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Former CBS reporter claims gov’t hacked computer, sues for $35M
Journalist Sharyl Attkisson claims the federal government secretly monitored her personal and work computer due to her coverage on controversial topics.
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Election Coverage, Government/Defense, Security News
Here are the hurdles that will face Biden’s new CISO
As the newly appointed CISO of Joe Biden’s presidential campaign, Chris DeRusha, former chief security officer with the State of Michigan, has fewer than four months to implement his cybersecurity vision before Election Day arrives — all in the midst of a pandemic that has altered the traditional way that campaigns traditionally operate. DeRusha will…
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Legislators call for lifetime identity protection for OPM data breach victims
Nearly seven percent of the U.S. population was impacted in the OPM data breaches, and nine legislators are now calling for lifetime identity theft protection for them.
Election Coverage, Government/Defense, Security News
State of Security: Nevada
Who’s in charge: Secretary of State Barbara K. Cegavske Nevada uses a centralized statewide voter registration system which is maintained by the Office of the Secretary of State and Nevada’s local election officials. The state’s voting systems include the equipment used to create ballots, cast and count votes, and display election results, is a “standalone…
Election Coverage, Security News
State of security: Minnesota
Who’s in charge: Secretary of State Steve Simon Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon said the state’s reliance on paper ballots is a cornerstone of ballot security and vote totals are reviewed by city, county, and state election officials several times before an election is ultimately certified by the state canvassing board. The electrical systems…
Data Breach, Security News
ObamaCare portal breach compromises data of 75,000 patients
Threat actors compromised the information of 75,000 patients after breaching an ObamaCare (Affordable Care Act) enrollment portal last month. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid first noticed problems in the online enrollment portal available to agents and brokers October 13 and the breach was detected Thursday. The ACA healthcare portal accessible general public was not affected…
Government/Defense
Report: Jared Kushner, White House officials have communicated using personal email accounts
Presidential senior adviser Jared Kushner has reportedly communicated with members of the Trump administration using a private email account, despite President Donald Trump's past criticisms of Hillary Clinton for doing the same thing as Secretary of State.
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Canada throws money at cybersecurity shortcomings
The Canadian government has unlocked $155 million in funding to bolster cyber security, just as the Auditor General issued a negative report.
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Report: Russian-sponsored hackers could have modified U.S. voter data, but didn’t
Russian state-sponsored cyber actors “conducted an unprecedented level of activity against state election infrastructure in the run-up to the 2016 U.S. elections,” the U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence concludes in the first volume of its report on Russia’s efforts to interference in America’s most recent presidential election. Released yesterday, volume one focuses specifically on…
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