Cybersecurity
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Officials from the state Department of Accounting and General Services warned residents that bad actors are “creating deceptive web addresses” to trick them into releasing personal information. -
As a Missouri website that serves more than 50,000 state employees remains shut down after suspicious activity, it appears that quick work by fraud protection systems may have blocked unauthorized transactions.
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Over the course of three months in 2025, hackers exploited vulnerabilities in Oracle E-Business Suite to exfiltrate Social Security numbers, birth dates and bank information for millions of students and staff.
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If using ransomware becomes a state crime, do officials have the resources to investigate and prosecute the individuals responsible for launching the attacks? That’s where it gets complicated.
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Connecticut sees technology as key to meeting the needs of both its citizens and agencies. As such, the state will begin establishing an IT agency that will maintain higher tech standards across public entities.
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Facebook Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg said Tuesday that the social media company welcomes new regulations, as long as they don’t put American companies at a disadvantage globally.
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According to U.S. intelligence agencies, Russian President Putin pushed for Trump's reelection and attempted to put down Biden during the 2020 U.S. presidential election.
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Technologists who have worked for and with the government say the change in presidential administrations has sparked new interest in public-sector tech efforts, and the moment is perfect for it.
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StateRAMP is aiming to bring the federal process for vetting the cybersecurity of tech companies and products to the state and local government level. Recently, the organization outlined how it will work for vendors.
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SponsoredLearn about the efforts to improve U.S. government cybersecurity, why those measures haven’t worked very well so far and how to make your government organization more resilient to cyber attacks.
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Indiana state lawmakers have agreed to give prosecutors in 10 Indiana counties additional resources for investigating and bringing charges against individuals involved in computer-related crime.
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Following the high-profile cyber attacks involving Microsoft and SolarWinds, government agencies are taking a closer look at the risks posed by third-party vendors and how they respond to incidents like these.
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The city of Lebanon, Tenn., is currently working through the details of a proposal that could introduce a network of plate readers. Police officials say the technology could reduce vehicle crimes in the city.
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Search engines, like social media algorithms, get you to click on links by learning what other people click on. Enticing misinformation often comes out on top.
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Leaders within the Buffalo, N.Y., Public Schools were taken by surprise by the ransomware attack that afflicted the district's network on Friday, but security experts say they shouldn't have been.
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Virginia Beach police officials have confirmed that some detectives used controversial Clearview AI facial recognition tools in their investigations. The revelations come after earlier denials.
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With state agencies' IT teams largely operating independently, neither the state's outgoing chief information officer nor his successor can be certain all state government business is being conducted securely.
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A wide-ranging breach of security camera technology company Verkada appears to have compromised the security of thousands of private and public institutions across the world, including some in the San Francisco Bay Area.
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The lawsuit, submitted in California Superior Court in Alameda County, is part of a growing effort to restrict the use of facial recognition technology. A handful of Bay Area cities were among the first in the U.S. to limit the use of the tech in 2019.
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Now, if you want to poison water, you can do it from the comfort of your home.
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Portland Metro, an elected planning body serving the greater Portland, Ore. region, is no longer working with movement data company Replica, due to disagreements around the level of data the company would share.
