Cybersecurity
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Its ability to send residents emergency notifications was crippled by the November cyber attack. Since then, the local government has relied on state and federal systems to send out alerts. -
In the wake of a scam last year, the state agency has refocused on data encryption and security, and will do monthly cyber training and awareness. It has recovered nearly all of the stolen funds.
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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.
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MySpace users were recently shocked to learn that the company lost 50 million user files. It's a harsh lesson in leaving your intellectual property unprotected on the information superhighway.
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Electric utilities have a right to make money on their government-granted monopolies, but customers also have a right to know what cybersecurity protections they would get if they paid more.
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Some people haven't been able to pay taxes they owe to the city because a ransomware attack has stopped Baltimore officials being able to access their own systems. Normally, those people would face penalties.
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The legislation was proposed by Con Edison vice president of IT and CIO Manny Cancel in conjunction with Assemblymen Michael Cusick and Charles Falls, the goal being to protect New York's energy grid.
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After a ransomware attack hit the city for the second time in about a year, Baltimore officials shut down most of the government's servers. Here's what's still working, what isn't and how the agencies are handling it.
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With computer systems offline, city employees weren't able to tell how much residents owed on overdue bills. Which means they couldn't process the payments. And if they don't pay, they could face liens and foreclosure.
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A bevy of bills would create additional consumer protections, but key parts of the legislation have shifted or fallen away since originally introduced. They include restrictions on what data voice assistants can store.
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According to documents from a city employee and his lawyer, he told supervisors last spring that San Diego was not adequately protecting its confidential data and had no way to track or disable a lost device.
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Officials have shut down a majority of the city's servers as a precaution, according to a spokesperson for the mayor's office. Meanwhile, core services like fire, police and emergency medical services remain operational.
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Washington, D.C.’s Chief Technology Officer Lindsey Parker says running an effective IT shop relies on good people, strong cyberdefenses and an eye toward bolstering the workforce for the future.
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As Northampton County, Pa., leadership weigh security concerns related to new voting machines, a nationally-recognized expert in the technology says this particular system is not a cause for worry.
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Maryland CIO Michael Leahy said that while updating the way citizens interact with government is a high priority, issues around keeping personal data secure must also be addressed to make any system truly efficient.
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Auditor General Eugene DePasquale said that despite a 2017 survey by his office showing a majority of school districts were concerned about the increased risk of cyberattacks, no action has been taken at the state level.
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The plan to put biometric technology on Nelson Management Group apartment buildings sparked outcry from residents, who object to giving up personal information without the protection of government regulation.
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Georgia is set to buy a $150 million statewide election system that relies on touchscreen technology. At the same time, the Department of Homeland Security is looking into how the devices could be exploited.
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A bill being considered in the state Legislature would penalize companies that used Internet of Things devices to eavesdrop on consumers without their permission.
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An unencrypted laptop with access to sensitive information about some 2,000 employees and dependents was left on a city bus in late March. The university has notified at-risk individuals.
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