Cybersecurity
Target Data Breach Has Congress Eying Data-Security Alternatives
A key Republican says the string of data thefts dictated a hard look at national policy.
Cybersecurity
Feds: NSA ‘Probably’ Spies on Members of Congress
The admission is hardly surprising, but expect lawmakers to feign outrage anyway.
Digital Government
Patriot Act Architect: No More Spying Unless My NSA Reform Bill Passes
Sensenbrenner says officials risk losing all spying authorization next year if his Freedom Act doesn’t pass.
Cybersecurity
Senators Launch Probe of Massive Data Breaches
Lawmakers agree that further legislative protections are needed to prevent the kind of breaches that brought Target and Neiman Marcus to their knees.
Digital Government
Internet Giants, Amid Grumbling, Release New Data on Government Spying
Google, Microsoft and others want to tell their customers even more about the government's surveillance orders.
Cybersecurity
Hotels Appear to Be Latest Victims of Credit Card Data Breach
A 'pattern of fraud' reportedly began appearing in March on hundreds of cards used at Marriott establishments.
Cybersecurity
The NSA Finally Names Its Internal Privacy Advocate
Rebecca Richards, a DHS official, has been selected as the agency's first civil liberties and privacy officer.
Digital Government
CFPB Director: Yes, We Have Data. No, We're Not the NSA.
"You are giving me quotes about the NSA, which is not us and not what we are doing," Richard Cordray tells a House committee.
Digital Government
Government Lets Internet Giants Disclose More About NSA Data Requests
Facebook, Google, LinkedIn, Microsoft and Yahoo are 'pleased' with the decision.
Digital Government
The Day Before the State of the Union Has Been Full of NSA Leaks
New disclosures Monday by multiple publications suggest a coordinated effort to focus attention on NSA surveillance ahead of the president’s most important annual speech.
Modernization
White House: Terrorists, Like All of Us, Might Enjoy Playing Angry Birds
Says Jay Carney: "I mean, look. Terrorists, proliferators, other bad actors, use the same communcations tools that others use."
Emerging Tech
Two Bitcoin-Exchange Operators Arrested for Money Laundering on Silk Road
This IRS isn't sure how to treat bitcoins, but the Justice Department is treating them like old-fashioned greenbacks.
Digital Government
Poll: Most Americans Oppose Sweeping Data Collection, Few Heard About Obama's Speech
Democrats, Republicans and independents are all souring on data sweeps, survey finds.
Digital Government
NSA Reforms: What Will Change, And What Won't
Depending on who you ask, the changes Obama announced pave the way toward serious reform or are merely window dressing.
Digital Government
Fighting the Next Obamacare Tech Fail
Removing CGI Federal treats a symptom and does nothing for the problem. So what would a real solution look like?
Digital Government
Edward Snowden Just Got a New Job
The former NSA contractor is positioning himself to be active long after his leaks end.
Modernization
The Target Data Breach Is Worse Than You Thought
Up to 70 million Target customers are now believed to have had their data stolen, up from an original estimate of 40 million.
Digital Government
States Join Effort to Rein in NSA Surveillance
California legislation would prevent the state from aiding the agency's collection of phone and Internet metadata.
Digital Government
Everything We Learned From Edward Snowden in 2013
Leaks from the fugitive former NSA contractor told us a lot about the scope of America’s Internet and phone surveillance powers. We could learn even more in 2014.
Cybersecurity
Inside the Black Market That Buys and Sells Target’s Stolen Credit Cards
The amount of information crooks can seize at shady online card-purchasing shops is terrifying.
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