Cybersecurity
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The county sheriff’s office has identified a “person of interest” as it investigates the incident, which led to an initial loss of $3.3 million. A payment of $1.2 million has been “recovered and restored.” -
CIO Shawnzia Thomas decodes why "cyber discipline" drives AI, modernization, and trust in Georgia’s 2026 tech agenda, and how cyber resilience is achievable through digital literacy and upskilling.
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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.
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Lawmakers are expected to have to return to Washington this week to vote on an update to an aid package for small businesses, and House leaders plan to use the session to also approve an emergency proxy-voting procedure.
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A cyberattack on New York state's computer network just recently came to light. The incident occurred in late January, just as the state was preparing for battle with the novel coronavirus.
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The heat-reading surveillance systems have been sold as a potential "virus spotter," but state and local governments may be hesitant to adopt them over privacy and civil liberty concerns.
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Camden County’s computer systems went offline following a cyberattack. The incident included an “encryption attack,” presumably ransomware, that disrupted daily operations, according to local officials.
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The Kennebunk Select Board held a troll-free meeting using Zoom technology Tuesday, a welcome reversal from last week, when intruders bombarded a special meeting with vulgar and prejudiced words and images.
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Internal COVID-19 data used by the Oakland County, Mich., health department was briefly exposed during a leak, officials reported Thursday. The leak involved a non-public map unintentionally marked as public.
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The state of Connecticut is looking to ease out of the stay-at-home coronavirus orders with plans including extensive medical surveillance and enforced voluntary quarantines. The quarantines would be enforced with mobile phone technology.
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With solutions emerging to track the spread of coronavirus, privacy advocates are increasingly worried about the potential for mass surveillance. The lack of federal privacy laws have heightened these fears.
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Since the pandemic began, cybersecurity experts say they have seen an uptick in attempted ransomware and other hacking attempts on hospitals, health-care systems, clinical labs and research centers.
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Timothy Walsh, a network and security supervisor for Enterprise Technology Services, has been named as the state’s new chief information security officer. Walsh replaces Arlen Fletcher.
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A new Government Accountability Office report says that the Department of Defense has not taken the necessary precautions for off-site work and must take decisive actions to improve cyberhygiene.
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As large numbers of state workers migrate to remote work, chief information security officers are adjusting the best they can. Staying vigilant against evolving threats and learning from past experience are key to survival.
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The coronavirus pandemic lays bare the many vulnerabilities created by society’s dependence on the internet. Watch the video to learn more about these issues.
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Big tech companies, like Google, are sharing data from your smartphones to help governments in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic. The situation has raised concerns among privacy advocates.
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Cellphone data can show who coronavirus patients interacted with, which can help isolate infected people before they feel ill. But how digital contact tracing is implemented matters.
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People who see facial recognition as a threat to privacy are attempting to thwart these systems by wearing masks. But, tech firms are already working on ways to identify individuals even with their faces covered.
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The company disclosed location data from individual smartphones to inform government officials about how people are moving in response to the pandemic. The search giant claims the initiative will help fight the virus.
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It's important to strike a balance between protecting Americans' privacy and having accurate statistics for governments and businesses to make data-based decisions.
