Cybersecurity
Health Care Sector to Test Reflexes for Cyber Attack
HHS and industry will simulate assaults on networks underpinning the medical sector and test their ability to fight back.
Digital Government
Immediate Notification Could Hurt Healthcare.gov Hack Victims
Website users could receive false assurances or false alarms under a House bill requiring consumers be informed of a breach within two days, experts suggest.
Cybersecurity
Hackers Glimpse Downton Abbey, Defend Obama and Survey Nuclear Control Room
Just another week in ThreatWatch, our regularly updated index of noteworthy data breaches.
Cybersecurity
Hacked Agencies Are Inconsistent in Alerting Victims
The uncoordinated responses could impair efforts to protect citizens and federal employees, GAO finds.
Cybersecurity
NIST Paid $16,500 for Space at Now-Boycotted RSA Conference
Speakers are backing out in protest of the encryption company’s alleged deal with NSA to weaken its security products.
Digital Government
Costs Could Climb for $1.5 Billion Terrorist Tracking System
A planned upgrade of a DHS database at the heart of the nation's effort to thwart foreign threats keeps going back to the drawing board.
Digital Government
Secret Court and Rand Paul Face Off Over Domestic Spying
NSA gets green light to continue collecting U.S. call logs and the 2016 presidential hopeful announces a class action lawsuit to stop it.
Cybersecurity
Hackers Pickpocket Boston Diners, Expose Snapchat and Hold Up Bank Computers
Just another week in ThreatWatch, our regularly updated index of noteworthy data breaches.
Cybersecurity
Everyone Needs a Cyber Textbook
Brookings Institution scholar Peter W. Singer co-authored a new book that aims to get the IT Crowd and the rest of us on the same page.
Cybersecurity
NSA Leak Spawns Fake Spyware Site
Parody of leaked agency hacking tool catalog generates bizarro codenames for each instrument.
Digital Government
Judge Says Border Officials Can Search Your Laptop and Cellphone
Federal court tossed a lawsuit brought by civil liberties organizations.
Cybersecurity
The Ten Worst Hacks of 2013
From Beijing-sponsored espionage to Snowden’s NSA leaks, it was the year of political cyberspying.
Cybersecurity
Hackers Expose Illegal Immigrants, Assault Turkish Voters and Shop Black Friday Sales
Just another week in ThreatWatch, our regularly updated index of noteworthy data breaches.
Cybersecurity
Agencies to Focus on Illegal Cyberweapons Trade in 2014
Defense bill calls for agencies to work together on guidelines.
Cybersecurity
Defense to Weigh Civilian Cyber Militia
Pentagon may hire National Guard nonmilitary employees to help thwart cyberattacks.
Cybersecurity
Army Settles on Augusta for Cyber Forces Headquarters
Fort Gordon location will require 150 fewer personnel and cost 23 percent less than other sites contemplated.
Digital Government
Congress Lops $35 Million Off Funding for NSA Supercomputer Center
White House had requested $431 million for the 28-acre data mining facility near Baltimore.
Cybersecurity
Energy IG Reports Dating to 2009 Foreshadowed Hack That Hit 104,000
For years, the department failed to encrypt sensitive data and fix application vulnerabilities that created an environment ripe for intrusion.
Cybersecurity
Data Stolen from 104,000 Energy Employees Was More Sensitive than First Thought
Developer noticed odd activity in system more than three weeks before the hackers got in, suggesting the situation could have been addressed earlier.
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