Modernization
Clinton Office Says Email Was Secure, But Details Remain Elusive
“There are concerns about broadcasting specific technical details about past and current practices.”
Cybersecurity
WhiteHouse.gov Finally Gets Boosted Encryption
The announcement comes about a month after several government groups said they were transitioning to HTTPS-only public-facing websites.
Cybersecurity
Can the Pentagon keep pace on biometrics?
The Defense Department has launched an improved version of its biometrics repository, but the system still lacks the latest technology.
Cybersecurity
Why Internet voting remains a risky proposition
A Lawrence Livermore expert details the many ways online elections could be corrupted.
Cybersecurity
State Says it Needs to Rebuild Classified Computer Networks after Hack
State has asked Congress for $10 million to support "the necessary re-architecting of the classified and unclassified networks” at the department
Cybersecurity
FOIA scorecard, an NSA lawsuit, USPTO's new director and more
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
Digital Government
Do Tech Companies Owe It to the Public to Cooperate With Surveillance?
Private firms have become uneasy about keeping tabs on customers, but they should put collective safety ahead of profit.
Modernization
CIA Is Trying to Hack Your iPhone
New Snowden documents reveal a decade-long CIA push to break Apple’s encryption protections.
Digital Government
Why the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency Has Eyes on the Arctic
NGA’s focus on the North Pole could allow the agency to go even more open source.
Digital Government
Isis -- No, Not That One -- Wins $7 Million Pentagon Cyber Contract
The Pentagon has hired a little-known Virginia startup with an unfortunate name to work on a big data project.
Cybersecurity
PI Hired Hackers to Dig up Dirt on People He Was Paid to Investigate
New York, United States
Cybersecurity
Computer Whiz Kid Hacked High School to Fix His Bad Grades
Education // New York, United States
Cybersecurity
Brit Allegedly Extracted Data from Pentagon Satellite System
The data compromised includes employee contact information and mobile device ID numbers.
Cybersecurity
Brit Allegedly Extracted Data from Pentagon Satellite System
Government (U.S.) // United States
Cybersecurity
Hackers Con Telecom IT Support Worker, Bilk Mandarin Oriental Guests and Trigger Bogus Bomb Alarm at a Mall
Just another week in ThreatWatch, our regularly updated index of noteworthy data breaches.
Modernization
Why the Mobile Industry Wants to Kill the Password
As data rather than voice or text becomes the big reason people use their mobile phones, networks want to extract more value from their users.
Cybersecurity
Peering into the cyber future
A new IARPA program looks to fund technology that can anticipate rather than react to cyber threats.
Cybersecurity