Cybersecurity
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A contract with Motorola Solutions will enable the county to do a better job of safeguarding its emergency radio communications system. Tower sites and radio dispatch consoles will get 24/7 security. -
With its longtime federal support now withdrawn, one of the country’s largest public-sector cybersecurity support organizations has moved to a new paid model where states handle the bill for its services.
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Legislation proposed by Sen. Mary Elizabeth Coleman, R-Arnold, would do away with several state boards and commissions. If it becomes law, the Missouri Cybersecurity Commission would be among them.
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Responding to a flurry of online concern about the fact that the company makes software for posting election results, Tyler Technologies said that product isn’t hosted on the network that got hit.
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St. Clair County officials are reporting that no data was stolen in the Monday cyberattack against the regional government. No demand was received and officials say no ransom would be entertained.
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The IT team in Methuen, Mass., stopped what officials called a nearly successful “world-ending” ransomware attack that originated from a malicious email attachment sent to a city staffer.
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The adoption of a new statewide threat intelligence platform will enable Oklahoma's IT agency to better share information about bad actors with the other public entities throughout the state.
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The FBI and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency are warning the public of the possibility of disinformation campaigns following the upcoming presidential elections in November.
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A debilitating May cyberattack against the courts system has become a focus point of the race between incumbent Republican Mike Foley and his challenger, Democrat Zach Dickerson.
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The social media company reported that it had taken down a small network of accounts originating in China focused on political disruption. Facebook did not say whether the accounts were linked to the Chinese government.
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After California’s landmark data privacy law passed two years ago, measures to water down the legislation have not stopped coming. Now, Proposition 24 aims to help shield the law from new attacks.
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New investigative tools may help average law enforcement agencies more effectively track criminal activity made profitable through cryptocurrency. This includes ransomware schemes and other popular hacks.
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Some school districts have had to push back reopening dates or cancel classes as a result of the cyberattacks against their systems.
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An investigation into the May cyberattack against University of Missouri Health Care indicates that sensitive personal information — including Social Security numbers — of some patients was compromised.
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The Texas Department of Information Resources has negotiated a partnership with cybersecurity firm FireEye and will now be able to offer affordable security services to state and local agencies.
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The newest addition to the state law enforcement agency is housed in the Georgia Cyber Center's Hull-McKnight Building and grew out of an increasing need to hunt down child exploitation and cybercriminals in the state.
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The Georgia entity in charge of the stewardship of Jekyll Island was targeted by a ransomware attack last week. Officials reported that the cyberattack was isolated and systems were restored.
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Cybercriminals and state-sponsored hackers may have chosen to target industries already left vulnerable because of large-scale disruption in their global supply chain of materials, experts say.
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A different sort of virus — ransomware — has taken down the computer system at the Newhall School District, forcing a shutdown of distance learning for some 6,000 elementary school students, officials said.
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The Department of Veterans Affairs said Monday that as many as 46,000 veterans could have had their financial information compromised by a data breach of the Federal Services Center, the finance department for the agency.
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There were many insights at last week's Utah Virtual Digital Government Summit. One session highlighted the many challenges that come with improving government experience in 2020.
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