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Is 10% of Ministries' IT Budgets for Cybersecurity Enough?

MeitY Sets Goal for Ramping Up Government Security Spending

Geetha Nandikotkur • September 6, 2017

MeitY has urged all ministries to allocate 10 percent of their IT budgets to cybersecurity following several high-profile hacks and breaches. But do the ministries understand the required security investments?

Top Democrat Likens Equifax to Enron as FTC Launches Probe

Pressure on Data Broker Increases, But to Fix System, Congress Must Act

Mathew J. Schwartz • September 16, 2017

Equifax is facing increased scrutiny from Congress, including a bill that would mandate free credit freezes for consumers, on demand. But a true fix would require Congress to give U.S. government consumer watchdogs more power.

Information Sharing: A Powerful Crime-Fighting Weapon

Law Enforcement, Government Agencies Stress that Threat Intelligence is Critical

Tracy Kitten • November 12, 2016

The success of Operation SAMBRE, a global cybercrime investigation into the theft of billions of dollars from banks throughout the world, proves why information sharing between law enforcement and the private sector is key to battling cybercrime.

'Private Citizens' Sue Trump Campaign for Exposing Their PII

Could Exposing the Truth About DNC Hack Be Their Ultimate Goal?

Eric Chabrow • July 17, 2017

The plaintiffs who are suing Donald Trump's presidential campaign for conspiring with Russia and WikiLeaks over disclosing their private information stolen from Democratic Party computers could declare a moral victory even if they lose their case. Could exposing the truth be their ultimate goal?

Database Hijackings: Who's Next?

Hackers Reportedly Holding Databases for Ransom

Marianne Kolbasuk McGee • January 5, 2017

Hackers have apparently hijacked potentially thousands of vulnerable MongoDB databases and demanded ransoms for the return of critical data, with some victims paying up, according to security researchers.

Latest Equifax Bungle: Predictable Credit Freeze PINs

Changing the PIN Will Cost $5-$10 and Is Done by Postal Mail

Jeremy Kirk • September 11, 2017

A 10-digit PIN used by consumers to freeze access to credit reports with Equifax is based on dates and times, several observers have noticed. Equifax says it plans to change how the PIN is generated, but experts say it's another troubling development for a troubled company.

Trump's Cybersecurity Executive Order Will Be Judged by the Action It Inspires

The actors behind WannaCry couldn't have timed their actions more ironically.

Tony Kontzer • July 20, 2017