The New York Times said its Moscow bureau was targeted by a cyber attack this month but there was no evidence that the hackers, believed to be Russian, were successful.

The son of a Russian MP is due to go on trial in the US accused of orchestrating an international scheme that resulted in around $170 million (€152m) in fraudulent credit card purchases.

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Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams has been severely criticised for comparing his exclusion from a White House St Patrick’s Day event to civil rights icon Rosa Parks.

Republican presidential candidates Marco Rubio and John Kasich have suggested they may not support Donald Trump if he becomes the Republican nominee, as violence at the front-runner's rallies deepened the party's chaotic chasm.

A former director of the US Secret Service, who worked in the protection detail for three presidents, has said he is “troubled” by what he sees in the service today.

Intelligence officers, former US Secret Service agents, cybercrime fighters, and members of international police forces will convene in Dungarvan, Co Waterford, next month for a biennial Global Intelligence Forum.

The US Secret Service is planning to attach a second layer of steel spikes to the top of the White House fence to keep would-be fence-jumpers out.

The US Secret Service said two agents were under investigation after an incident last week in which they were reported to have driven a government car into White House barricades after drinking at a late-night party.

The increasing sophistication of unmanned drones and the danger that they pose has governments in a tailspin, writes Robert Beckhusen.

The US Secret Service arrested an Iowa man on Wednesday afternoon after finding a hunting rifle, dozens of rounds of ammunition and a knife in the trunk of his car parked near the White House.

The director of the US Secret Service has resigned in the face of revelations of security breaches and an erosion of confidence over the safety of president Barack Obama and his family.

The director of the US Secret Service has quit following a number of security lapses at the White House.

The US Secret Service director has told lawmakers she takes full responsibility for the serious breach of White House security when an Army veteran with a knife climbed the fence and made his way into the executive mansion before he was tackled.

An intruder who jumped a fence at the White House made it further inside the building than the US Secret Service has publicly acknowledged, according to reports.

Security at the White House has been stepped up after a man with a knife jumped the fence and made it into the presidential residence before being tackled.

A woman with a one-year-old child led the US Secret Service and police on a harrowing car chase through Washington DC, attempting to penetrate the security barriers at the White House and the Capitol before she was shot to death, police said. The child survived.

THE culinary choices facing US President Richard Nixon that October night in Kilfrush House, Co Limerick, were not confined to whether he wished to have his Waterville potatoes boiled or baked.

A letter similar to the ricin-laced ones sent to New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg has been intercepted by a White House screening facility.

A letter addressed to resident Barack Obama that contained a “suspicious substance” has been intercepted by the US Secret Service.

The US Secret Service is investigating whether former president George HW Bush’s email was hacked along with other family members and friends, the agency said.

A 21-year-old man has been arrested by the US Secret Service for allegedly posting threats to kill President Barack Obama on Twitter.

Is the Colorado shooter delusional, depressed, or psychotic? And why does this type of tragedy keep happening? Dave Cullen, author of ‘Columbine’, searches for clues in the latest research on mass murderers

Michael Flatley is expected to host former president of the United States Bill Clinton and 200 philanthropists for dinner in Fermoy tonight.

The head of the US Secret Service — in his first public appearance since a Colombian prostitution scandal involving his staff surfaced last month — issued an apology for the misconduct, as lawmakers expressed doubt it was an isolated incident.

About 20 women were brought back to a hotel in Colombia by US Secret Service and military personnel in an incident last week involving alleged misconduct with prostitutes, US Senator Susan Collins said yesterday.

The sex scandal involving US Secret Service agents and prostitutes in a hotel in Colombia involved at least 20 foreign women, congressional officials say.

A dozen US Secret Service agents sent to Colombia to provide security for President Barack Obama at an international summit have been relieved of duty over alleged misconduct.

Who does one call when fighting the injustices of Sudan where there are allegations of genocide, a president indicted by the international criminal court and a mistreated south seceding from the north of the country?

George Clooney and his father were arrested yesterday during a protest outside the Sudanese embassy, and the actor said he has asked President Barack Obama to engage China on stopping a humanitarian crisis in northern Africa.

State prosecutors have been asked to examine the case of veteran Republican Sean Garland to determine whether he should be charged with an alleged US super-dollar forgery plot.

A veteran republican wanted over a multimillion-dollar counterfeiting operation involving high quality “super notes” will not be extradited to the United States.

A man has been arrested in connection with an investigation into a shooting near the White House, the US Secret Service said.

The US Secret Service said a bullet hit an exterior window of the White House and was stopped by ballistic glass.

A veteran republican handed over almost $250,000 in Russian hotels in an international plot to spread the notes across Europe, a court heard.

EMPLOYERS rushing to boost cyber defences after a rash of US online break-ins won’t block spies and thieves by simply throwing technology at the problem, since their core weakness is often badly-trained and badly-managed workers.

TEARS were shed in pride and jubilation as President Barack Obama enchanted the nation in a powerful outdoor address.

THE US Secret Service will largely decide whether security for President Obama’s visit to Ireland needs to be stepped up following the killing of Osama bin Laden.

GARDAÍ have begun drawing up major security plans for the May visits of US President Barack Obama and Queen Elizabeth.

A LONER with a modest lifestyle ran a secretive website where criminals traded information from stolen credit cards causing tens of millions of pounds of losses.

An activist group has begun posting 573,000 pager messages purportedly sent on September 11 2001.

The US Secret Service launched an urgent investigation into its own security procedures after a couple gatecrashed a glittering White House state dinner for the Indian prime minister and posted the pictures on Facebook.

A former US government informant was charged over the country’s largest case of credit and debit card data theft.