All posts tagged "Cybersecurity"

Far-right conspiracy theorist Laura Loomer likely had a role in getting the top lawyer for the National Security Agency fired, according to The New York Times.

A new article reported that "an official briefed on the matter" said Loomer’s online criticism of April Falcon Doss, appointed to the general counsel post during the Biden administration, "appeared to have a role" in her firing.

The report recounted the timeline that led to Doss's demise:...

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis may have put to rest questions about whether he believes that former President Donald Trump lost reelection in 2020. When it comes to the overall security of that election, however, his answer isn’t as clear. Pressed during aninterview with NBC News on whether he believes Trump lost the 2020 election to President Joe Biden, DeSantis bluntly acknowledged that the former president had been defeated and that Biden was the rightfully elected president. His remarks ended a nearly three-year period in which the Florida governor refused to take a clear stand on Trump’s claim......

By Tony Owusu Amazon Prime Day should be a time of celebration for those who participate in what some online shoppers refer to as 'Christmas in July.' The online bargains bring hundreds of millions of people globally to Amazon's website in order to look for heavy discounts on all type of stuff they need (and a lot of stuff they don't). DON'T MISS: The Best Amazon Prime Deals But such a large gathering of shoppers -- total U.S. spending on Prime Day reached $11.9 billion in 2022, according to Adobe, an 8.5% year over year increase -- is bound to attract bad actors looking to make an easy dollar......

The Metropolitan Opera failed to properly safeguard the credit card numbers and other personal information of more than 45,000 patrons and employees compromised in a massive computer hack during 2022, says a class action lawsuit filed in Manhattan Supreme Court. Former Met employee Anthony Viti, the lead plaintiff in a class action lawsuit filed last week, claims that his Social Security number, his driver’s license number, his date of birth and financial account information were all accessed by hackers. “For approximately two months, The Met failed to detect an intruder with access to and pos......

A Lynnwood, Washington-based debt-collection company has been sued for compromising the names and Social Security information of more than 3.7 million individuals in a data breach in April 2021. Multiple lawsuits filed in federal court in Washington this week claim the firm, Receivables Performance Management, failed to notify impacted individuals of the breach for more than 18 months. RPM's attorney Brian Middlebrook, a partner at New York-based law firm Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani, said the company apologizes for the inconvenience the incident has caused. RPM conducted an investigation bef......

German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser has dismissed the chief of Germany's main cybersecurity authority, Arne Schönbohm. Schönbohm, who leads the Federal Office for Information Security (BSI), has been under fire for his links to the Cyber Security Council Germany, which itself has been criticized for being too close to Russian intelligence circles. Schönbohm helped set up the Cyber Security Council Germany 10 years ago. The reported accusations against Schönbohm had "permanently damaged the necessary trust of the public in the neutrality and impartiality of the leadership of the president of ......