Cybersecurity
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Chief Privacy Officer Martha Wewer reviewed the state’s approach to data protection, AI oversight and consumer privacy on Thursday as Gov. Josh Stein marked a new day of awareness during Data Privacy Week. -
There was a record set for data breaches in 2025, and the incidents were also paired with fewer details in notification letters, raising concerns about transparency and public understanding.
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Following a turbulent year in cybersecurity, the state Governor’s Technology Office is seeking to hire a new cybersecurity lead to manage risk and compliance. Nevada’s permanent CISO retired in May 2025.
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As urban centers expand their reliance on automated sensors and algorithms, they increase risks of data security breaches, vulnerabilities to invasions of privacy and concerns about software reliability.
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The UC Berkeley Center for Long-Term Cybersecurity is exploring potential widespread threats to Internet security bigger than just isolated hacks.
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'All of our shared drive files have been encrypted with software typically used in ransomware attacks,' said spokesman Andrew LaMar.
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SixThirty Cyber plans to invest $10 million in cybersecurity startups over the next five years.
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The state Legislature passed three bills all concerned with protecting state data and computer systems.
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Former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder qualified his statement that Snowden had done a public service by saying the way Snowden went about the revelation was inappropriate and damaging to national security.
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The more context officials can add to a certain action, the more they will know about a potential breach.
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Project Green Light links together private cameras and feeds directly to a real-time crime center at Detroit Public Safety Headquarters.
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The notoriously vulnerable and open-ended Internet of Things is at the heart of a nearly quarter-million-dollar Department of Homeland Security award to a California-based company.
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Ransomware – which encrypts your files and offers to sell you the key – operates differently from other malicious software. Those differences turn out to give potential victims a fighting chance.
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Ransomware’s been around for a while, but it’s become a huge problem in just the last six months. Here is a little background and what to do if you find yourself the victim.
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A new report shows that the federal government is slow to adapt to cyberthreats, even in the face of severe consequences.
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Such homegrown terrorists, along with anti-government militia activity and racially motivated extremism, are often overlooked by the mainstream media, where the focus is largely on the threats posed by outsider groups like the Islamic State.
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Sen. Charles E. Schumer is asking the Obama administration to focus on fighting ransomware under its newly announced Cybersecurity National Action Plan.
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Users who haven't changed their passwords since the 2012 breach could soon find their accounts compromised.
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Some driver's license offices will start the transition this week, although officials did not specify which ones.
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Government agencies have barely two years to upgrade the PCI security to computer systems that accept credit card payments. Missing that deadline could mean added costs and even an interruption to the flow of revenue.
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Some gunmakers know how to manufacture smart guns. But they have faced obstacles to selling them — until possibly now.
