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With its longtime federal support now withdrawn, one of the country’s largest public-sector cybersecurity support organizations has moved to a new paid model where states handle the bill for its services.
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A controversial company is giving law enforcement agencies and a handful of private companies a new tool to aid in identifying persons of interest through publicly available photos and facial recognition technology.
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Charlton, Mass., has won a new $90,950 state grant that will be used to set up a secondary data storage facility, after malicious software hit the town government's computer network in August.
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Federal cybersecurity pros will meet in central New York with state and local election officials to discuss the threat of cyberattacks on the 2020 elections and defensive measures to protect the integrity of elections.
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With each state using different election laws under the hyper-localized American system, the election security landscape remains complicated in the first general-election year since the Russian meddling efforts.
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As with many jurisdictions across the country, the financial toll of cybercrime in Florida has jumped from $95 million in 2015 to $178 million in 2018, according to a Florida Atlantic University analysis of FBI data.
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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi criticized the Menlo Park-based company this week saying that it has not done enough to disrupt the flow of misleading and false information on its social media platform.
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The new presidential primary system, run and paid for by the state, is expected to be logistically smoother. The new system also records party preference and provides that data to the chairs of each major political party.
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Public school email and Internet remain offline in Hamden, Conn., as the town addresses a cyberthreat that officials say was likely transmitted through a link in a phishing email, which is a common cause of such issues.
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Attempted cyberattacks against the North Dakota state government grew by nearly 300 percent last year, according to Shawn Riley, the state’s chief information officer and head of the information technology department.
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Federal officials have warned election tampering and disinformation by Russia or other foreign influences could grow more sophisticated than in 2016, when hackers targeted voting systems in all 50 states.
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The California Consumer Privacy Act is widely considered to be the first in a tide of similar state laws. That means companies will need to figure out how to comply with multiple laws and still do business effectively.
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A New Mexico state agency that regulates public utilities for the state was “hacked by an outside source,” Public Regulation Commission chief of staff Jason Montoya and the Governor’s Office said this week.
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Gov. Henry McMaster’s executive budget has the facility slated for the campus of USC Aiken, providing $15 million for construction of the innovative DreamPort Cybersecurity Collaborative center.
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The cyberattack on New Orleans’ computer networks will take months longer to completely fix than previously indicated, as vendor payment issues and a lack of access to email continue to hamper government functions.
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School district officials have not yet fully explained how the money was transferred to the hackers, but investigators say they have some "leads" as to who the cybercriminals might be.
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The company intends to stop supporting third-party cookies in its browser. It will seek input from advertisers, publishers and users as it works to find ways to support advertising online while still preserving privacy.
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The National Security Agency announced that it had discovered a critical vulnerability within Microsoft’s Windows 10 operating system. The flaw lies in a part of Windows software known as Crypt32.dll.
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Officials with the Calhoun County School District say that no personal information was stolen in the October 2019 malware incident. School systems have become an increasingly popular target for cybercriminals.
