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Only 3 agencies have hit deadline for cyber event logging standards, GAO finds

The Department of Agriculture, the National Science Foundation and the Small Business Administration are the only CFO Act agencies that met OMB’s August 2023 timeline for the…

2 days ago By Matt Bracken

Wheat is displayed for judging at the Cedar County Fair on July 13, 2018 in Tipton, Iowa. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Ransomware gang strikes Iowa agriculture business New Cooperative, the latest hack on food supply chain

The hack follows this summer's ransomware attack on meat supplier JBS.

Sep 20, 2021 By Tim Starks

Meat chain JBS says US production is returning after ransomware attack

“Our systems are coming back online and we are not sparing any resources to fight this threat," JBS' U.S. CEO said.

Jun 2, 2021 By Sean Lyngaas

Capitol Congress lawmakers legislators Washington D.C. — The measure was just one of several cybersecurity-related issues the committee put into the bill, the text of which was released publicly Thursday. (Getty Images)

Senate investigation finds agencies ‘unprepared’ to protect Americans’ data

Lessons from the 2015 OPM hack still haven’t been heeded, according to a Senate subcommittee.

Jun 25, 2019 By Sean Lyngaas