Cybersecurity
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Letters began going out in late March to people potentially impacted by a breach of Syracuse Police Department digital files discovered in 2025. It’s unclear what data was compromised. -
The funding, destined for Warren and Washington counties and the village of Hudson Falls, comes from the Homeland Security program. Its uses include advancing cybersecurity capabilities.
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Pamela McLeod will take over that top tech job in just more than one week. She has public-sector experience and will help build the state’s whole-of-cybersecurity approach to digital defense.
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The attack primarily targeted the county's email system and was likely compromised by a remote login, the use of which has significantly increased since the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, an official said.
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Although attempts to disrupt the U.S. elections have increased, Washington's voting system is safer than it was in 2016 and has withstood any attacks, state and local elections officials said Monday.
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With the U.S. presidential race entering its final sprint, a new analysis of conversations on dark web forums shows hackers discussing potential ways to be disruptive with disinformation and attacks on voting infrastructure.
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CyberPlus New England will be a training program with at least two 20-student classrooms and all the modern technology. Once the federal money is allocated, the center could be up and running in nine months.
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Despite myriad threats bearing down on the U.S. presidential election, officials in Washington state contend that their state and local systems are better positioned against cyberattacks than they were in 2016.
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The Minnesota law enforcement agency is responding to a Web service data breach that has exposed the information of 1,400 people, officials confirmed. The office was initially notified of the exposure in June.
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Unless residents in Maine live in small towns that hand count ballots, they’ll feed completed ballots into a machine that scans ovals to determine votes, making an electronic record of the results.
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Nearly half of teachers who participated in a recent survey have received no training at all on student privacy, beyond simply signing a form, while some have also not been trained on video conference platforms.
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With two prominent cyberattacks on U.S. election infrastructure in the last week, cybersecurity experts are urging Americans to remain calm, citing that panic is just what U.S. adversaries are after.
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West Virginia Secretary of State Mac Warner said the state had not been targeted by foreign interference in the ongoing general election. The announcement followed revelations that Iran and Russia were spreading misinformation.
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The MBTA Commuter Rail operator was shut off after a ransomware attack targeted the transit authority.
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Misinformation and threatening emails to voters in the U.S. may not be the most sophisticated form of cyberattack, but the efforts to disrupt the democratic process are having the desired negative effect officials say.
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More people are reporting losing money to scams that started on places like Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, Snapchat, TikTok and Twitter, according to a new report by the Federal Trade Commission.
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Many institutions, municipalities and individuals have been upended by cyberattacks during the past several months, a problem that has affected communities in the U.S. as well as other regions around the globe.
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A feature being released for testing will allow Photoshop and Adobe-run social media service Behance creators to tag pictures with their names as well as the history and location of edits.
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The technology company’s war on malware has intensified in the runup to the November presidential election. As cybersecurity professionals disable infected systems, bad actors rush to rebuild them.
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After falling victim to a ransomware attack Sept. 11, the Georgia authority charged with the stewardship of Jekyll Island has been working to repair the damage. Officials say visitor financial information was not impacted.
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