The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, the office that developed the earliest technology undergirding the internet, has hired crypto intelligence firm Inca Digital to conduct the year-long project.
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Data breach may have affected over 15,000 student loan borrowers in Maine
Personal information including Social Security numbers may have been illicitly accessed, and 2.5 million people may have been affected nationwide.
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Posted inNation & World, News
Search warrants for abortion data leave tech companies few options
How tech companies handle user data has come under growing scrutiny from privacy advocates, politicians and their own employees since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in June.
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U.S. disrupts North Korean hackers that targeted hospitals
The FBI was able to trace a ransom paid last year by a Kansas hospital and identified China-based money launderers who assisted the hackers.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: There’s good reason for tech workers to embrace the office
Their staying home may actually pose a threat to America’s national security.
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Ukraine says potent Russian hack against power grid thwarted
An energy minister says 2 million people would’ve been without electricity if the hack were successful.
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Maine Voices: Ukraine war creates opportunity for online scams
Cybersecurity expert offers steps that people can take to avoid being taken advantage of by bad actors.
Posted inNation & World
Israel lawmakers outraged over claim police used spyware against citizens
Hebrew-language business newspaper Calcalist reported that in 2020, police used the NSO spyware Pegasus to surveil leaders of protests against Netanyahu, who was then prime minister.
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Cyberattack in Ukraine targets government websites
Ukrainian officials say it is too soon to say who was behind it, but point to a long record of Russian cyber assaults against Ukraine.
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Report says Russian hackers haven’t eased spying efforts
The elite Russian state hackers behind last year’s massive SolarWinds cyberespionage campaign hardly eased up this year.