Digital Government

This Is So Much Bigger Than Facebook

Data misuse is a feature, not a bug—and it’s plaguing our entire culture.

  • By Ethan Zuckerman, The Atlantic
Cybersecurity

The Data Expert Who Exposed Facebook’s Breach Has Been Suspended by Facebook

The breached allowed for the harvest of data from tens of millions of users without their permission.

  • By Hanna Kozlowska, Quartz
Digital Government

Congress Mulls a CIO's Authority, Future of Homeland Security and Data Breaches

And one caucus is concerned about climate change data vanishing form federal websites.

  • By Heather Kuldell, Joseph Marks and Jack Corrigan
Cybersecurity

Report: 80% of Experts Say 'Catastrophic' Data Breach Is Inevitable by 2021

And per usual, legacy IT and lack of employee expertise are challenges.

  • By Jack Corrigan
Cybersecurity

Data Breach Affected More Than 240,000 Homeland Security Workers, IG Confirms

The breach also affected non-DHS employees who communicated with the department’s inspector general.

  • By Joseph Marks
Policy

Congress Wrestles with Shutdown Deadline and Data Breach Drama

Lawmakers also introduced a bill to curb revenge porn.

  • By Joseph Marks and Heather Kuldell
Digital Government

Congress' Week: Data Breaches, Kaspersky and Murderers with Security Clearances

Amid tackling a series of high-profile data breaches, Congress moved along important IT legislation and aims to address whether criminals are actually getting temporary security clearances.

  • By Nextgov/FCW Staff
Cybersecurity

House Cyber Leader Wants to Give Equifax the Kaspersky Treatment

Rep. John Ratcliffe wants DHS to issue a binding operational directive to end a $7 million Equifax contract with IRS.

  • By Joseph Marks
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