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Lawmakers in New Mexico are considering major investments in cybersecurity, following two serious cyberattacks against school districts in the state just last month, and increased vulnerability of information technology in K-12 schools nationally.
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North Korea is continuing to steal hundreds of millions of dollars from financial institutions and cryptocurrency firms and exchanges, illicit money that is an important source of funding for its nuclear and missile programs, U.N. experts said in a rep… Continue reading UN Experts: North Korea Stealing Millions in Cyber Attacks
The Washington State Department of Licensing said the personal information of potentially millions of licensed professionals may have been exposed after it detected suspicious activity on its online licensing system.
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A bill that would grant Massachusetts residents what supporters describe as fundamental internet privacy rights — including greater control over their personal information — is making its way through the Statehouse.
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Continue reading Massachusetts Lawmakers Weighing Online Data Privacy Bill
The FBI has confirmed purchasing NSO Group’s powerful spyware tool Pegasus, whose chronic abuse to surveil journalists, dissidents and human rights activists has long been established. It suggested its motivation was to “stay abreast of emerging techno… Continue reading FBI Confirms It Bought Spyware From Israel’s NSO Group
A Tennessee community college suffered a data security attack that may have resulted in unauthorized access to personal information of former and current students, faculty and staff, officials said.
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Continue reading Tennessee Community College Suffers Ransomware Attack
A data breach at the state agency that operates Rhode Island’s public bus service compromised the personal information of about 22,000 people, agency officials said at a legislative hearing.
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Continue reading RIPTA Data Breach Affected About 22,000 People
Israel’s national police force on Tuesday said it had found evidence pointing to improper use of sophisticated spyware by its own investigators to snoop on Israeli citizens’ phones.
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Continue reading Israeli Police: Possible Improper Surveillance by Our Own
Two companies involved in storing and supplying oil and other materials said Tuesday they have been hit by a cyberattack that has impacted operations in Germany.
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Continue reading Germany: 2 Oil Storage and Supply Firms Hit by Cyberattack
For teachers at a middle school in New Mexico’s largest city, the first inkling of a widespread tech problem came during an early morning staff call.
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Continue reading Cyberattacks Increasingly Hobble Pandemic-Weary US Schools