The bipartisan legislation would prevent “abuse” of the surveillance tool by federal authorities, according to Sens. Chris Coons and Mike Lee.
- By Haley Samsel
- Nov 20, 2019
Several services were shut down on Monday, but the governor says that it was a pre-emptive measure and that the ransomware did not infect all government servers.
- By Haley Samsel
- Nov 19, 2019
The ban seeks to prohibit the use of all facial recognition technology by city officials and employees in Portland, Maine.
- By Sherelle Black
- Nov 18, 2019
Authorities have arrested seven men across the U.S. who were part of the money laundering fraud scheme.
- By Haley Samsel
- Nov 15, 2019
Under the terms of the ruling, border agents must demonstrate “individualized suspicion” of international travelers before officials can seize and search an electronic device.
- By Haley Samsel
- Nov 14, 2019
The Supreme Court refused Tuesday to shield a major arms manufacturer from potential liability in the 2012 school shooting that left 26 students and educators dead in Newtown, Connecticut.
- By Sherelle Black
- Nov 12, 2019
The Project on Government Oversight wants more information about how the agency has solicited facial recognition software from Amazon and other companies.
- By Haley Samsel
- Nov 11, 2019
The new approach to reviewing officers’ footage comes as researchers question how much impact body cameras have had on police behavior.
- By Haley Samsel
- Nov 08, 2019
Seven current and former employees at Aventura Technologies are facing federal charges for falsely claiming their products were manufactured in the U.S.
- By Haley Samsel
- Nov 08, 2019
The legislation is part of a growing industry-wide and government effort to attract more workers to the cybersecurity field.
- By Haley Samsel
- Nov 07, 2019
The DMV, already besieged by other issues, says that 3,200 license holders had their data improperly exposed to federal agencies, including immigration authorities.
- By Haley Samsel
- Nov 07, 2019
More counties want to expand mobile and online voting, but cybersecurity experts say there are still too many vulnerabilities to roll out mobile voting systems.
- By Haley Samsel
- Nov 06, 2019
The government has received over 200 requests from American companies to continue doing business with Huawei.
- By Haley Samsel
- Nov 05, 2019
While the sawing incidents are concerning to border agents, they say that new electronic sensors and the deployment of other resources are making bollard incidents less common.
- By Haley Samsel
- Nov 05, 2019
The senator and presidential candidate says that the technology needs “better safeguards” before it is deployed in housing.
- By Haley Samsel
- Nov 04, 2019
All of the drones used by the department were either manufactured in China or use parts that were made in the country, sparking concerns about potential hacking threats.
- By Haley Samsel
- Nov 01, 2019
The ACLU’s lawsuit is the most recent development in a growing debate over regulation of facial recognition use by law enforcement.
- By Haley Samsel
- Nov 01, 2019
Police chiefs want their officers to wear body cameras at all times, but officers serving on federal task forces are forbidden from doing so.
- By Haley Samsel
- Oct 29, 2019
Chuck Schumer and Tom Cotton sent a letter to the director of national intelligence expressing concerns about ByteDance, which owns the video app TikTok.
- By Haley Samsel
- Oct 28, 2019
The bill, introduced by Democratic legislators on Tuesday, would direct a committee to create security benchmarks and then give labels to products who meet those standards.
- By Haley Samsel
- Oct 24, 2019