Cybersecurity

Recent cyber attacks have given a new urgency to business resiliency in the public and private sectors. Let’s explore the problem and some workable answers.

Grand Traverse County reports reveal how its human resources team is quickening around key tasks with new software and best practices. Elsewhere, no longer providing IT services to Traverse City will yield a revenue loss.

Flock’s Nova platform for law enforcement reportedly used data gained from breaches. In response, the gov tech supplier is defending its product evaluation process and says it won’t use information from the dark web.

Duke Energy has settled a class-action lawsuit over a data breach last year which exposed personal information to cyber criminals, according to court documents filed in U.S. District Court.

Free public Wi-Fi hosted by cities is booming, boosting digital access. But as reliance grows, so do cybersecurity risks like "evil twin" attacks. Can cities truly make free Wi-Fi safe?

Following the retirement of state CISO Bob Dehnhardt, officials have named Nevada’s deputy information security leader to the top role. A search for his permanent successor is expected to follow.

Officials in the central Pennsylvania county have sent a warning to residents that their information could have been put at risk by a “data privacy event.” They are probing an incident potentially involving civil court data.

What is the current situation with nation-state cyber attacks in the middle of 2025? Here’s a look at some of the biggest cyber threats from Russia, China, Iran and North Korea.

The new information security leader, previously part of its technology organization, was formerly with Dallas, where he helped stand up that city’s first-ever cyber fusion and security operation center.

The latest in a series of text message schemes, this one messages residents’ cellphones seeking information. The state’s Department of Motor Vehicles commissioner said the agency does not ask for personal data over the phone.

Microsoft, the U.S. Justice Department, Europol and Japan’s Cybercrime Control Center are targeting the Lumma Stealer malware in an international operation. A court order has empowered the group to start taking it down.

Veteran city exec Joe Pregler was affirmed last month as permanent CIO. His official arrival comes amid work on AI governance, and a data center move aimed at improving resilience and integrating operations.

Government Technology analysis of IC3 data reveals which states lead in government imposter scam reports. Are governments leveraging technology enough to protect citizens from digital impersonation?

A 19-year-old college student in Massachusetts pleaded guilty to charges linked to cyber extortion crimes, including threats to leak the personal information of of more than 60 million students and 10 million teachers.

The scam uses AI-generated text and voice messages to establish rapport with potential victims as a means to gaining access to personal information, often sending the victim a link to click.

In partnership with the cybersecurity firm TekStream, a new student-run security operations center expands on LSU’s existing model, training students in cybersecurity while delivering 24/7 protection for industry partners.

Following a ransom attack in late March that prompted the county to take systems including Wi-Fi, jail databases and court records offline for days, the local government will transition to a .gov website in early June.

The proposed act would establish a legal framework for state cybersecurity and artificial intelligence governance by mandating annual cyber training for public employees. It would also create cyber and AI oversight groups.