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Jun 10 2024
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Microsoft's AI partnership with OpenAI might end up helping Google, cybersecurity leader says
Microsoft may be leading the generative artificial intelligence race with OpenAI by its side, but the partnership might end up helping Google, a cybersecurity leader said. Todd McKinnon, chief executive of cybersecurity firm Okta, told CNBC that while Microsoft is handing its AI research and development efforts over to OpenAI, search-engine giant Google is “probably doing the best job of
Quartz
Jul 23 2024
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U.S. House leaders are calling on CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz to testify to Congress about the cybersecurity company’s role in sparking the widespread tech outage that grounded flights, knocked banks and hospital systems offline and affected services around the world. CrowdStrike said this week a “significant number” of the millions of computers that crashed on Friday, causing global
New Orleans City Business
Jun 20 2024
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Biden administration bans Americans from using Russian-made cybersecurity software over national security concerns
(CNN) — The Biden administration is taking the unprecedented step of banning US companies and citizens from using software made by a major Russian cybersecurity firm because of national security concerns, Commerce Department Secretary Gina announced Thursday. The move uses relatively new Commerce Department authorities built on executive orders signed by Presidents Joe Biden and Donald Trump
KRDO
Jan 30 2024
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Freehold Township schools reopen following ‘cybersecurity incident’
School is back in session Tuesday for eight of Freehold Township’s public schools after being closed on Monday following what officials are calling a “cybersecurity incident.” Before- and after-school activities will be canceled on Tuesday, but the YMCA before- and after-school care programs will continue. School Superintendent Neal Dickstein wrote in a letter to parents that the initial phase
News 12 New Jersey
Jul 03 2024
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Pentagon under fire over workforce background check system, report says DOD at risk for hacking, calls for improved cybersecurity
The GAO issues 13 recommendations, including creating more oversight to ensure all required tasks and controls are completed. Example video title will go here for this video Example video title will go here for this video WASHINGTON — Personnel vetting ensures the trustworthiness of the federal government's workforce and conducts two million background investigations each year. But the
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Mar 19 2024
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Cybersecurity experts urge retirement of touchscreen voting machines used in Pennsylvania
Hand marked paper ballots that are electronically scanned and stored for future review are the basis of a resilient and trustworthy election system, cybersecurity and election integrity experts told Pennsylvania Senate lawmakers on Monday.
They urged members of the Senate State Government Committee to move Pennsylvania away from the use of electronic ballot marking devices, such as the
Pennsylvania Capital-Star
Jan 28 2024
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N.J. school district closed Monday due to cybersecurity issue
Freehold Township schools will be closed Monday due to a “cybersecurity event,” a school official said late Sunday. Dianne Martello Brethauer, the district’s assistant superintendent, announced the closure on her X (formerly Twitter) account at 9:40 p.m. Sunday. “The Freehold Township Schools will be closed on Monday, 1/29/24 due to technical difficulties related to a cybersecurity event. We
Jan 28 2024
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Freehold Township schools closed Monday because of 'cybersecurity event'
Asbury Park Press
Mar 27 2023
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5 Colleges in Louisiana Have Cybersecurity Breach
Five colleges and universities in Louisiana lack their regular computer systems, which are not operating, NOLA.com reported.
The five include the University of New Orleans, which first announced a campuswide internet shutdown amid potential threats to its cybersecurity system. On Friday, the university announced that it and four other colleges—Nunez Community College, River Parishes
Inside Higher Ed
Mar 20 2024
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Sen. DiCeglie highlights bills on AI political ads, vacation rentals, cybersecurity
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – Sen. Nick DiCeglie, R-St. Petersburg, highlighted bills he sponsored during what he called a “great” 2024 Legislative Session and called it an “honor of a lifetime” to serve in the state. “I think that, you know, like every legislative session, we identify problems that need to be solved,” DiCeglie told Florida’s Voice. “We do that in a very conservative, limited
Florida's Voice