Cybersecurity

Hackers Swindle Yacht Club Members and Tap Supervalu’s Credit Line

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

Cybersecurity

The Snowden Effect

Public aversion to domestic spying doesn’t seem to be hurting government’s ability to recruit cyber staff.

People

HHS cloud plans, a key IT vacancy and talk of a cyber-specific service branch

News and notes from around the federal IT community.

Emerging Tech

Help Science Identify a Kajillion Astronaut Photos of Cities

"Night Cities" is an ambitious project to create an atlas of urban space photography.

People

Nicole Wong leaving OSTP

The U.S. deputy CTO is headed back to California.

Cybersecurity

Pro-Russia Ukrainian Hackers Just Replaced Polish Sites with Images From a Holocaust Slaughter

Sites affected include those of the president of Poland and the Warsaw Stock Exchange.

Modernization

Why FISMA is not enough for the Internet of Things

It's not just TSA devices that are vulnerable, says Billy Rios, director of threat intelligence at Qualys. And the procurement process is a crucial link in preventing back-door cyberattacks on federal facilities.

Modernization

Smithsonian transcription project moves out of beta

After a year of testing, an effort to use volunteers to transcribe historical documents and data for online use is opening wide.

Digital Government

Here we go again

Wasn't last year's budget deal supposed to make appropriations easy?

Cybersecurity

What it takes to achieve effective cyber defense

Addressing nontechnical challenges could help overcome slow-moving government policies and a compliance-focused culture, writes FireEye's Travis Rosiek.

Cybersecurity

Ex-employee cribbed surgery center billing information

Healthcare and Public Health // Nevada, United States

Cybersecurity

Russian PM Quits in Hacked Tweet

Medvedev to take up freelance photography after disowning Putin.

Digital Government

Watchdog: The FBI Spied on the Wrong People Because of Typos

A new inspector general report concludes that the agency has collected communications data on the wrong targets due to typographical errors.

Digital Government

The Public Will Soon Be Able to Buy Military-Grade Satellite Images

The view from space is about to get a lot clearer for the public. And that’s a good thing for the military.

Emerging Tech

Infographic: Nuclear Reactors, But in Miniature

Much smaller reactors still pack a powerful punch.