People Keep Calling the Cops on These Drunk Birds
“There is no need to call law enforcement about these birds as they should sober up in a short period of time.” Continue reading People Keep Calling the Cops on These Drunk Birds
Category Archives: Minnesota
Election security bill still needs work in some areas, state officials tell Senate sponsors
Several secretaries of state are telling the main backers of a Senate election security bill that the legislation might need tweaks to how it addresses information sharing, state-federal communication channels, funding mechanisms and post-election audits, among other things. The secretaries, who are the top election officials in their states, met with bill sponsors James Lankford, R-Okla., and Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., in person and via phone Monday to discuss the Secure Elections Act. The legislation is intended to bolster election security by smoothing out coordination between the state and federal levels and providing states financial support for operations and equipment upgrades. State secretaries from Indiana, Louisiana, Minnesota, Missouri, Colorado and New Mexico participated in the meeting. A spokesperson for Indiana Secretary of State Connie Lawson said that the secretary suggested quicker intelligence reporting to states. Among the ways the Department of Homeland Security is currently coordinating with states is by sponsoring security clearances for state election officials to review information about […]
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Rural Broadband Advocate Tina Smith Will Replace Al Franken in Congress
As Minnesota’s Lieutenant Governor, Smith championed broadband funding programs. Continue reading Rural Broadband Advocate Tina Smith Will Replace Al Franken in Congress
DHS notifies 21 states of Russian hacking attempts prior to 2016 election
Nearly a year after the end of the 2016 campaign, the Department of Homeland Security on Friday night notified 21 states of attempted Russian hacking against their election systems. A small number of networks were compromised, CyberScoop has learned, but none of the targeted systems involved the tallying of votes. For the majority of the states targeted, only early-stage activity like scanning was seen. A minority of targeted states saw serious attempts to compromise networks, some of which were successful. ,Alabama, Colorado, Illinois, Minnesota, Maryland, Virginia, Wisconsin and Washington are among the states that have acknowledged receiving a notification. The remaining states are publicly unknown. News of the targeting first came to light in June when Jeanette Manfra, acting deputy undersecretary for cybersecurity and communications at the DHS’s National Protection and Programs Directorate, testified during a hearing held by the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence that focused on Russian interference in the U.S. election. […]
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Hacktivist Breaks Into Minnesota Government Databases to Protest Philando Castile Verdict
“An innocent man died. And a guilty one lives freely.” Continue reading Hacktivist Breaks Into Minnesota Government Databases to Protest Philando Castile Verdict
Minnesota pushes back against allowing ISPs to sell their users’ data
Bill would prohibit ISPs from refusing service to users who decline to share their data as Illinois ponders its own privacy-related legal moves Continue reading Minnesota pushes back against allowing ISPs to sell their users’ data
Minnesota pushes back against allowing ISPs to sell their users’ data
Bill would prohibit ISPs from refusing service to users who decline to share their data as Illinois ponders its own privacy-related legal moves Continue reading Minnesota pushes back against allowing ISPs to sell their users’ data
Sweeping dragnet search warrant given the go-ahead by judge
Google says it will always ‘push back’ when asked for ‘excessively broad requests for data’ Continue reading Sweeping dragnet search warrant given the go-ahead by judge
ScienceLogic acquires AppFirst to bolster its IT infrastructure monitoring service
IT monitoring specialist ScienceLogic today announced that it has acquired AppFirst, a service to give IT admins deeper visibility in what apps and services run across a company’s servers, virtual machines and cloud instances. The companies did not disclose the financial details of the transaction. Minnesota-based AppFirst was founded in 2009 and raised a total of $15.2 million,… Read More Continue reading ScienceLogic acquires AppFirst to bolster its IT infrastructure monitoring service