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Officials in one Mississippi city have confirmed the local government fell victim to a cyber attack on Thanksgiving.
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Continue reading Mississippi City Works to Resolve Thanksgiving Cyber Attack
The Homeland Security Department is backing away from requiring that U.S. citizens submit to facial-recognition technology when they leave or enter the country.
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Continue reading DHS Retreats on Possible Facial Screening of US Citizens
Chinese tech giant Huawei is asking a U.S. federal court to throw out a rule that bars rural phone carriers from using government money to purchase its equipment on security grounds.
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Continue reading Huawei Asks Court to Throw Out US Telecom Funds Ban
Federal officials are considering requiring that all travelers — including American citizens — be photographed as they enter or leave the country as part of an identification system using facial-recognition technology.
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Continue reading DHS May Require US Citizens Be Photographed at Airports
Ohio detected and thwarted an election-related cyber attack earlier this month, the state’s elections chief said.
Republican Secretary of State Frank LaRose said the “relatively unsophisticated” hacking attempt on Nov. 5, which was Election Day, origin… Continue reading Official: Russian-Owned Company Attempted Ohio Election Hack
A U.S. Department of Defense unit has opened its first remote office outside the Pentagon with its new facility in east Georgia.
Defense Digital Service works to find solutions for highly technical problems encountered by the military, The Augusta Chro… Continue reading Federal Cyber Experts Christen Satellite Office in Georgia
One in ten of Louisiana’s 5,000 computer network servers that power operations across state government were damaged by this week’s cyberattack, a key technology official told lawmakers Friday.
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Continue reading Cyberattack Hit 10% of Louisiana’s State Government Servers
U.S. communications regulators have cut off government funding for equipment from two Chinese companies, citing security threats.
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Continue reading US Regulators Bar Govt Telecom Funds for Huawei, ZTE
Amnesty International issued a scathing indictment of the world’s dominant internet corporations, arguing in a new report that Google and Facebook should be forced to abandon what it calls their surveillance-based business model because it is “predicat… Continue reading Amnesty International Calls Facebook, Google Rights Abusers
A group of Democratic U.S. senators is questioning Amazon about the security of its Ring doorbell cameras following reports that some Ukraine-based employees had access to video footage from customers’ homes.
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Continue reading Senators Press Amazon Over Doorbell Camera Security Concerns