Cybersecurity
NCI Seals $41 Million Deal to Support Army Cyber Ops
Will provide NETCOM synchronized and secure information operations for missions.
Cybersecurity
VA Staffer Sent Hospitalwide Email Detailing Vet’s Suicide
Press can leak medical information, but providers cannot respond to allegations.
Cybersecurity
VA Staffer Sent Hospital-wide Email About a Vet’s Suicide
Healthcare and Public Health // Arizona, United States
Digital Government
Breached HealthCare.gov Server Still Had Default Password
Hack did not compromise any data or personal information, DHS official tells Congress.
Cybersecurity
Palantir's GSA pricing info posted on Hacker News site
The post includes a price list taken from the GSA Advantage ordering system -- which GSA says is not even accurate -- for Palantir Technologies' Gotham and Metropolis products.
Cybersecurity
Uncle Sam Drops $3M in Grants to Kill the Password
Login alternatives to be tested include smartphone SIM cards and driver's licenses.
Digital Government
This Is Why We Don’t Have Meaningful Cybersecurity Legislation Yet
The issue of governing the multidimensional virtual world is rather complex.
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
Eliminating reports, monitoring email, funding ID research and more
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
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