Cybersecurity
Leaked Pentagon Bomber Data, Scoop Up Toy Company Details on Kids, and Pinch Credit Cards from Wisconsin Resort
Just another week in ThreatWatch, our regularly updated index of noteworthy data breaches.
Cybersecurity
Potential Leak of Classified Air Force Data on Bomber Contract Protest
Defense Industrial Base // Government (U.S.) // United States
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Human Error Exposes Mortgage Customer Data at Santander
Financial Services // Bristol, UK
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Reservation System at Milwaukee Wilderness Resort Robbed
Hospitality // Wisconsin, United States
Cybersecurity
Secret DHS Audit Could Prove Governmentwide Hacker Surveillance Isn’t Really Governmentwide
The intrusion-prevention system, named EINSTEIN 3 Accelerated, garnered both ridicule and praise following the OPM hack.
Cybersecurity
Chinese, Others Hack Interior Data 19 Times
The incidents are unrelated to a previously disclosed assault on Interior networks connected to Office of Personnel Management systems, the agency says.
Cybersecurity
Can Tony Scott get it all done?
The U.S. CIO has made a mantra of "land the planes" and pushed notable improvements in his first nine months. But the to-do list for 2016 is long indeed.
Cybersecurity
OPM looks to wrap breach notification by early December
With some 14 million letters already out and millions more expected to hit mailboxes by the end of the month, the Office of Personnel Management expects to wrap up notifications to breach victims in the coming weeks.
Digital Government
Is Congress All Bark and No Bite on Encryption?
Even critics of the tech industry aren’t quite sure how to guarantee government access to terrorist communications.
Cybersecurity
DHS chief looks to Congress on visa waiver gaps
Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson wants Congress to help close data gaps that some say could provide a backdoor entrance for terrorists.
Cybersecurity
State Department Tech Chief Not Plugged Into Cybersecurity at Bureaus
System operators can plug in rogue devices to the department's network without the chief information officer's knowledge, a watchdog report found.
Cybersecurity
How to identify cyberattacks early and limit damage
A focus on real-time analytics is necessary to gain a long-term information advantage over attackers.
Cybersecurity
Hackers Stay 8 Months at Starwood Hotels, Spy on Kentucky Hospital; IT Worker Accidentally Doxxes 6M Georgia Residents
Just another week in ThreatWatch, our regularly updated index of noteworthy data breaches.
Cybersecurity
Akosua Ali
Akosua Ali ironed out complex acquisition issues and found millions of dollars in unused funds at DHS.
Cybersecurity
Christina Prat
Christina Prat's management helps Border Patrol agents get the data they need quickly and accurately to ensure the safety of everyone involved.
Cybersecurity
Georgia Voters Were Accidentally Doxxed by an IT Employee
Government (U.S.) // Georgia, United States
Cybersecurity
Ky. Community Hospital Hack Could Date Back Four Years
Healthcare and Public Health // Kentucky, United States
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