Cybersecurity
Chinese Hackers Spied on the 2008 Elections, Too
Hackers accessed internal data from both the McCain and Obama campaigns.
Cybersecurity
Actually, Most Countries Are Increasingly Spying on Their Citizens, the UN Says
The NSA news is scary, but the U.S. is far from alone in the extent to which it monitors communications within its borders, a new report found.
Cybersecurity
Turkey's Government Doesn't Understand Its Digital Enemy
The Turkish government has incurred the wrath of Anonymous and the Syrian Electronic Army.
Cybersecurity
China’s PLA Among 8 State-Sponsored Groups to Hack VA, Ex Official Says
Attackers had ‘unchallenged and unfettered’ access to VA systems.
Cybersecurity
NATO Wants to Fight the Spectre of Cyberwar But It’s Doing It Half-Heartedly
The alliance's new cyber-strategy will likely be ineffective under certain types of attacks
Modernization
IBM is Upping its Game in Cloud Computing — And So Is Everyone Else
The firm acquired cloud computing firm SoftLayer to help it compete with Amazon, the leader in public cloud services.
Cybersecurity
China Has Repeatedly Hacked Veterans Affairs Databases Since 2010, Lawmaker Says
Records of 20 million veterans were not encrypted.
Cybersecurity
Pentagon Taps Two Firms for Plan X Cyberops Contracts
The deals will provide the infrastructure for cyberwar maneuvers and software to put attacks on auto-pilot.
Emerging Tech
Smart Disclosure Makes Consumers Happier and Markets Better
Government should make data that aids consumers both open and searchable, report says.
Modernization
Why Google Is Saying Adios to Some of Its Most Ardent App Developers
It’s too hard to pay developers in Argentina for Android apps, so Google isn’t going to anymore.
Management
White House Unveils First-Ever Inventory of Federal Programs
Mandatory listing of about 1,600 activities is posted by department on performance.gov.
Emerging Tech
The U.N. Will Not Stand for Killer Robots
Many U.N. advocates would rather trust a human to pull a trigger than leave it to a machine set to autopilot.
Modernization
Secret Service Explores a Unified System to Manage Smartphones, Tablets
Administrators would be able to remotely wipe employee devices if problems are detected.
Modernization
New Program Will Help Agencies Manage Mobile Devices
The GSA program will help agencies remotely manage thousands of employee smartphones and tablets at lower costs.
Emerging Tech
Are New Ultra-Cheap 3D Printers Revolutionary or Just Toys?
The parallels between the personal computing revolution and the one in 3D printing are irresistible.
Emerging Tech
What Will the App Developers Make of This?
A look at the government's newly released streaming data feeds.
Emerging Tech
Our Equal Future: Does Technology Hold the Key to a Flatter World?
Far from making the world more fair, technology serves to reinforce, and perhaps even increase, inequalities.
Cybersecurity
China Doesn't Care if Its 'Digitalized' Military Cyberwar Drill Scares You
The drill is taking place on a large military training field and not some underground hack-a-thon bunker.
Modernization