(Reuters) New York regulator faults Twitter for lax security measures prior to big account breach The attacker used "vishing," a social engineering scam on the rise. Oct 15, 2020 By Sean Lyngaas
FEMA exposed personal data on 2.3 million disaster survivors, violated privacy law, IG finds The negligence leaves the survivors of disasters at increased risk to identity fraud schemes. Mar 22, 2019 By Sean Lyngaas
(Getty Images) Foreign VPN apps need a close look from DHS, senators say If the U.S. intelligence community worries about Huawei and Kaspersky, DHS should worry about federal government use of certain foreign VPN apps, says Sens. Marco Rubio and… Feb 7, 2019 By Sean Lyngaas
Sen. Amy Klobuchar (Lorie Shaull / Flickr). Senators ask Trump administration how badly shutdown hurt federal cybersecurity Just how bad is the damage from the government shutdown? Senators want to know. Jan 29, 2019 By Sean Lyngaas
Rep. Jim Langevin speaks at a House Armed Services Committee hearing in 2017. (DOD / U.S. Army Sgt. James K. McCann) Rep. Langevin: We need a DHS briefing to understand extent of DNS hijacking threat “We need to understand the scope of this action and how many agencies were actually affected,” Rep. Jim Langevin, D-R.I., told CyberScoop. Jan 23, 2019 By Sean Lyngaas
Lawmakers ask DHS to take action on pipeline cybersecurity Operators of the nation’s 2.7 million miles of pipelines have grappled with cybersecurity risk as their infrastructure becomes more digitized. Dec 19, 2018 By Sean Lyngaas