Any reform of a controversial U.S. law allowing the National Security Agency to spy on people overseas will likely focus on its impact on U.S. residents, without curbing its use elsewhere.
Grant Gross |
02 Mar |
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Look for U.S. President Donald Trump's administration to push for increased cybersecurity spending in government, but also for increased digital surveillance and encryption workarounds.
Grant Gross |
23 Feb |
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Verizon Communications will pay US$350 million less for Yahoo after two major data breaches reported by the struggling internet pioneer.
Grant Gross |
22 Feb |
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A controversial provision in U.S. law that gives the National Security Agency broad authority to spy on people overseas expires at the end of the year, and six major tech trade groups are gearing up for a fight over an extension.
Grant Gross |
17 Feb |
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Yahoo has begun warning individual users that their accounts with the service may have been compromised in a massive data breach it reported late last year.
Grant Gross |
16 Feb |
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The U.S. House of Representatives approved on Monday the Email Privacy Act, which would require law enforcement agencies to get court-ordered warrants to search email and other data stored with third parties for longer than six months.
Grant Gross |
07 Feb |
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Popular smart TV maker Vizio will pay US$2.2 million to settle complaints that it violated customers' privacy by continuously monitoring their viewing habits without their knowledge.
Grant Gross |
07 Feb |
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U.S. President Donald Trump called on government agencies to better protect their networks, but he delayed signing an executive order to kick-start a government-wide review of cybersecurity policy.
Grant Gross |
01 Feb |
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A U.S. appeals court will not reconsider its groundbreaking decision denying Department of Justice efforts to force Microsoft to turn over customer emails stored outside the country.
Grant Gross |
25 Jan |
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U.S. National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden will be allowed to stay in Russia for "another couple of years," according to a spokeswoman for the government there.
Grant Gross |
19 Jan |
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Terrorist groups are embracing a huge number of digital tools to recruit members and plan attacks, putting them a step ahead of governments trying to combat them, a group of counterterrorism experts said.
Grant Gross |
18 Jan |
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President-elect Donald Trump's nominee to head the CIA wants to create a massive surveillance database by resurrecting a U.S. telephone records collection program, but some senators questioned what limits he would accept.
Grant Gross |
13 Jan |
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Russia was likely behind the hacks of the Democratic National Committee and Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign, U.S. President-elect Donald Trump finally has acknowledged.
Grant Gross |
12 Jan |
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The U.S. government should consider a broad range of retaliations against Russia for its attempts to interfere with November's presidential election, the outgoing director of national intelligence recommended.
Grant Gross |
06 Jan |
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Privacy Shield, the new international framework allowing companies to transfer customer data between the EU and the U.S., is getting good reviews so far, but some companies aren't betting on it for the long term.
Grant Gross |
21 Dec |
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