Cybersecurity

Hackers Breach S. Korea Nuke Plants, Look Up JMU Employees, and Con Inmates

Just another week in ThreatWatch, our regularly updated index of noteworthy data breaches.

Cybersecurity

Anonymous Posts 13,000 Account Passwords and Payment Data Used for PSN, Xbox, Amazon, Other Sites

Entertainment // Financial Services // Web Services // Retailer

Cybersecurity

Database Glitch Might Have Exposed Data on 7,000 Vets

Government (U.S.) // Healthcare and Public Health

Cybersecurity

Infected Afghan Government Websites Dole out Chinese Malware to Visitors

Government (Foreign) // Kabul, Afghanistan

Cybersecurity

Prison Medical Records Clerk Stole Inmate IDs to Claim $1M in Bogus Tax Refunds

Government (U.S.) // Alabama, United States

Cybersecurity

Intruders Found Data on James Madison University Employees

Education // Virginia, United States

Cybersecurity

Watchdog Says Secret Service Misses the Bar on Cybersecurity

The department's inability to get its own agency to fall in line could raise questions about the enlargement of Homeland Security's cyber authorities.

Cybersecurity

Hacker Leaks S. Korea Nuke Plant Blueprints

Energy // Government (Foreign) // Seoul, South Korea

Digital Government

From FITARA to FISMA Reform: 5 Key Tech Bills Passed by Congress in 2014

When it comes to a few key pieces of technology and cybersecurity legislation, the 113th Congress was surprisingly fruitful.

Cybersecurity

The Webcam Hacking Epidemic

It'd be easy for policy makers to correct gaps in protections against remote access tools used to spy on individuals. So why haven't they?

Digital Government

The CIA Has a Problem with Biometric Surveillance

The same technology that flags terrorists could blow a spy's cover at European airports.

Cybersecurity

Did North Korea Really Attack Sony?

It's too early to take the U.S. government at its word.

Cybersecurity

Should Cities Give Hackathons Another Look to Improve Digital Infrastructure?

A 36-hour coding session in Boston recently helped revamp the city's permit system.

Cybersecurity

Sober about cyber

Steve Kelman considers what the Sony hack means for agencies and critical infrastructure.

Cybersecurity

Hackers Wreck Iron Plant Machinery, Spear ICANN Systems and Channel M.C. Hammer

Just another week in ThreatWatch, our regularly updated index of noteworthy data breaches.

Cybersecurity

Obama Administration Aims to Create ‘Insider Threat’ Job Specialty to Plug Leaks

The relatively new discipline blends together the roles of counterintelligence analyst, human resources professional and information security professional.

Cybersecurity

VCU Health System Accidentally Donates Patient Info to Art Project

Healthcare and Public Health // Virginia, United States

Cybersecurity

UC Berkeley Waits Three Months to Inform Hack Victims

Education // California, United States