Data Breaches

The State of Cybersecurity

Federal agencies surge to combat ever-growing threats—but is it enough?

  • By Nextgov Staff

Los Angeles to Expand Cyber Lab with Federal Grant

The lab, established last summer, is a public-private partnership aimed at protecting the city from hacker attacks.

  • By Kate Elizabeth Queram
Rapper Kanye West shows President Donald Trump a photograph of a hydrogen plane during a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House, Thursday, Oct. 11, 2018, in Washington. Rapper Kanye West shows President Donald Trump a photograph of a hydrogen plane during a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House, Thursday, Oct. 11, 2018, in Washington.

Repeating Kanye West’s Phone Password Is Not a Federal Crime

Unless you’re Ye himself, you’ve got little cause for concern.

  • By Ephrat Livni, Quartz
Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn. Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn.

Lawmakers Call for Investigation Into Google+ Data Exposure

Google's decision not to immediately disclose the breach has ruffled some feathers.

  • By Caitlin Fairchild

Google Shuts Down Google+ After User Data Exposed

It's time to say goodbye.

  • By Caitlin Fairchild

Cyber Researchers Propose a ‘Smart’ Social Security Card

Instead of ditching the SSN as an identifier, the government could take steps to modernize it.

  • By Jack Corrigan

It's Been a Bad Week for Facebook

In addition to a massive data breach, Facebook is in trouble for targeting ads using security information.

  • By Caitlin Fairchild

State Department Confirms Email Data Breach

The breach may have compromised employee personal information in less than 1 percent of email inboxes.

  • By Joseph Marks

Get Your Federal Team In Sync With Zero Trust Security

Adopting a Zero Trust architecture solves the “flat network” problem that helps attackers move undetected inside corporate networks so they can find and exfiltrate sensitive data.

  • By Chase Cunningham

Half of Government and Military Employees Used Awful Passwords for LinkedIn, Report Finds

Yes, one of them was “password”—and even in 2012 there was no excuse for that.

  • By Joseph Marks

A Popular App Has Been Stealing Everyone's Browser History

The rogue Mac app sent the stolen data to China.

  • By Caitlin Fairchild

A Year After the Equifax Breach, There Are Consequences—For Consumers

The breach affected 147 million people.

  • By Corinne Purtill, Quartz

Google Chrome Update Helps You Stop Reusing Passwords

It's time to stop committing one of the deadliest security sins.

  • By Caitlin Fairchild

VA Stopped Publishing Breach Reports About Vets’ Data for Nine Months

The department posted the intervening reports after a Nextgov query.

  • By Joseph Marks
Voters cast their ballots among an array of electronic voting machines in a polling station. Voters cast their ballots among an array of electronic voting machines in a polling station.

An 11-Year-Old Hacked a Mock Florida Election Site in 10 Minutes

The hacking event was part of a hands-on workshop within the larger cybersecurity conference.

  • By Simone Stolzoff, Quartz

Back to School Cyber Tips From US-CERT

Teach your children well and they might not get hacked.

  • By Caitlin Fairchild

How California Is Improving Cyber Threat Information Sharing

The state wants to add every city and county government to its automated threat feed program in the next three to four years.

  • By Dave Nyczepir

Changes Coming to GSA’s Breach, Identity Protection Offerings

Interested parties have until the end of the month to chime in on changes to the Data Breach and Identity Protection Services special item number.

  • By Aaron Boyd

Identity Theft Protection Service Accidentally Exposes Identities

Every lock can be picked.

  • By Caitlin Fairchild

Google's Secret to Avoid Phishing? A Physical Key.

The security tech has been adopted by every employee.

  • By Caitlin Fairchild