Cybersecurity
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Town officials are investigating the incident, which has impacted computer systems and public safety departments. Its 911 phones are working normally and no private data appears to have been compromised. -
A public research university in West Virginia is working with the financial technology company Intuit on a student-led Security Operations Center, where students will simulate and problem-solve real-world scenarios.
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Anonymous fraudsters posing as town officials emailed at least one resident seeking a wire transfer payment for a permit. The incident may be connected to a national phishing scheme.
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Even if budget restrictions are a factor, water utilities must invest in better cybersecurity measures. A local New Mexico water utility shares insights from its overall cybersecurity journey.
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Three years after launching a cybersecurity degree program, South Carolina’s Benedict College has signed a deal to guarantee successful undergrads a spot in ECPI University’s online masters program for cybersecurity.
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Top officials were involved in a high-level meeting to discuss the development of an operational technology action plan to better defend the nation’s power infrastructure from cyber threats.
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The university’s website said the hackers had accessed patient information from UHealth and were threatening to publish the stolen data if a ransom demand of $10 million in bitcoin was not met.
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Lt. Gov. Tregenza Roach announced Thursday that his office was investigating a “possible breach in its computer systems that has affected service delivery by its Recorder of Deeds and Cadastral Divisions."
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Gen. Paul Nakasone, the head of the National Security Agency and U.S. Cyber Command, said during Senate testimony Thursday that more than two dozen operations were carried out to thwart foreign election interference.
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In a move reserved mostly for accused and convicted pedophiles, federal judges are cutting off access to social media accounts and the Internet for some of the Capitol rioters facing charges.
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Thanks in part to the testimony of CIO John Quinn, Vermont appears to be moving toward a long-term fund for IT modernization projects. The fund would address several large needs, including an inflexible UI system.
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The breach came after an employee in the office's Unclaimed Property Division was targeted by a "spear phishing" attack. The office is notifying 9,192 people whose information might have been accessed.
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The tech industry's biggest names — Google, Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn — receive thousands of data requests each year to assist the U.S. government in criminal and non-criminal investigations and lawsuits.
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The U.S. Department of Labor launched a new website to assist the victims of unemployment fraud in filing reports. Despite providing helpful resources, the site also comes with some limitations.
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How do you prove that people have been vaccinated without putting their privacy at risk? The technology and best practices to make it happen exist. It's far from clear, however, if they're being used.
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More than 28 million people in the United States have downloaded the mobile apps or activated exposure notifications on their smartphones. Critics say the technology has overemphasized privacy at the cost of usefulness.
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Lawmakers in Olympia are running through the specifics of House Bill 1127, which aims to protect the data collected related to the coronavirus. Washington has been a frontrunner in the creation of data privacy rules.
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A bill that would make it illegal to share personal restricted information was returned to the state’s House Judiciary Committee after lawmakers raised concerns the legislation could result in a flood of court cases.
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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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