Cybersecurity
Hackers Engage in WhatsApp Wi-Fi Scam; N.H. Health Data Breach and SOCOM Staff Leak
Another busy week in Threatwatch, Nextgov's regularly updated index of cyber incidents.
Modernization
Lawyer Rewrote Instagram’s Privacy Policy So Kids and Parents Can Have Meaningful Talk About Privacy
How many people actually understand what they sign up for?
Cybersecurity
DHS Designates Election Systems Critical Infrastructure
The moves comes amid an end-of-administration drive to respond to Russian meddling in the 2016 election.
Cybersecurity
Intel Report: Russian Government Aimed to Help Trump with Hacks
The new report does not provide additional nonpublic information to support its findings.
Modernization
US Is Finally Getting Serious About Security on the Internet of Things With This Lawsuit
The lawsuit is against Taiwanese router manufacturer D-Link and its alleged shoddy security practices.
Cybersecurity
Trump Ducks Russian Attribution After DNC Hacks Briefing
The president-elect has called the attribution politically motivated.
Cybersecurity
New Hampshire Health Department Data Breach Attributed to Former Patient
Government (U.S.) // Healthcare and Public Health // New Hampshire, U.S.
Cybersecurity
Trump to appoint former senator as DNI
According to multiple reports, President-elect Trump intends to nominate retired Indiana Senator Dan Coats as Director of National Intelligence.
Cybersecurity
The Concerns with the Millennial Takeover of Government
While this generation is familiar with technology, it often takes security for granted, a new study finds.
Cybersecurity
Intel Leaders Shoot Back at Trump’s Mean Tweets
The president-elect’s tweets mocking the intelligence community crossed a line between healthy skepticism and disparagement, leaders suggested.
Cybersecurity
Did Pentagon Subcontractor Leak Sensitive Special Operations Command Personnel Data?
Government Contractor // U.S.
Cybersecurity
Lawmakers, CSIS unveil cyber recommendations for Trump administration
A cybersecurity task force recommended that the Trump administration move quickly to improve and reorganize oversight authorities, elevate the role of the White House cybersecurity coordinator and clarify the cyber defense roles of civilian and military agencies.
Cybersecurity
Senators support intel findings on Russia, call for deterrence policy
Members of the Senate Armed Services Committee expressed support for the intelligence community and its assessment that Russia hacked Democratic Party servers to influence the election and called for more defined cyber deterrence policy.
Cybersecurity
Top NSA defender departs agency
Curtis Dukes, formerly the top information assurance officer at the National Security Agency, is joining the Center for Internet Security.
Cybersecurity
Questions at the Senate Hearing on Russian Hacking
Did Moscow influence the U.S. election? Who else has been hacked? Could the CIA be wrong?
Cybersecurity
Senate Dems Push for Independent Commission to Review Russian Election Meddling
House Democrats have called for a similar commission but top GOP leaders oppose it.
Cybersecurity
Get Silicon Valley Execs Out of Government Cyber, Major Report Urges
The Trump administration should also take a harder line on encryption and renegotiate a major cybercrime convention, according to the report from lawmakers and cyber experts.
Cybersecurity
Skeptics still doubt intelligence on Russia hacking
Days after the Obama administration announced sanctions against Russia for hacking DNC systems, President-elect Trump continues to question the intelligence used to attribute the hacks to Russia.
Cybersecurity