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With its longtime federal support now withdrawn, one of the country’s largest public-sector cybersecurity support organizations has moved to a new paid model where states handle the bill for its services.
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One Alabama university’s students can enroll in the first “Hacking for Defense (H4D)” cybersecurity class, which begins in the state during the upcoming spring semester, aiming to help bolster cybersecurity expertise.
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Cybersecurity and other online precautions were the topic of Tuesday morning's Belmont Abbey College President's Community Roundtable, which is a quarterly informational event held at TechWorks in Belmont, N.C.
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The state Executive Office of Technology and Security awarded the town the grant, which will now enable town employees to receive cybersecurity training, assessment and simulation tools as part of security preparations.
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Port Neches-Groves schools paid an undisclosed amount via bitcoin to a suspected overseas cyberattacker who encrypted millions of the district’s files and issued a four-day deadline to respond to the criminal demands.
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Chief Information Officer David Cagigal says Wisconsin has a responsibility to help locals with cybersecurity. But the state has its own unique pressure related to the Democratic Convention in Milwaukee next July.
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Portland delayed taking action Monday on a proposal to prohibit city employees from using facial recognition technology. Proponents of the ban say the technology often misidentifies women, people of color and children.
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Gov. Ron DeSantis has proposed a record $91.4 billion state budget for the next fiscal year, which is more than $400 million higher than the current year and includes spending millions to protect election systems.
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Portland delayed taking action Monday on a proposal to prohibit city employees from using facial recognition technology. Proponents of the ban say the technology often misidentifies women, people of color and children.
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The state, which just suffered a large-scale coordinated attack in July, was forced to take a majority of its state servers offline to mitigate the risk of the malware's infection spreading.
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The proliferation of facial recognition technology is raising concerns among civil rights advocates and others who fear the technology will be used to conduct mass surveillance of innocent civilians.
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Election officials in a few states have used the mobile app Voatz to improve voting options for overseas citizens. Critics, however, continue to urge caution and skepticism about the blockchain voting method.
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Hacking is not the only problem. Misinformation campaigns and the refusal of politicians to admit defeat all serve to undermine voter confidence. Now, states also need to anticipate new threats.
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No vital systems will be at risk, but lessons learned from the attacks — and how to defend against them — could play a role in strengthening cybersecurity at New Mexico’s national laboratories in the future.
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Port Neches-Groves ISD lost access to files on all computer systems this week after being attacked by ransomware, a type of cyberattack that renders files unusable and then demands money for restoring access.
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Georgia officials are investigating the critics for allegedly intruding into voting areas during a test run of new voting machines. The two under investigation said it is intimidation by the secretary of state’s office.
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Government computer systems in Union County and Dover, Morris County, suffered cyberattacks this past week. Officials say that no personal information was compromised and essential services continue to operate.
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A new report from the Brennan Center for Justice argues that there is not enough transparency between election vendors and the governments they work for. The authors argue that more needs to be done to protect the process.
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Already, California and Oregon have passed laws that require manufacturers of IoT devices to incorporate mandatory minimum security features, while a number of other states consider similar legislation.
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