Cybersecurity
Hackers Manipulate Water Treatment Operations, Invade Adele’s Privacy, and Plunder Diamonds on the High Seas
Just another week in ThreatWatch, our regularly updated index of noteworthy data breaches.
Emerging Tech
How Many Elephants of Fuel did a Saturn V Burn Per Second?
How much fuel did the rocket use per second, as measured in giant land animals?
Modernization
Netflix Has Been Secretly Slowing Down Videos on Mobile
This may come as a shock, but your beloved Netflix is responsible for your slow streams on mobile, not your loathsome wireless carrier.
Cybersecurity
Hacktivists Mess with Chemicals in Water Treatment Plant
Other Critical Infrastructure
Cybersecurity
Hackers Tipoff Pirates to Ship’s Precious Cargo and Coordinates
Transportation // Middle East
Cybersecurity
Miscreant Publishes Hacked Photos of Adele's Son, Including a Baby Scan
Entertainment // Social Media // UK
Modernization
Video: How the iPhone Serves as Copilot for the Blind
Exploring the ways in which universal accessibility is integrated into smartphones.
Modernization
GSA ‘Improperly’ Offered Email Services to Peace Corps for Free
A new audit found that GSA did not obtain the necessary approval to do so.
Digital Government
Why the Military Can’t Go After Iran for Hacking Your Dam
Seven Iranians have been charged with cyber crimes in a case that reveals the limits of U.S. power.
Emerging Tech
This City Is Ready To Tackle Silicon Valley's Diversity Problem
Inside Durham's efforts to build a successful start-up sector.
Digital Government
The Dark Web Is Too Slow and Annoying for Terrorists to Even Bother With, Experts Say
So why aren’t jihadis taking advantage of running Dark Web sites?
Modernization
Audit finds improprieties in GSA/Peace Corps cloud email pilot
A deal between the General Services Administration and the Peace Corps to provide cloud email might have run afoul of funding laws, according to GSA's inspector general.
Cybersecurity
NIST is looking for a few good cryptographers
NIST's Computer Security Division wants to hire 15 cryptographers over the next five years to tackle emerging areas such as quantum and lightweight cryptography.
Digital Government
18F pushes for an even more open 'open source' rule
"Open source by default" ought to apply not only to code developed by government agencies, but also to virtually all code that vendors supply the government, a developer with GSA's startup urged.
Cybersecurity
Mixed prospects for encryption bills on Capitol Hill
A senior Senate staffer says that Congress is unlikely to move on significant legislation to mandate law enforcement access to encrypted communications.
Emerging Tech
Pentagon: ‘Innovation is a National Security Imperative’
If the quest for innovation could hold the keys to DOD’s most important technological riddles, its top officials have now made three visits to the West Coast tech hub and set up shop.
Digital Government
DOT launches open data push to build National Transit Map
The Department of Transportation is asking local and state transit agencies to share their data in an open format for a national transit map.
Cybersecurity
What will it take to diversify the cyber workforce?
In its first national conference, the International Consortium of Minority Cybersecurity Professionals sought to lay the groundwork for getting more women and minorities into the cyber ranks.
Modernization