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.
Emerging Tech
Senators: We Need a National Strategy for the Internet of Things
The bipartisan group urged the United States to articulate a national strategy for developing and deploying the Internet of Things.
Digital Government
New CIO Wants Fresh Pair of Eyes to Look at Federal IT Problems
The IT Solutions Challenge will consist of several working groups of "rising stars" from the IT world tasked with zeroing in on tech issues in the federal government.
Digital Government
Cable and Telecom Giants Take FCC to Court Over Net Neutrality Rules
Here are three arguments cable and telecom giants are likely to use to try to kill the rules.
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.
People
GSA's Roth not looking to rock the boat
"We need to keep running in the direction we've been running," Acting GSA Administrator Denise Turner Roth said.
Digital Government
NTIA looks for UAS answers
The National Telecommunications and Information Administration is kicking off the process to implement President Obama's memorandum on domestic drones.
Cybersecurity
Fast track for cyber hiring, UK hacker and DHS prizes
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
Cybersecurity
High-Paying Guests Hacked at Mandarin Oriental
Hospitality // United States and Europe
Cybersecurity
Attention, Cyber Pros: The Pentagon Wants You -- 3,000 of You
The military has been given the go-ahead to fast-track the hiring of 3,000 computer whiz civilians.
Digital Government
Pentagon Adds Social Media Whiz to Team
The new director for digital media and strategy will revamp DOD's communication via social media.
Digital Government
4 Things to Know about the Federal IT Budget Proposal
Big-ticket IT procurements and system modernizations provide a road map of agencies’ spending priorities in the year ahead.
Digital Government
GAO: CMS Isn't Doing Enough to Address HealthCare.gov Failures
After the botched Healthcare.gov rollout, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services haven't adequately improved itsIT processes, a recent report found.
Cybersecurity
Sorry Consumers, Companies Have Little Incentive to Invest in Better Cybersecurity
The actual expenses from the recent and high-profile breaches at Sony, Target and Home Depot amount to less than 1% of each company’s annual revenues.
Digital Government