19 May 2025 20:16:24 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Coinbase Hack Highlights How Greed Can Overwhelm Cyber Defenses]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-16/coinbase-hackers-used-bribery-in-scheme-to-access-customer-data</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-16/coinbase-hackers-used-bribery-in-scheme-to-access-customer-data</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jeff Stone]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2025 16:30:06 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iojNMMCW4N30/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iojNMMCW4N30/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>The Coinbase logo on a laptop computer arranged in Hastings-on-Hudson, New York, U.S., on Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2021. Coinbase Inc. knew cryptocurrency XRP was a security rather than a commodity and &quot;illegally&quot; sold Ripple Labs Inc.&apos;s tokens anyway, a customer argues in a proposed class-action lawsuit over the commissions the crypto exchange collected.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Coinbase Hackers Use Bribery to Grease the Wheels to Access Client Data]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-05-16/coinbase-hackers-use-bribery-to-grease-the-wheels-to-access-client-data</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-05-16/coinbase-hackers-use-bribery-to-grease-the-wheels-to-access-client-data</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jeff Stone]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2025 16:00:28 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/is9a1LAynrcc/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/is9a1LAynrcc/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Brian Armstrong, chief executive officer of Coinbase Global Inc., speaks during a &quot;Stand With Crypto&quot; get out the vote rally at The Bourbon Room in Los Angeles, California, US, on Monday, March 4, 2024. California&apos;s Senate race is living up to its jungle primary nickname and turning out to be one of the most competitive in the nation, featuring crypto billionaire donors and a former star baseball player.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Elite Microsoft Unit Constantly Working to Thwart Hackers]]></title><description><![CDATA[Over the past decade, the software company has become a pillar of US cyber defenses — a position that could become more complicated under Trump.]]></description><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2025-05-09/microsoft-s-hacker-hunters-inside-the-secretive-mstic-unit</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2025-05-09/microsoft-s-hacker-hunters-inside-the-secretive-mstic-unit</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Dina Bass]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2025 15:00:28 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i8N38fDaH9qM/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i8N38fDaH9qM/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Microsoft recruits former intelligence and military personnel to help it ferret out state-backed hackers.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Message App That Waltz Was Seen Using Is Probing Possible Breach]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-05/messaging-app-tied-to-trump-cabinet-investigating-cyber-incident</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-05/messaging-app-tied-to-trump-cabinet-investigating-cyber-incident</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jeff Stone]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2025 18:58:54 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i6GkRfLlzkzs/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i6GkRfLlzkzs/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Mike Waltz, US national security adviser, during a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, April 30, 2025. US President Donald Trump blamed former President Joe Biden for weak economic data that sent stocks tumbling, arguing government data showed increased domestic investment signaled his tariff regime is working.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Disinformation Experts Band Together as Online Abuse Escalates]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-05-02/disinformation-experts-band-together-as-online-abuse-escalates</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-05-02/disinformation-experts-band-together-as-online-abuse-escalates</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jeff Stone]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 02 May 2025 16:35:22 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iwwkXVXIzk18/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iwwkXVXIzk18/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Elon Musk&apos;s X account on a smartphone arranged in Germantown, New York, US, on Thursday, April 24, 2025. Elon Musk&apos;s X Holdings Corp. is evolving from a social media platform powered by mainstream advertisers to one betting on dollars generated from artificial intelligence and subscriptions, a change that appears to have buoyed its revenue lately. Photographer: Gabby Jones/Bloomberg</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hertz Says Hackers Stole License Numbers, Credit Card Data]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-14/hertz-says-hackers-stole-driver-s-license-numbers-personal-data</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-14/hertz-says-hackers-stole-driver-s-license-numbers-personal-data</guid><category><![CDATA[technology]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jeff Stone]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 14 Apr 2025 19:42:00 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iYOZp6qgLhTQ/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iYOZp6qgLhTQ/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>A Hertz rental car location in Berkeley, California.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trump Boosts Pressure on Experts Who Crossed Him on 2020 Fraud]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-04-11/trump-boosts-pressure-on-experts-who-crossed-him-on-2020-fraud</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-04-11/trump-boosts-pressure-on-experts-who-crossed-him-on-2020-fraud</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jeff Stone]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 11 Apr 2025 18:01:41 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i1HuadvLXDBM/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i1HuadvLXDBM/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Christopher Krebs, former director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, listens during a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2020. The hearing will examine President Trump&apos;s claims of voting irregularities in the 2020 presidential election. Photographer: Greg Nash/The Hill</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Signal, Renowned for Security, Also Helps Officials Skirt Scrutiny]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-03-26/signal-renowned-for-security-also-helps-officials-skirt-scrutiny</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-03-26/signal-renowned-for-security-also-helps-officials-skirt-scrutiny</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jeff Stone]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 26 Mar 2025 17:13:38 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iYgO6mG5BRws/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iYgO6mG5BRws/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Tulsi Gabbard, director of National Intelligence, arrives for a House Intelligence Committee hearing in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, March 26, 2025. House Democrats are calling for a bipartisan congressional investigation into defense officials sharing war plans over Signal, saying they’ll continue to press their GOP colleagues on this topic until they fully investigate the leak. Photographer: Tierney L. Cross/Bloomberg</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘Chinese Military Companies’ Permeate US Tech Supply Chain]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-03-21/-chinese-military-companies-permeate-us-tech-supply-chain</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-03-21/-chinese-military-companies-permeate-us-tech-supply-chain</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jordan Robertson]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 21 Mar 2025 16:00:33 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/idwrtm9UqUms/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/idwrtm9UqUms/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Huawei Technologies Co. signage at the company&apos;s store in the Wangfujing shopping area in Beijing, China, on Friday, Sept. 13, 2024. Chinese President Xi Jinping called on government officials at all levels to achieve the country’s annual growth target, as economists have cast doubt over momentum in the world’s second-largest economy.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[DHS Slashes Staff Leading Fight Against Domestic Extremism]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-03-19/dhs-slashes-personnel-leading-fight-against-domestic-extremism</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-03-19/dhs-slashes-personnel-leading-fight-against-domestic-extremism</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jeff Stone]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 19 Mar 2025 01:21:24 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Musk Blames ‘Massive Cyberattack’ for Series of Outages on X]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-03-10/musk-s-x-experiences-intermittent-outages-across-the-globe</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-03-10/musk-s-x-experiences-intermittent-outages-across-the-globe</guid><category><![CDATA[technology]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Charles Capel]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 10 Mar 2025 14:39:51 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[US Drops DEI Terms in Future Diplomat Training After Trump Order]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-02-26/us-drops-dei-terms-in-future-diplomat-training-after-trump-order</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-02-26/us-drops-dei-terms-in-future-diplomat-training-after-trump-order</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jeff Stone]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 26 Feb 2025 20:47:41 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ik7_W2Xx5ZG4/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ik7_W2Xx5ZG4/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>The State Department briefing room in Washington, DC. </media:description></media:content></item></channel></rss>