A ransomware gang looking to get rich overnight went to the city of New Bedford with a demand of $5.3 million after infecting the municipality’s systems. The...
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The Swiss government has just announced a CHF250,000 investment in a new bug bounty program to prevent voting manipulation. Swiss Post will let professional...
A California court has ruled that government agencies can’t compel suspects to unlock their smart devices with biometric authentication because it violates the...
A survey of over 500 security professionals has revealed, rather disconcertingly, that most believe governments should regulate the way social networks handle...
The FBI and the US Department of Homeland Security are investigating a cyberattack against the municipality of Atlanta, said Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms...
Phishing remains the greatest threat to online services, even though it’s one of the oldest tricks in the book. A warning by the FBI suggests phishing scams...
Counting a 500 million member community from 200 countries in 2017, LinkedIn collects a large amount of data about its users. And governments would also like...
Some 64% of Americans have experienced a major data breach first hand, and almost a third lack trust in key institutions – especially the federal government...
Some 42 percent of US adults in a recent survey said they trust governments to handle their biometric data. Organizations that consumers view as traditionally...
US District Judge Eleanor Ross sentenced former US State Department official Michael Ford to 57 months in prison after he pleaded guilty to nine counts of...