Data Breaches

CBP Says Thousands of Traveler Photos Stolen in ‘Malicious Cyber-Attack’

The breach happened at one of the agency’s subcontractors and didn’t involve any data collected under its facial recognition program, officials said.

  • By Jack Corrigan

Can One Year of GDPR Teach the U.S. Anything on Privacy?

Technology experts reflect on how GDPR changed companies' approaches to data.

  • By John Breeden II

Cyber Espionage Targeting Public Sector Rose 168% In 2018

“Government incident responders must either be cape-and-tights-wearing superheroes, or so stressed they’re barely hanging on by their fingernails.”

  • By Aaron Boyd

House Republicans Want FEMA to Answer for Leaking 2.3 Million Americans' Data

Members of the Committee on Science, Space and Technology want a full briefing from FEMA brass no later than April 18.

  • By Aaron Boyd

Identity Theft Services Inefficient at Addressing Data Breach Risks, Watchdog Says

The Government Accountability Office also recommended that Congress should reconsider allowing federal agencies how much coverage is appropriate to offer.

  • By Brandi Vincent

Empowering Regulators Could Stop the Next Equifax Breach, Watchdog Says

Giving the regulatory agencies more power to punish companies after breaches could make industry invest more in cybersecurity, according to the Government Accountability Office.

  • By Jack Corrigan

FEMA Defends Actions Following Data Release Affecting 2.3 Million Disaster Victims

The agency said there’s no indication that survivor data has been misused.

  • By Charles S. Clark

How Government Agencies Can Build Cyber Trust in 2019

For all the damage that can come as the result of cyberattacks, the cost of severed trust is almost always the highest.

  • By Eric Trexler

FDIC’s Top 3 Challenges Are All Tech Related

Among the financial regulator’s biggest challenges, IT modernization and cybersecurity topped the list.

  • By Aaron Boyd

OPM Awards $416M Contract for Protection Services to Hack Victims

The millions of federal employees and contractors using those services will see no disruption.

  • By Eric Katz

More Than 25 Million Passport Numbers Stolen in Marriott Breach

About 5 million of those were unencrypted.

  • By Caitlin Fairchild

Keep the Faith: America’s GDPR Will Come

What should it look like? How should companies prepare?

  • By Jonathan Reiber

The Boldest Predictions for Federal Technology in 2019

More cyber brinkmanship and super smart artificial intelligence are just a couple forecasts industry leaders divined for the coming year.

  • By Heather Kuldell

The New Rules of Cybersecurity

Now is the time for companies to take a fresh approach to protect their data.

  • By Brad Stone

This Year We Realized that All of Our Data was Stolen

Hacking is inevitable.

  • By John Detrixhe, Quartz

Microsoft Patches Browser Bug That Allowed a PC Takeover

The flaw has been exploited for targeted attacks.

  • By Caitlin Fairchild

NASA Reveals It Had a Security Breach in October

The agency is investigating the incident.

  • By Caitlin Fairchild

The Government’s Bioterror-Response Website May Be Leaking Sensitive Data

Homeland Security inspectors and a whistleblower say the site, which would be used to coordinate federal responses to a bioterror attack, isn’t secure.

  • By Patrick Tucker, Defense One

The Biggest Password Mistakes of 2018

The federal government made the list this year.

  • By Caitlin Fairchild

The Equifax Breach Affecting Nearly Half of Americans Was 'Entirely Preventable'

The credit bureau breach remains one of the biggest known data thefts.

  • By John Detrixhe, Quartz

Congress Demands Answers on NRCC, Marriott Data Breaches

Strengthening the nation’s cyber stance was top of mind, with a new House Energy and Commerce Committee cyber report, and bills to improve connected devices and cyber education.

  • By Heather Kuldell and Jack Corrigan