Tag: Cybersecurity

The hacking group has promised to engage in cyberattacks in retaliation for Flint's water crisis. (AP Photo/Roger Schneider)

Energy and Environment

Anonymous takes credit for crashing Michigan’s website

Rudy Takala · January 28, 2016 8:31 pm

"Encryption really helps protect personal information," Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis, said at a cyberspace policy event at the American Enterprise Institute. "It's crucial to that. I like the fact that if anyone gets my iPhone, they're going to have a hard time getting into it." (AP file photo/Ross D. Franklin)

Senate homeland chair: Allowing strong encryption is ‘crucial’

Rudy Takala · January 28, 2016 4:02 pm

Sens. Jack Reed, D-R.I., and Susan Collins, R-Me., proposed the Cybersecurity Disclosure Act, which would require companies to disclose whether anyone on their boards "has expertise or experience in cybersecurity." (AP File Photo/Harry Hamburg)

Senators propose new cyber reporting requirement for companies

Rudy Takala · January 27, 2016 10:26 pm

The National Security Agency routinely hacks private companies in order to create backdoor mechanisms in encryption products that allow the agency to maintain access, which makes the NSA a suspect in the case. (Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg)

Lawmaker: Backdoors for encryption are ‘dangerous’

Rudy Takala · January 27, 2016 8:14 pm

Possible errors in coding suggest a timestamp discrepancy that would indicate the encrypted message was fake. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

National Security

ISIS striving to convince experts it can use encryption

Rudy Takala · January 27, 2016 12:25 am

The legislation issues such as energy efficiency, vehicle technology and grid cybersecurity. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Energy and Environment

Senate set to pass energy bill this week

John Siciliano · January 26, 2016 10:53 pm

OPM's demands include "individual climate control, iron and ironing board, hair dryer in bathroom." (AP Photo/Mustafa Quraishi)

OPM demands 250 thread count linen for conferences

Pete Kasperowicz · January 26, 2016 8:14 pm

"We cherish the Second Amendment for our right to self-protection, we must apply this same zeal to protecting our computers," states an eight-page plan issued by Ben Carson on Monday. (AP Photo)

Carson: Protect computers like guns

Rudy Takala · January 25, 2016 6:28 pm

The report comes after the Securities and Exchange Commission censured a St. Louis-based investment adviser in September for failing to uphold "required cybersecurity policies" after losing information to a Chinese hack. (AP Photo)

Report urges hedge funds to improve cybersecurity

Rudy Takala · January 25, 2016 6:22 pm

Michael McCaul and Sen. Mark Warner want to create a national commission that includes "the best minds" from all of the stakeholder camps to come up with options under a strict deadline. (AP Photo)

The next big cybersecurity fight: Encryption

Charlie Mitchell · January 25, 2016 5:01 am

Republicans push Obama to get tough on Chinese hacking

Rudy Takala · January 25, 2016 5:01 am

The discussions take on added significance as Israel and countries in the West brace for a turbulent year. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)

National Security

State Department’s cyber head to meet with Israeli officials

Rudy Takala · January 23, 2016 9:11 pm