Tag: Cybersecurity

Facebook sides with Apple on encryption fight

Rudy Takala · February 22, 2016 9:38 pm

OPM Chief Information Office Donna Seymour is resigning just before she was scheduled to testify before Congress. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

OPM tech head resigns before having to testify

Rudy Takala · February 22, 2016 8:17 pm

"Our country has always been strongest when we come together," Apple CEO Tim Cook said in an internal email to employees Monday. (AP File Photo/Richard Drew)

Apple calls for commission on encryption

Rudy Takala · February 22, 2016 1:44 pm

Publication of the guidelines means industry's long-sought legal protection for sharing cyberthreat indicators, a focal point of last year's congressional debate, kicks into effect.

New cyber law faces first big test

Charlie Mitchell · February 22, 2016 5:01 am

"Surveillance is getting easier," tech executive Mark Cuban told the Washington Examiner, saying that technological advances were rapidly "opening new means of surveillance." (AP photo)

Congress backing off drive to force companies to break encryption

Rudy Takala · February 22, 2016 5:01 am

The confluence of technical and legal obstacles involved with writing encryption legislation would be daunting, which may be one reason it failed to emerge before Richard Burr announced his latest intentions. (AP Photo)

Lawmakers on both sides square off over encryption

Rudy Takala · February 21, 2016 5:01 am

The order, issued earlier this week, would compel Apple to create software that would assist the FBI in breaking into an iPhone used by one of the perpetrators in a Dec. 2 terrorist attack in San Bernardino, Calif. (AP Photo)

Justice files motion to compel Apple’s cooperation with FBI

Rudy Takala · February 19, 2016 7:11 pm

"Some of the communications ... were encrypted," Adm. Mike Rogers said in an interview with Yahoo News. "We did not generate the insights ahead of time. Clearly, had we known, Paris would not have happened." (AP Photo)

NSA director on encryption: It’s complicated

Rudy Takala · February 19, 2016 12:04 am

"Encryption is open source. You can't ever put it back in the bag," said Mark Cuban. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Mark Cuban: Americans would regret banning encryption

Rudy Takala · February 18, 2016 9:07 pm

"An FBI win against Apple results in an insecurity mandate," former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden said. (AP Photo/Juliet Linderman)

Snowden: Apple case could kill security for all U.S. products

Rudy Takala · February 18, 2016 8:20 pm

Anti-virus software developer John McAfee promises to "eat my shoe" if he fails. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)

Tech legend offers to break iPhone encryption within weeks

Rudy Takala · February 18, 2016 6:14 pm

Apple on Tuesday announced plans to appeal the order, saying it would set a precedent that is unacceptable in the U.S. and around the world. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

White House sidesteps question on Apple encryption

Rudy Takala · February 17, 2016 9:17 pm