Accenture reportedly exposed sensitive customer data on four misconfigured Amazon cloud servers, which might have allowed those with the web addresses to download the information, according to The Hill.
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Two Republican representatives introduced a bill last week that would create an FDA-led public-private working group focused on medical device cybersecurity.
The hack on accounting giant Deloitte, which compromised a server that stored the email addresses of about 350 clients, may have also jeopardized emails of four U.S. government departments, the United Nations and some of the world's biggest multinational corporations,…
A September audit determined that Georgia's Department of Community Health "exposes itself to unnecessary risk of error, misuse, fraud or loss of data'' that could impact claims and payment processing of Medicaid members, reports Georgia Health News.
The most-cited challenge federal agencies face in cybersecurity are vulnerabilities from aging applications and technologies, according to a survey by Grant Thornton and the Professional Services Council.
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Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, told Americans they must start taking cybersecurity seriously in a public question and answer session last week, reports WQAD 8.
A 2015 breach to the National Security Agency may have exposed its cyberwarfare strategy, according to TechCrunch.
House Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling, R-Texas, expressed support for developing a national standard when notifying individuals impacted by corporate data breaches during the committee's Equifax hearing, according to The Hill.
White House Chief of Staff and former Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security John Kelly may have had his personal cell phone compromised, reports Politico.
Seventy-six percent of healthcare respondents in IT departments agree their organizations need visibility to detect and mitigate human errors and misuse, according to a Netwrix report.