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With its longtime federal support now withdrawn, one of the country’s largest public-sector cybersecurity support organizations has moved to a new paid model where states handle the bill for its services.
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Questions that have been recently added on to New Jersey’s annual best-practices survey will reward municipalities that are prepared to deal with cyberattacks and also with extreme weather events.
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City organizations that depend on reimbursements from the Community Development Block Grant program have waited months to get their money because of the ransomware attack that hit New Bedford, organizational leaders say.
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The commonwealth's new program, which is backed by state funding, will help communities develop effective cyber-response plans. Local governments, as well as states, often lack such concrete planning.
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A ransomware attack has left San Bernardino City Unified School District computer servers inaccessible, with no estimate for restoration. Officials have declined to disclose the ransom demands to unlock the system.
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The summit, which will be the city's second event of this type for small businesses in recent weeks, is expected to attract about 150 people to hear about everything from the basics to an update on the local industry.
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A handful of noncitizens registered to vote under new automatic systems.
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Law enforcement officials say the cameras have an impact on crime, but the devices are not a panacea for criminality. The technology also raises privacy questions and seem to be ahead of the attempts to regulate it.
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Blockchain technology can address some weaknesses in voting systems, but not all of them – and it opens new potential vulnerabilities, too.
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Connecticut’s top cybersecurity official, who played a key role in crafting the state’s approach to digital security, has left his position as Gov. Ned Lamont reworks state policy to focus more on “technical expertise.”
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At the annual NASCIO conference in Nashville, Ohio Chief Information Officer Ervan Rodgers talked about why teamwork is key for IT resiliency and how he generates collaboration across the state enterprise.
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Gov. Baker unveiled a $300,000 program involving statewide workshops for municipalities to work with each other to bolster cybersecurity, which will be managed by the MassCyberCenter at the MassTech Collaborative.
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The Tennessee Valley Authority — the biggest government-owned electric utility with seven nuclear reactors, 29 hydroelectric dams and service to a nuclear weapons arsenal — is a rich target for cyberterrorists.
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The planes could capture most of the city at any given time, and fly for most daylight hours. Detectives could then use that footage to go back in time to watch individuals and vehicles coming and going from crime scenes.
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Members of a new Wisconsin group dedicated to bolstering cybersecurity and shoring up other elections-related initiatives ahead of the 2020 elections met in the state for the first time Wednesday.
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UConn launched its cybersecurity program with the opening of a $1 million lab with a curriculum that teaches students hacking skills in a controlled environment, so they can use this knowledge to stop real hackers.
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Months after a ransomware attack cost the city around $18 million, officials approved the purchase of a cyberliability policy to help with any future incidents. The move is one being made by governments across the U.S.
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Lake County, Ill., received high marks from panelists and the chair of the Committee on Homeland Security, which talked to local, state and federal officials about potential threats to the Illinois elections system.
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Recent reports that a hacker had targeted the blockchain-based mobile voting system in 2018 added fuel to the fire about the security of such systems. But the company and governments using the technology seem unfazed.
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