Cybersecurity
Government Isn't Sharing Cyber Threats As Promised, Private Sector Says
Classification regimes make it difficult for cyber firms to share threat information with clients and aid adversaries, industry officials say.
Digital Government
Chaffetz bills would outlaw warrantless stingray use
Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) introduced two bills that would rein in law enforcement's use of technologies that tracking users via their mobile phones.
Cybersecurity
Contractor indicted for stealing spy secrets
Harold Martin, until recently a Booz Allen contractor, was indicted by a federal grand jury for stealing secrets from spy agencies, including NSA and CIA.
Modernization
House passes email privacy act, again
For the second time in less than a year, the House has overwhelmingly passed an email privacy act. Last year, the bill died in the Senate, and supporters are urging senators to pass the bill this time.
Cybersecurity
DHS mulls password collection at borders
Homeland Security Secretary tells House Committee that surrendering social media passwords to law enforcement is being considered as a condition of entry at border crossings.
Cybersecurity
DHS tags election systems as critical
Some state government officials object to the Department of Homeland Security's move to add election infrastructure to the roster of 16 existing federal "critical infrastructure" areas.
Cybersecurity
Lawmakers, CSIS unveil cyber recommendations for Trump administration
A cybersecurity task force recommended that the Trump administration move quickly to improve and reorganize oversight authorities, elevate the role of the White House cybersecurity coordinator and clarify the cyber defense roles of civilian and military agencies.
Cybersecurity
U.S. sanctions Russia and releases hacking report
The Obama administration announced a long-awaited response to Russia's election-related hacking, but many view it as too little too late.
Cybersecurity
Lawmakers warn against weakening encryption
A congressional working group studying encryption has concluded that strong encryption is in the national interest, but needs of law enforcement must be accommodated.
People
Prison sentence for GSA Advantage fraudster
A former Defense Department procurement official will serve nearly three years in prison for stealing and reselling millions of dollars of equipment and material obtained through GSA's online shopping and ordering system.
Cybersecurity
Gridlock on cyber laws likely to persist
As the nature and variety of cyber crime around the world continue to grow, the DOJ warns U.S. laws are lagging, and experts say Congress is unlikely to catch up anytime soon.
Cybersecurity
DOJ gets new legal tool to go after botnets
A procedural shift makes it easier for federal law enforcement to investigate attacks that use devices scattered across the country.
Digital Government
What it takes to review 650,000 emails
Although Donald Trump argued it wasn't possible to review 650,000 emails in eight days, cyber forensics experts said it's quite common.
Cybersecurity
FBI warns of continuing botnet strikes
FBI cautioned private industry that the immense DDOS attack that brought down internet services across a wide swath of the U.S. in October will persist.
Modernization
DOJ releases controversial cybercrime prosecution memo
More than two years after Attorney General Eric Holder penned a memo to federal prosecutors offering guidance on pursuing cases under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, litigation prompted the DOJ to release the document to the public.
People
Should feds take jail threats seriously?
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) warned rank-and-file feds at NTIA of potential adverse legal consequences of participating in a government activity that he said is expressly banned by statute.
Cybersecurity
FBI arrests contractor for stealing secrets
The FBI arrested a Maryland contractor and charged him with stealing national security data.
Cybersecurity
18 states tap DHS for voting security help
Jeh Johnson updated lawmakers on election security efforts during a hearing that focused on a variety of online and physical threats.
Cybersecurity
Two more arrests in hack of CIA's Brennan
Federal authorities have arrested two more alleged members of a hacker group that targeted senior U.S. intelligence and security officials and publicly posted personal information on FBI and DHS employees.
Cybersecurity