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With its longtime federal support now withdrawn, one of the country’s largest public-sector cybersecurity support organizations has moved to a new paid model where states handle the bill for its services.
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Like the proposal that failed last year, Senate Bill 6281 would apply to companies large and small conducting business in Washington that control or process data for at least 100,000 consumers.
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Scott Carbee has served as either deputy or interim chief information security officer of Vermont since January 2018. Late last week, CIO John Quinn elevated Carbee to permanent state CISO.
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While thousands of computers have been cleared for use, requests for police reports filed before the Dec. 13 attack won't be fulfilled for another few days or longer, depending on the date of the report, the city said.
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Less overt than conventional military actions, cyberattacks can have dangerous consequences – especially when they target critical infrastructure systems controlled by the private sector.
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The 147 million victims impacted by the 2017 hack of credit monitoring firm Equifax are facing a Jan. 22 deadline to apply for class-action settlement benefits. So far, only 15 million people have applied for benefits.
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The county has been a target of persistent cybersecurity threats, but finding the money to close gaps has been a problem. So far, none of the IT department’s requests for funding have been approved.
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The police in Springfield, Mass., don’t use facial recognition software and city councilors want to keep the technology away until it gets better and someone does a better job of regulating its use.
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A hearing this week was the first time top executives of voting machine vendors have appeared before Congress since the 2016 election to answer questions on the security of their machines.
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More than two dozen employees received an email in December containing malware, but county information technology staff detected and contained it before the exposure of any county resident data.
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At this year's Consumer Electronics Show, cybersecurity industry experts discussed how the private sector could prepare the public and governments for the brave new world of hacking and system intrusions.
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Cyberattacks have recently targeted the computer system in Dunwoody, Ga., which makes that community the latest in a growing list of metro Atlanta communities that have weathered such assaults.
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Privacy concerns halted plans to install license plate readers back in Feb. 2018, but now, city officials are thinking about installing the devices at key intersections pending a report from staff.
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The New York State Education Department mandated that the Lockport school board make the amendments to prevent students from being added to the technology vendor’s database.
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Automakers in Detroit, Germany, France, China and Japan are aggressively working to monitor technology protections in private cars, trucks and SUVs connected to the global Internet.
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The 2020 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas features a host of new exhibits and conversations about how smart city design, transportation, security and equity will evolve in the years to come.
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The former director of the California Independent System Operator, which oversees 80 percent of the state’s power system, says cyberthreats against the grid face a number of barriers to success.
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A report calls for banning the use of emotion recognition technology. An AI and computer vision researcher explains the potential and why there's growing concern.
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The state is recommending that local governments, private businesses and individual Texans practice “good cyberhygiene” in light of increased tensions with Iran and fears the country might react online.
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