White House issues ‘National Cyber Stategy’ vowing to maintain ‘Internet freedom’
Today, the White House released its 2018 National Cyber Strategy, outlining the steps the federal government is taking to advance an open, secure, interoperable, and reliable cyberspace. Given the interconnected More...
Data Security in the News
According to the 2017 Thales Data Threat Report, around 52 percent of merchants have experienced a data breach in one form or another. In addition, around 19 percent feel vulnerable. The problem is many retailers, More...
Nicholas Knight, former Navy officer hacking government websites ‘did dumb things’
The former US sailor accused of infiltrating government networks using the Navy’s own computers and posting links to his group’s findings on Twitter says he and his associates “did dumb things.” Public domain More...
Christopher Weatherhead, British student, convicted on hacking charges, linked to Anonymous
Christopher Weatherhead, a 22-year-old British student, has been convicted for taking part in cyber-attacks carried out by Anonymous. photo Wim Vandenbussche via Flickr He and three others were arrested over attacks More...
China linked to White House cyber attack
Hackers linked to China’s government broke into one of the U.S. government’s most sensitive computer networks, breaching a system used by the White House Military Office for nuclear commands, according to defense More...
