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Top US official quits after massive government hack
Jul 10, 2015 (AFP)
A top US administration official resigned Friday after a devastating hack of government databases that saw the personal information of millions of federal worke...
Huge hack of US government data affected 21.5 mn
Jul 09, 2015 (AFP)
Hackers who breached US government databases stole personal information from background checks of 21.5 million people, officials said Thursday following an inve...
US warns encryption hampering anti-terror fight
Jul 08, 2015 (AFP)
US law enforcement officials warned Wednesday that criminals and terror suspects would benefit from stronger data encryption, and called for service providers t...
China's new cybersecurity law sparks censorship concerns
Jul 08, 2015 (AFP)
China has released a draft cybersecurity law which immediately sparked concerns that it is too vague and could signal Beijing's widespread censorship of the Int...
Security experts warn against encryption 'backdoors'
Jul 07, 2015 (AFP)
A group of computer code experts said Tuesday that law enforcement cannot be given special access to encrypted communications without opening the door to "malic...
FBI chief urges 'robust debate' on encryption
Jul 06, 2015 (AFP)
FBI Director James Comey called Monday for public debate on the use of encrypted communications, saying Americans may not realize how radical groups and crimina...
China 'trying to hack into everything': Clinton
Jul 05, 2015 (AFP)
Hillary Clinton accused China on Saturday of "trying to hack into everything that doesn't move in America" and stealing government information, in strongly word...
China targets web control with new national security law
Jul 01, 2015 (AFP)
China passed a wide-ranging new national security law Wednesday, expanding its legal reach over the Internet and even outer space as concerns grow about ever-ti...
Britain holding competition for cyber-technology for military
Jun 29, 2015 (UPI)
Britain's Defense Science and Technology Laboratory is starting a competition for new cyber techniques and methods for use to the military. Of particular intere...
China denounces US hacking accusation as 'absurd'
Jun 26, 2015 (AFP)
Beijing on Friday denounced as "absurd logic" accusations by the head of US intelligence that China was the main suspect in a massive hack of government data fi...
US spy chief says China 'leading suspect' in hack
Jun 25, 2015 (AFP)
The head of US intelligence said Thursday that China is "the leading suspect" in a massive data breach of Washington's government personnel files, but that an i...
UN wants Internet chiefs to crack down on 'digital terror'
Jun 24, 2015 (AFP)
A UN report recommends that Internet and social media chiefs report to the United Nations on how they are combatting groups like Islamic State that use "digital...
European cyber police unit to take on Islamic State propaganda
Jun 22, 2015 (AFP)
European police agency Europol said Monday it was launching a continent-wide cybercrime unit to combat social media accounts promoting jihadist propaganda, part...
Companies are making cybersecurity a greater priority
Jun 17, 2015 (SPX)
Companies are spending increasing amounts on cybersecurity tools, but aren't convinced their data is truly secure and many chief information security officers b...
More data hacks could emerge from probe: US officials
Jun 16, 2015 (AFP)
Following disclosures of devastating breaches of US government computer networks, officials told lawmakers Tuesday even more intrusions may be discovered with i...
Privacy groups quit US talks on facial recognition tech
Jun 16, 2015 (AFP)
Nine US privacy groups have dropped out of talks on voluntary standards for facial recognition technology, after failing to agree on a code on how it could be d...
Journalist denies claim that Snowden files breached
Jun 15, 2015 (AFP)
A journalist who published the first reports from Edward Snowden's leaked documents offered a detailed rebuttal Monday to allegations that Russian and Chinese s...
US data breach is intelligence coup for China
Jun 13, 2015 (AFP)
The hacking of millions of US government employees is likely part of an effort by Chinese intelligence for long-term profiling -- and possibly more nefarious th...
Hackathons take on Islamic State in cyberspace battle
Jun 12, 2015 (AFP)
In a small room close by the Sydney Opera House, 60 people representing a vast range of communities and industries are working feverishly to come up with ways t...
Union says hackers got sensitive data on all US govt staff
Jun 11, 2015 (AFP)
Suspected Chinese hackers who infiltrated the US government's human resources records have sensitive information on all federal employees, an American union sai...
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