Cybersecurity
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A breach in a Minnesota Department of Human Services system allowed inappropriate access to the private data of nearly 304,000 people, with officials saying there is no evidence the data was misused. -
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.
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With its longtime federal support now withdrawn, one of the country’s largest public-sector cybersecurity support organizations has moved to a new paid model where states handle the bill for its services.
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Weeks after an employee clicked on a malicious link in an email, causing a cybersecurity breach, the city of Galt in California's Central Valley is nearly done getting its phones and computers back in working order.
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As lawmakers in Oklahoma consider regulating drones at the state level when they return to session next month, the proposed legislation in question is based on North Carolina’s own regulation of drones.
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A consultant was hired by county officials last August on the heels of an April 2019 ransomware attack that triggered a series of vast system outages. That plan is expected during the first quarter.
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The Center of Ethics, Society and Computing has been unveiled by the University of Michigan, with a mission to intervene when digital media and tech replicate inequality, exclusion, deception, racism or sexism.
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Malicious code was used to attack the Tampa Bay Times Thursday, officials with the newspaper announced. No customer data was lost in the incident, and backups are being used to return systems to normal.
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While the attack against Tillamook County has not officially been dubbed ransomware and local leaders haven't commented on a posted ransom, the incident has all the trappings of that style of attack.
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Sean McAfee, formerly of the Department of Homeland Security, will be the new chief information security officer for the Ohio Secretary of State’s Office, overseeing security efforts for the state elections agency.
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The $1.2 billion budget the Fulton County Board of Commissioners approved has the county ready to spend $17 million to beef up IT infrastructure and cybersecurity, a major issue for metro Atlanta governments.
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The Federal Aviation Administration has given a small company in New York the green light to begin spraying crops with drones, and the company plans to begin offering a crop-spraying service in that state this spring.
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After a data breach last week, Detroit is offering free credit monitoring to a handful of city workers and fewer than 300 utility customers. The city's CIO said there's no evidence attackers accessed personal data.
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Volusia County library is under investigation after an attempted cyberattack that affected 600 computers at the beginning of Jan. Coordinated recovery efforts have brought 50 computers back online thus far.
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It has been six weeks since Walla Walla University’s internal network and phone lines were disabled by a cyberattack, and while all central services are back online, not all systems are fully functional.
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Google is going to try to market itself as a privacy-first service, after announcing its drastic change in how it handles third-party cookies in its Chrome browser last week. Other web browsers have long embraced privacy.
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Democrats and Republicans have come together to criticize a programming error in the secretary of state’s office that resulted in over 500 potential non-U.S. citizens being involuntarily registered to vote.
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The Terrebonne Parish Sheriff's Office has purchased 20 new machines that they are using to incinerate drug needles in seconds, and they're called SANDD — Sharps and Needles Destruction Device.
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As states look to legal frameworks to deter the rising tide of cyberattacks against state and local governments, Maryland is seeking to criminalize the possession of the tools that make them possible.
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Cyberattacks, Internet shutdowns, online bullying, and other types of behavior threaten the rights of citizens. Sir Tim Berners-Lee, who created the World Wide Web, offers a contract to regulate Internet norms.
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The competition targeted more than 60 publicly accessible Web assets, including army.mil, goarmy.mil and the Arlington Cemetery website. Fifty-two hackers from around the world reported 146 vulnerabilities.
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