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84% of US employees have never heard of GDPR
2019-06-12 13:00

A survey of corporate employees by insider threat management company ObserveIT reveals a greater understanding of privacy laws in the UK than in the US.

US border agency contractor breached, license plate and travelers’ photos stolen
2019-06-11 09:12

US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) announced that a hacker may have stolen sensitive data collected by the agency from a subcontractor’s network. “On May 31, 2019, CBP learned that a...

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US Border License Plate and Traveler Photos Exposed
2019-06-11 08:33

Hack Attack Victim May Be Contractor Perceptics; Stolen Data Spotted on Dark WebLicense plate and traveler photos collected at the U.S. border have been compromised after a federal government...

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US border cops confirm: Maker of America's license-plate, driver recognition tech hacked, camera images swiped
2019-06-10 22:57

That story we broke in May? It is still true – and perhaps even worse than first thought The US Customs and Border Patrol today said hackers broke into one of its bungling technology...

Praise the lard! Police hook up with Microsoft to school us on National Phish and Chip Day
2019-06-07 13:15

Scam warning slipped into Blighty's favourite greasefest Today is National Fish and Chip* Day, and tech giant Microsoft has wasted no time wading in with the police to school the UK about phishing scams.…

You. Quest and LabCorp. Explain these medical database super-hacks, say US senators as 425,000 more people hit
2019-06-06 23:09

Quest gets the dreaded sternly worded letter from Washington DC As healthcare companies come forward to confirm hackers would have been able to access millions of patients' personal information...

Russia Effort in 2016 US Election Was 'Vast,' 'Professional'
2019-06-05 16:01

Russia's efforts to sow misinformation on Twitter ahead of the 2016 US election was more extensive and professional than earlier believed, security researchers said Wednesday. read more

Thoughts on DoS Attack on US Electric Utility
2019-06-04 12:37

The recent DoS incident affecting power grid control systems in Utah, Wyoming and California was interesting for several reasons.

US visa applicants required to hand over social media info
2019-06-04 10:36

As of Friday, it's no longer optional - the US is been asking for five years of social media information.

IEEE says it may have gone about things the wrong Huawei, lifts ban after US govt clearance
2019-06-03 13:50

Academic outfit U-turns on blacklisting Chinese bogeyman The US-based Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) has lifted its sanctions on Huawei-linked academic reviewers.…