Republican vice presidential candidate Mike Pence has said that Russia could have been the source of recent email hacks tied to the U.S. election. His position contradicts the position of his running mate Donald Trump, who says there is no proof that Russia was involved. In an interview on "Fox News Sunday," Pence said that Russia or any other country that has hacked into U.S. databases should face "severe consequences."

Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Kaine has alleged that the WikiLeaks email dump of Hillary Clinton's campaign could be doctored. In an interview on CBS's "Face the Nation," Kaine claimed that the data could have been doctored another country looking to influence U.S. elections. Kaine was referring to recent reports that Russia was involved in hacking the email account of John Podesta, Hillary Clinton's campaign chairman.

The FBI has denied claims that it made a "quid pro quo" deal with Hillary Clinton's State Department in the investigation over her private email system. The comment comes in response to Rep. Jason Chaffetz's accusation during an interview with Fox News that the agency had made a deal with the State Department.

The US Department of Justice has filed a petition to reopen the case against Microsoft which ruled that the US government could not demand user data be turned over if it is stored overseas. Microsoft won the landmark case in July after the Second Circuit Court of Appeals in New York overturned an earlier ruling which favored the DOJ.

Modern Business Solutions (MBS), a company that provides in-house data management and monetization services to other companies, has been hacked and 58 million database records have been stolen. The stolen data includes: names, IP addresses, dates of birth, email addresses, vehicle data, and occupations.

The IRS has revealed that a new email scam is in circulation that appears to be coming from the agency. The email tells recipients that they are due for a tax return and tries to dupe people into sharing their bank account details in order to get paid. The IRS has stressed that it does not communicate with tax payers via email.

Verizon has revealed that news of Yahoo's massive data breach could have a material impact on the tech firm's value. This news could cancel Verizon's plans to acquire the company's core business for $4.8 billion or at least call for renegotiations.

Hillary Clinton has written responses to 25 questions from the conservative group Judicial Watch in regards to her use of a personal email server while serving as Secretary of State. In the responses, Clinton explained that she chose to use the server in early 2009 "for the purpose of convenience" and doesn't remember "specific consultations" about using that account to conduct State Department business.

Yahoo has brought back a feature that lets users automatically forward their emails to another address -- a tool that makes it easier to switch to another email service. Yahoo had disabled the feature last week after news of a massive data breach. The tech giant generated a lot of bad press after the disabling the function.

LinkedIn has a built-in feature in which users share their Gmail information. The so-called "auto-authorization" tool gives LinkedIn access to the same browser of any accessed emails. This allows the system to access the contacts list of users who do not logout of their personal email account.