Cybersecurity
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Several Scioto County employees got fraudulent emails intended to look legitimate, and officials are looking into whether unauthorized people may have been able to access sensitive information as a result. -
To get more people prepared for careers in cybersecurity, Maryland is betting on a state-backed, employer-driven apprenticeship model, not unlike traditional skilled trade apprenticeships.
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The platform returns after its provider suffered a cybersecurity breach in November. The new iteration lets residents choose non-emergency updates, rather than having to see them all.
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Cybersecurity is widely regarded as the No. 1 technology issue for schools, so the White House and U.S. Department of Education have unveiled a public information campaign, grants and ed-tech partnerships to tackle it head-on.
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SponsoredMany state and local governments quickly scaled their digital capabilities during the pandemic in an effort to better serve their communities. Unfortunately, that rapid digital transformation also opened the floodgates for new cybersecurity risks.
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Are new human rights the answer? While neurotechnologies do raise significant privacy concerns, it could be argued that the risks are similar to those for more familiar data-collection technologies.
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The cyber attack against Waterbury Health and ECHN health systems was reported on Thursday, but the extent of the incident and details about how it was detected remained unclear as of Friday.
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The city issued a formal notice for the first time about potential data being exposed since detecting the ransomware attack by hacking group Royal. Officials say the data of “certain individuals” was accessed by the group.
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Emphasizing the importance of cyber-range simulations and hands-on training, experts from Cyberbit said in a webinar on Thursday that such exercises are becoming part of university strategies to meet workforce demands.
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For the second time in the state, a large number of people had their data exposed when hackers exploited vulnerabilities in the file transfer tool MOVEit. The breach targeted a contractor to the Oregon Health Plan.
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Officials announced that the county had been targeted by CL0p, a hacking group tied to Russia, in a cybersecurity breach of the common file transfer tool MOVEit. A range of sensitive personal data was affected in the breach.
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The portal that gives users access to Cherokee County planning and zoning documents is undergoing an overhaul to implement more stringent cybersecurity protocols while creating a more user-friendly experience.
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SponsoredFaced with rapidly changing payment trends and evolving student preferences, colleges and universities must offer a variety of enhanced payment options while making sure transactions remain secure.
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Officials say the group, called Volt Typhoon, has inserted malware deep in the systems of numerous water and electric utilities that serve military installations in the United States and abroad.
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The special group tapped by Gov. John Bel Edwards' administration in 2019 to respond to cyber attacks has been in a state of near constant activation. The costs to the state and local government agencies have spiraled in that time, state data shows.
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No data was compromised after staff stopped a cyber attack aimed at the town of Cornelius, following an incident that started when a police officer inadvertently interacted with a computer virus during an investigation.
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The county is currently looking into whether data was exposed during a breach of a file transfer system used by a billing provider for its fire and emergency services system.
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As cities, counties and states deal with hacks, data leaks and other malicious attacks, the Seattle-based firm is debuting a security tool designed for public agencies. The company’s clients include Dallas County.
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Legislative momentum to stop law enforcement from using Google data obtained through so-called geofence warrants stalled as lawmakers struggled to find a way to increase data protection for abortion seekers.
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In an email sent Tuesday to city employees, City Manager T.C. Broadnax said information stored by the city’s human resources department was exposed in the May cyber attack against city systems.
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The ransomware attack, concealed in an email, downed all three of the George County’s servers when it struck on July 15. The incident prompted an emergency declaration that allowed the IT team to circumvent contracting processes.
