Cybersecurity
Hackers Enter UCLA Health and Expose Carl’s Jr. Model, While Worker Leaks National Guard Data
Just another week in ThreatWatch, our regularly updated index of noteworthy data breaches.
Cybersecurity
OPM Changes Privacy Rules to Let Investigators Inside All Databases
About 40 systems, holding medical files and complaint records, among other things, are affected by the policy change.
Cybersecurity
Blackmailers Hold Belgian Loan Application Records For Ransom
Financial Services // Belgium
Cybersecurity
Major Data Compromise at UCLA Health System
Healthcare and Public Health // California, United States
Cybersecurity
Customers of Bitcoin Transaction Firm Cloudminr Have Been Fleeced
Financial Services // Web Services // Norway
Cybersecurity
Defense health records, fed worker survey, Pentagon IT spending and more
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
Cybersecurity
There’s A Plan to Immediately Purge Some Governmentwide Network Surveillance Data
Destruction could free up storage space and have the added benefit of protecting privacy.
Digital Government
Why It Still Sucks to Be a CIO in Government and What a New Law Can Do About It
While CIOs claim the “chief” title, in many cases their hands have been tied by sprawling bureaucratic structures and a lack of institutional heft.
Cybersecurity
A 'Powerful' Cyber Tool Created by Government Now On the Market
After three years in development, the Network Mapping System has moved into the commercial market.
Cybersecurity
Network maps, moisture maps and stalled job growth
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
Cybersecurity
White House plugs plan to boost immigration IT
The U.S. Digital Service wants to bring a more intuitive process and consistent look and feel to online immigration applications.
Cybersecurity
DOD looks to new analytics center to tackle insider threat
The Defense Insider Threat Management and Analysis Center is meant to be predictive rather than reactive, with the help of advances in big data.
Modernization
Do Encrypted Phones Threaten National Security?
A legislator compares manufacturing devices with strong, end-to-end encryption to dumping toxic waste in a stream.
Cybersecurity
After Dodging the Bullet that Hit OPM, Interior ‘Owns’ Up to Cyber Problem
Department CIO Sylvia Burns was horrified to learn another agency's database was hacked inside her IT facility.
Cybersecurity
Why are Government Contractors Cutting Their Cybersecurity Budgets?
The majority of large firms also decreased their overall IT spending, the survey showed.
Cybersecurity
Machine-Only Hacking Competition Produces 7 Finalists
The lucky few emerged after a full day's worth of a rapid-fire game of capture the flag.
Cybersecurity
OPM's shift in security posture raises labor law questions
OPM did not give unions a chance to bargain over the cutting off of social media and personal email accounts.
Cybersecurity
Your Data Is Compromised. (Yes, Yours.) What Now?
"Everybody's data is at risk and vulnerable, and has probably been compromised multiple times, if they're an adult."
Cybersecurity