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Federal regulators are requiring Zoom to strengthen its security in a proposed settlement of allegations that the video conferencing service misled users about its level of security for meetings.
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Digital rights campaigners on Monday criticized a proposal by European Union governments that calls for communications companies to provide authorities with access to encrypted messages.
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Continue reading Rights Activists Slam EU Plan for Access to Encrypted Chats
Republican Gov. Phil Scott said Wednesday that he has called in the Vermont Army National Guard’s Combined Cyber Response Team to help the University of Vermont Health Network respond to last week’s cyberattack that officials said caused significant ne… Continue reading Guard Cyber Team to Help Respond to Hospitals Cyberattack
The retrial of a former CIA software engineer charged with leaking secrets to WikiLeaks in an espionage case will begin June 7, a judge said Wednesday.
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Two years ago, California became the first state to pass a sweeping digital privacy law seen as the strongest of its kind in the United States. Voters are now deciding whether to refine and expand that law, or leave it as is.
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Continue reading Californians Consider Expanding Landmark Data Privacy Law
Russian interference has been minimal so far in the most tempestuous U.S. presidential election in decades. But that doesn’t mean the Kremlin can’t inflict serious damage. The vulnerability of state and local government networks is a big worry.
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Two years after the EU launched its landmark GDPR data rights charter, there are signs Ireland is faltering in its outsized role as regulator of many of the most powerful digital giants.
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Continue reading All Bark No Byte? Unease Over Irish Performance as EU’s Lead Data Watchdog
Hackers have stolen $2.3 million from the Wisconsin Republican Party’s account that was being used to help reelect President Donald Trump in the key battleground state, the party’s chairman told The Associated Press on Thursday.
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Continue reading Wisconsin Republican Party Says Hackers Stole $2.3 Million
A data breach at a North Carolina community college may have affected many of its current and former students.
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Continue reading Community College Continues to Investigate Cyberattack
A hacker attack against an upstate New York county’s computer system raised concern that some emailed absentee ballot applications may not be processed, but the state Board of Elections said voting won’t be affected overall.
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Continue reading Some Ballot Requests May Be Affected by County Cyber Attack