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A breach of Washington’s election authority discovered after stolen data was offered for sale may affect the city’s entire voting population.
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The District of Columbia Board of Elections became aware Thursday of the breach, which occurred via its hosting provider.
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Good Meat’s cultured chicken has been on sale in Singapore since late 2020. Now, the company has announced that it’s cleared all regulatory hurdles in the US and will offer its product at a Washington, DC restaurant in short order.Continue ReadingCateg… Continue reading Lab-grown chicken gets US approval, set to make its restaurant debut
Democracy Live directed academic research aimed at demonstrating its product’s security and used that material in lobbying campaigns.
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Amazon is apparently pleased with how its Amazon Care pilot in Seattle has gone, since it announced this morning that it will be expanding the offering across the U.S. this summer, and opening it up to companies of all sizes, in addition to its own employees. The Amazon Care model combines on-demand and in-person care, […] Continue reading Amazon will expand its Amazon Care on-demand healthcare offering U.S.-wide this summer
Thanks to the availability of cheap, powerful autopilot modules, building small autonomous vehicles is now well within the reach of the average maker. [rctestflight] has long been an enthusiast working in this space, and has been attempting long range autonomous …read more
With more IoT devices in homes and businesses, is Washington finally ready to address the security of these devices? With Gartner projecting 5.8 billion IoT endpoints in use this year, Palo Alto Networks research indicates that 57% of IoT devices are v… Continue reading IoT Security: Sen. Warner’s Letter to IoT Manufacturers
The bill now goes to the House, which has a stiffer competing bill pending that would call for a 3.5 year moratorium. Continue reading Washington state Senate passes bill to rein in facial recognition
The largest health insurance company in the Pacific Northwest says it will pay $10.4 million to 30 states to settle an investigation into a data breach that compromised information on more than 10 million people. The settlement, entered into court Thursday, requires Premera Blue Cross to pay $5.4 million to Washington to resolve an investigation that determined the company was slow to patch known security vulnerabilities. Hackers had access to customers’ medical records, bank account information and Social Security numbers from May 2014 until May 2015. The remaining $5 million will be split between other states. The case is the latest example of how, in the absence of federal leadership, state attorneys are taking legal action following large-scale security incidents. Connecticut and Illinois have opened investigations into the breach this year at the American Medical Collection Agency, which affected at least 20 million people. Other state lawsuits have resulted in […]
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On May 7, 2019, Governor Jay Inslee signed a bill (HB 1071) that strengthens the state’s existing data breach notification law by expanding the definition of “personal information” and reducing the time an entity has to disclose… Continue reading Washington Strengthens Breach Notification Law