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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An attempted cyberattack against the government systems prompted IT officials to take the county website offline to stop the attack. A new site was published within hours with limited functionality.
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Journalist Bob Woodward’s new book “Rage” sheds light on the Florida counties targeted by Russian hackers during the 2016 presidential elections. Officials say Miami-Dade leads the state in security upgrades.
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A new report from the Brennan Center explores how online disinformation has become a tool of voter suppression and what government and voting rights advocates can do to defend the election process.
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A ransomware attack against the city servers forced several critical systems offline. A software system that delivers real-time information on bus routes was among those impacted by the attack on the servers.
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The Clearview AI application was piloted by police in the city, but most city leaders and the public had no idea it was being used. The technology has raised concerns among civil rights and privacy advocates.
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The less secure nature of home networks has exposed local, county and state governments to new risks during the COVID-19 crisis, experts say, but those risks also set the stage for new opportunities for collaboration.
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University officials notified donors that some personal information, as well as wealth holdings and net worth, was accessed in a cyberattack against donor management software vendor Blackbaud in May.
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Atrium Health has notified patients that their personal information may have been compromised in the cyberattack against its donor management software vendor Blackbaud earlier this year.
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With the November presidential elections right around the corner, federal agencies are looking to give state and local governments a better idea of just where the holes in their cyberdefenses are.
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As governments seek to harden their security posture in the run-up to the U.S. presidential election, a new partnership has helped launch a security service available to certain state, local and territorial governments.
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Connecticut was among 21 states that had their online voter registration databases targeted by Russian hackers in 2016. Secretary of State Denise Merrill says steps have been taken to protect the election process.
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The names and emails of 1,700 Oregon State University students and faculty were exposed after a hacker accessed a computer server. Officials say no Social Security numbers or financial data were exposed in the incident.
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Computer hackers that victimized a prominent software company grabbed the names, medical service numbers and dates of service for patients who received care in facilities dating back to 2016.
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SponsoredOrganizations of all sizes have embraced digital transformation. Because of this increased dependence on IT and connectivity, developing strong security capabilities is necessary to address both known and emerging threats.
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The St. Louis County, Mo., website went down without notice earlier this week sending users scrambling, and parts of it may not return for two weeks, the county has announced in a news release.
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Glynn County’s Board of Elections helped the state test a new election security tool Tuesday called risk-limited auditing, and it was conducted by VotingWorks, a nonprofit dedicated to making elections simple and secure.
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An American Airlines pilot called the control tower at Los Angeles International Airport to warn that his plane just flew past someone in midair — a person wearing a jet pack, and now the FBI is investigating.
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For the last six years, James Collins has been one of the most respected leaders in state IT. In a couple of weeks, he will finally step down from his role as Delaware’s chief information officer.
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