Cybersecurity

US Official: Chinese Want NSA Cyber Schools. Really.

The offer of shared cybersecurity training comes at a time when both countries are exchanging accusations of hacking each other’s trade secrets.

Digital Government

Attention, Defense Contractors: You've Been Hacked

China committed about 20 cyberattacks across a year-long period on defense contractors, according to a newly declassified Senate report.

Digital Government

Is NSA Planning to Beef up Cyber Response Capabilities?

A confident Adm. Rogers says the NSA remains popular with the people it spied on

Cybersecurity

ISIS cyber capability judged more 'aspirational' than operational

The terrorist group’s slick social media presence is a far cry from being able to hack critical infrastructure, cybersecurity experts say.

Cybersecurity

IT Worker Wanted For $40 Million Nigerian Bank Hack

Accomplices allegedly came on premises disguised as maintenance staff.

Cybersecurity

The burdens of data for IGs and auditors alike

The results are in for AGA & Kearny’s latest survey for federal IGs and state auditors, listing data analytics and cybersecurity at the forefront of their concerns.

Digital Government

Secret Docs: US Argued Yahoo Couldn't Defend Users' Privacy

The documents offer insight into the legal maneuvers the US government has used to argue against any challenges to its right to surveil.

Cybersecurity

Paid Hackers Attacked 300 Banks, Businesses and Governments for 12 Years

Government (Foreign) // Other Critical Infrastructure

Cybersecurity

Saks Staff Splurged $400,000 on Shoes Using Customers’ Credit Card Data

Ringleader allegedly gave sales associates lists of items to fraudulently purchase.

Cybersecurity

Nigerian Financial Company IT Worker Wanted for $40 Million Bank Hack

Financial Services // Abuja, Nigeria

Cybersecurity

Saks Personnel Splurged $400,000 on Shoes Using Customers’ Credit Card Data

Financial Services // Manufacturing // New York, United States

Cybersecurity

EXCLUSIVE: New Connect.gov Aims to Consolidate Your Passwords

VA.gov, other federal sites will accept universal credentials starting this fall.

Cybersecurity

Desktop Burglary at Temple U. Subjects Nearly 3,800 Patients to Potential ID Theft

Healthcare and Public Health // Pennsylvania , United States

Cybersecurity

Hackers Blackmail Bitcoin Inventor, Corrupt Brazilian Newspaper

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