The Federal Communications Commission is looking to bolster its regulations on how promptly telecommunication carriers notify consumers about data breaches as it seeks to align rules with federal and state data breach laws
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Some cybersecurity experts and attorneys said the theft of U.S. COVID-19 relief funds by a cyber hacking group with ties to the Chinese government, dubbed APT41, demonstrates the ability of the group
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James Murray, director of the U.S. Secret Service since May 2019, will retire from the agency after a 27-year career. Alejandro Mayorkas, secretary at the Department of Homeland Security and previous Wash100
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The U.S. Secret Service has named Ron Green, chief security officer of payment technology company Mastercard, chairman of the agency’s Cyber Investigation Advisory Board (CIAB). He will lead the 16-member group composed
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The U.S. Secret Service has selected Roy Dotson, assistant special agent in charge, to coordinate investigations into deceitful COVID-19 relief applications as the agency’s national pandemic fraud recovery coordinator. Dotson will work
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Alejandro Mayorkas, secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and 2021 Wash100 Award winner, plans to raise minimum spending for Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) grants focused on cybersecurity in a
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The U.S. Secret Service held a virtual training activity that sought to help state and local government officials prepare against cyberattacks. USSS said Tuesday it simulated a cyber incident to help the
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The Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) science and technology (DHS S&T) directorate has handed over to the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) a technology built to trace and detect explosives. The Next-Generation
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Jason Abend, senior policy adviser at the U.S. Customs and Border Protection, will be nominated by President Trump as inspector general at the Department of Defense, the White House announced Friday.
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James Murray, assistant director of the office of protective operations at the U.S. Secret Service, was named director of the federal law enforcement agency. The move will take effect in May. He
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