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State Department’s Email Server Breached
An email server containing “sensitive but unclassified” data belonging to the State Department was breached, the government agency announced earlier this month. The information...
Email Systems Represent Unseen Threat in Midterm Elections
Email systems used by some county election officials lack rudimentary security settings and are vulnerable to hacking, according to a recent survey conducted by...
California’s Controversial IoT Security Bill Passes
The first major piece of cybersecurity legislation to address vulnerabilities in Internet of Things (IoT) devices has passed in California, and is ready to...
Google, App Developer Sued for Tracking Children Online
New Mexico’s attorney general has filed a lawsuit against a popular children’s app developer as well as Google and Twitter’s online ad platforms for...
EU Commission Calls for 1 Hour Limit on Internet Extremist Content...
Drastic times call for drastic measures, and it seems like EU Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker feels we’ve entered the dire zone when it comes...
GAO Report Provides New Details on Equifax Breach
The Government Accountability Office released a report detailing last year’s massive Equifax data breach and how hackers were able to infiltrate the company’s systems...
Poll Shows GDPR Compliance Lacking
Only 34.5 % of the approximately 500 professionals responsible for compliance to the European Union (EU) General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) report maintaining practices...
British Airways Hacked, Consumer Data Compromised
On the heels of last weeks news that Air Canada suffered a breach affecting thousands of customers, British Airways announced a major breach affecting...
One Year After Equifax, ID Theft Matters More
On the first anniversary of the Equifax data breach, Americans may be taking identity theft more seriously. In a survey of roughly 1000 people...
In Election Night Coverage the Need for Speed Compromises Security
Our collective need for up-to-the-minute voting results may comes at the expense of election security, according to a recent article from the Intercept, which...
