TransUnion Data Breach Exposes Personal Information of 4.4 Million U.S. Consumers in Salesforce Attack

TransUnion, one of the three major U.S. credit reporting agencies, has confirmed a data breach impacting over 4.4 million people in the United States....

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North Korean Charged by Justice Dept. in WannaCry, Sony Cyberattacks

The Department of Justice (DOJ) said on Thursday that it is charging a North Korean programmer for his involvement in a conspiracy to conduct...

Homeland Security Awards Major Contract to ManTech for Key Cybersecurity Program

ManTech on Wednesday announced a $668 million GSA FEDSIM award to support the Department of Homeland Security’s Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation (CDM) Dynamic and...

British Airways Investigates Theft of Customer Data From Website and Mobile App

British Airways said on Thursday that it is investigating the theft of customer data from its website, ba.com and the airline’s mobile app. According to...

U.S., U.K and Three Other Nations Urge Tech Companies to Build Backdoors Into Encrypted Services

  The Governments of the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia and New Zealand have released a joint memo in which they urged tech...

NIST Launches Project to Develop Privacy Framework for Risk Management

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) on Tuesday announced that it has launched what it called a “collaborative project to develop a...

Killer Robots: What No One Is Talking About

Countries should quickly agree on a treaty banning the use of so-called killer robots "before it is too late," activists said Monday as talks...

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TransUnion Data Breach Exposes Personal Information of 4.4 Million U.S. Consumers in Salesforce Attack

TransUnion, one of the three major U.S. credit reporting agencies, has confirmed a data breach impacting over 4.4 million people in the United States....

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EU Begins Enforcement of Landmark AI Law, Imposing Tough Restrictions and Fines

The European Union has officially begun enforcing its groundbreaking artificial intelligence (AI) law, marking a major step in global AI regulation. As of Sunday,...

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Bipartisan Bill Would Bolster Security Defenses Against Open-Source Software Vulnerabilities

Sens. Gary Peters, D-Mich., and Rob Portman, R-Ohio, have proposed a bill to help protect federal and critical infrastructure systems by strengthening the security...

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CLS, a market infrastructure group delivering settlement, processing, and data solutions, and IBM said Monday they are collaborating on a proof of concept (PoC)...

Hidden Costs in Data Breaches Hard To Quantify – IBM

Hidden costs in data breaches – such as lost business, negative impact on reputation and employee time spent on recovery – are difficult and...

Walmart, Microsoft Partner on IoT, Cloud and AI

Walmart said Tuesday it is partnering with Microsoft as its preferred and strategic cloud provider to further accelerate its digital transformation in retail. In a...

The Cloud in 2018: Trends in Cloud Security With 5nine

5nine's Vince Arneja talks to ITWatchIT about current trends in cloud computing, with a focus on security, operational efficiency and unity across platforms. 5nine offers end-to-end cloud...

Justice Department Announces Indictment of 12 Russian Spies Suspected in DNC Hacking

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) on Friday announced that a grand jury in the District of Columbia returned an indictment charging twelve Russian...

Microsoft Advocates for Regulation of Facial Recognition Tech

Microsoft President Brad Smith on Friday called for greater government oversight and corporate responsibility regarding the growing application of facial recognition technology. According to...

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