May 3, 2016 Centcom hack shows US fails to get ahead of hackers The attack by ISIS sympathizers on U.S. Central Command’s Twitter and YouTube pages is yet again raising questions over how secure America’s government and private sector information is against hackers. Â
May 3, 2016 Centcom hack: Military tightens password security The hack attack that seized the U.S. Central Command’s Twitter and YouTube accounts on Monday has prompted the military to tighten its social media password security.
May 2, 2016 Hackers stole Social Security numbers from 21.5 million, gov’t admits Hackers swiped Social Security numbers from 21.5 million people -- as well as fingerprint records and information from background check investigations -- in the massive breach earlier this year of federal employee data, the government acknowledged Thursday.
May 2, 2016 Sources: Roughly 4 weeks passed before gov't revealed hacking The White House waited roughly four weeks before telling the public that hackers had stolen the personal information of millions of people associated with the federal government, two people directly involved with the investigation tell The Associated Press.
May 2, 2016 Obama seeks help dealing with cybersecurity 'wild west' Cyberspace is the new "wild west," President Obama said Friday, with everyone looking to the government to be the sheriff. But he said the private sector must do more to stop cyberattacks aimed at the U.S. every day.
May 2, 2016 Obama's cybersecurity proposals part of decade-old programs President Obama said Tuesday that recent cyberthreats to Sony and the military's U.S. Central Command are reminders of the serious threats facing the nation. But an Associated Press review shows that some of his plans are retreads from years past.
April 28, 2016 FBI warns of cyber threat to electric grid Three months after a Department of Homeland Security intelligence report downplayed the threat of a cyber attack against the U.S. electrical grid, DHS and the FBI began a nationwide program warning of the dangers faced by U.S. utilities from damaging cyber attacks like the recent hacking against Ukraine’s power grid.
April 5, 2016 Sony hackers threaten 9/11-style attacks at opening of 'The Interview' The hackers behind a devastating attack on Sony are threatening an "11th of September"-style attack on movie theaters showing an upcoming movie that pokes fun at North Korea's communist dictatorship.
March 25, 2016 Verizon says big business customers had data stolen Hackers have stolen contact information of Verizon business customers in the latest breach of a big company or organization.
March 25, 2016 Iranian hackers indicted for attacks on US infrastructure They targeted multiple bank websites as well as the controls for a dam in New York state.