Cybersecurity
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Flock Safety cameras have become an increasingly utilized tool for the bigger police departments across the state, from urban areas like Aurora, Colorado Springs and Denver to suburbs like Douglas County. -
Minnesota’s case is one of several breaches of late involving legitimate access, a recurring issue in provider-heavy government health and human services systems.
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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.
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According to a New York Times report, the hackers that penetrated the hotel chain’s reservation database did so on behalf of China’s Ministry of State Security, the civilian-run spy agency.
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The state’s 67 counties are being asked to pick new voting machines by the end of next year as part of a statewide push to improve security ahead of the 2020 presidential election.
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Gary Brantley, chief information officer for Atlanta, discussed some of the IT changes made in the city following the costly March 2018 ransomware attack.
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Chief Executive Sundar Pichai took questions about privacy, censorship and work with the U.S. and Chinese governments during a Tuesday morning Judiciary Committee hearing.
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County officials approved the purchase of an insurance policy that would help respond to data breaches and provide identity protection for residents.
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Malicious software aimed at the hospital system’s 27,000 devices only affected around 250 and did not disrupt operations or patient care.
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The blistering 96-page report called out the credit reporting agency, saying outdated security measures and an unaccountable management structure were to blame for the breach that compromised 148 million personal records.
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The Office of Cyber Command would be tasked with setting cybersecurity and practices for New York City agencies, providing security guidance, and directing response to any cyberattacks or other digital threats.
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Facebook, Twitter, Google and other social media companies are causing society-wide damage. But they tend to describe the problems as much smaller, resulting from rogue individuals and groups hijacking their systems for nefarious purposes.
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Per a statement from the city of Linden, Mich., the perpetrators are using the municipality's domain name as well as the email addresses of staff, police and councilmembers to get people to click on suspicious links.
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The company will ultimately pay millions in the legal compromise that followed a data breach kept secret for more than a year. The personal information of some 600,000 drivers was compromised in the 2016 incident.
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The security measure is being piloted in three Michigan cities as a way to detect irregularities that could influence the outcome of elections, such as cyberattacks, machine and human errors.
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More comprehensive data laws and harsh penalties are the focus of an effort that follows the breach of more than 500 million of the hotel chain's customer records.
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House Bill 747 would mandate the creation of the Ohio Cyber Reserve, a group meant to protect citizens, businesses, government and infrastructure from cyberthreats.
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A yearlong investigation into a hack against Florida’s Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University computers led federal authorities and police to an employee and student, who were allegedly using a program designed to capture administrator passwords.
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During a Federal Trade Commission oversight hearing earlier this week, members made the case to the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce for more authority over consumer data security and privacy.
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Unauthorized access to the Starwood reservation system has been ongoing since 2014, the company said, potentially exposing the personal and financial information of millions of hotel guests.
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In looking over GT coverage in 2018, a number of major themes emerged — like microtransit and the rise of ransomware — that highlight where government’s attention was and what will be on priority lists in 2019.
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