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
Jun 05 Massive cybersecurity breach may be first step in pursuit of bigger U.S. secrets By Ted Bridis, Ken Dilanian and Eric Tucker, Associated Press WASHINGTON — A giant hack of millions of government personnel files is being treated as the work of foreign spies who could use the information to fake their way into more-secure computers and plunder U.S. secrets. Continue reading
May 09 Watch 3:19 What does Russia and China's cybersecurity pact mean for the US? By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Feb 14 Obama seeks 'public conversation' over data encryption By Darlene Superville, Associated Press President Barack Obama said Friday that he probably leans more toward strong computer data encryption than many in law enforcement, but added that he understands investigators' concerns over the matter because of their need to protect people from attacks. Continue reading
Feb 13 Obama to focus on cybersecurity in heart of Silicon Valley By Darlene Superville, Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO — Responding to unprecedented data breaches and cyberattacks, President Barack Obama is trying to spark alliances between policymakers who want to regulate the online world and tech innovators who traditionally shun Beltway bureaucracies. Continue reading
Feb 11 Anthem hack is only tip of the iceberg for Medicare customers By Philip Moeller Making Sen$e Medicare Maven Philip Moeller weighs in on the Anthem hack, warning readers about subsequent online fraud efforts trying to convince Anthem customers to turn over more personal information. Continue reading
Feb 08 Lack of encryption standards raises health data privacy questions By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Associated Press Insurers aren't required to encrypt consumers' data under a 1990s federal law that remains the foundation for health care privacy in the Internet age -- an omission that seems striking in light of the major cyberattack against Anthem. Continue reading
Feb 06 Cyberattacks keep TurboTax users from filing returns By Anna Sillers After seeing an increase of stolen information used to file fraudulent state tax returns, TurboTax announced that the processing of all state filing has been halted and the option to file state taxes online no longer exists. Continue reading
Feb 03 Obama tightens rules on use of bulk intelligence data By Ken Dilanian, Associated Press WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration has tightened rules governing how the FBI, CIA and other intelligence agencies use Internet and phone communications of foreigners collected by the National Security Agency. Continue reading