Feb 09 Obama sends Congress record $4.1 trillion 2017 spending plan By Andrew Taylor and Martin Crutsinger, Associated Press Writers WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is unveiling his eighth and final budget, a $4 trillion-plus proposal that's freighted with liberal policy initiatives and new and familiar tax hikes — all sent to a dismissive Republican-controlled Congress that simply wants to… Continue reading
Dec 29 Watch 7:15 Will a new cybersecurity law make us safer? By PBS News Hour Folded into the massive spending and tax cut bill was a significant and controversial new law on cybersecurity. The act encourages private companies to share data about hacks with the government, but it's raising questions among security advocates and privacy… Continue watching
Oct 24 Watch 3:31 Despite friction with tech groups, Senate cybersecurity bill poised to pass By PBS News Hour The U.S. Senate has scheduled final votes next week to pass a bill that would permit companies to share information about hacking attacks with each other and the government without fear of lawsuits. But several big tech companies, such as… Continue watching
Aug 06 Here is Congress' to-do list for when they return from August break By Associated Press WASHINGTON -- The House has left town for its August recess and the Senate is departing, which leaves a hefty list of unfinished business. Lawmakers have just 10 legislative days in September to ensure that the government stays open. Continue reading
Jul 25 Fiat Chrysler announces recall after hackers gain control of moving car By Daniel Costa-Roberts Fiat Chrysler Automobiles announced a voluntary recall of roughly 1.4 million vehicles Friday in response to an incident earlier in the week in which hackers demonstrated that they could take control of one of the company's cars using the Internet… Continue reading
Jul 09 Government reveals hackers stole Social Security numbers for nearly 22 million people By Jack Gillum, Associated Press The Obama administration says hackers stole Social Security numbers from more than 21 million people and took other sensitive information when government computer systems were compromised. Continue reading
Jun 24 Officials blame each other over recent hack into U.S. government personnel records By Alicia A. Caldwell, Associated Press Finger-pointing burst into the open on Capitol Hill Wednesday over blame for hacking into the U.S. government's personnel records, which the chairman of a House oversight committee said might affect as many as 32 million current and former employees and… Continue reading
Jun 23 Hacker used federal contractor's credentials, government director says By Deb Riechmann, Associated Press The head of the government department that suffered two massive cyberattacks says a hacker gained access to the agency's records with a credential used by a federal contractor. Continue reading
Jun 17 Officials say security lapses left system open to hackers By Ken Dilanian, Associated Press WASHINGTON — Years of fundamental cybersecurity lapses left the government's personnel agency wide open to a pair of hacks that have exposed the private information about nearly every federal employee, along with detailed personal histories of millions with security clearances,… Continue reading
Jun 05 Watch 6:01 Cyber thieves breach 'gold mine' of federal employee data By PBS News Hour The FBI is investigating a massive cybersecurity breach at the Office of Personnel Management’s files containing personal information on millions of government employees, including those with high-level security clearances. Jeffrey Brown talks to Dmitri Alperovitch, co-founder and CTO of Crowdstrike,… Continue watching