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Latest news on data protection, privacy and cybersecurity regulatory developments, data breaches and enforcement actions happening around the world.

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Cyber Security News

U.S. Federal Websites in Urgent Need of Web Security Upgrade

December 8, 2017

The U.S. Federal Government is a behemoth that touches every aspect of American life – and today the services and information needed by U.S. citizens are increasingly found online. However, the latest report on the state of U.S. federal websites indicates that they fail on some key indicators regarding web security.

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Cyber Security News

U.S. Government Opens Up Vulnerabilities Equities Process, Problem Solved?

November 21, 2017

The U.S. government reveals the Vulnerabilities Equities Process which decides if vulnerability data is released or gets stockpiled as cyber weapons.

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Cyber Security News

U.S. Lawmakers Propose DeepSeek Ban for Government Devices

February 10, 2025

In a move that was widely expected, U.S. lawmakers have proposed a DeepSeek ban on any and all federal government devices. The move may have been prompted by analysis of DeepSeek code that seems to show a direct connection to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).

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Cyber Security News

U.S. Local Governments Should Increase Cybersecurity Spending Before It’s Too Late

July 11, 2018

Growing number of Americans now feel that state and local governments should increase their cybersecurity spending and do more to protect data from cyberattacks, similar to that which crippled the city of Atlanta in March 2018.

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Cyber Security News

U.S. Military Systems Infected by Chinese Malware: How Deep Does It Run?

August 7, 2023

Anonymous officials from the Biden administration have told the New York Times that Chinese malware has been planted in the networks that control the critical infrastructure of military bases. The "ticking time bomb" could potentially cripple military systems in the event of a conflict between the two countries.

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Cyber Security News

U.S. National Guard’s Evolving Mission Includes Assisting Local Governments Experiencing Cyber Attacks

November 18, 2019

The National Guard is serving as something of a stopgap to defend against cyber attacks for state and local governments that are running behind the curve in terms of cyber capabilities.

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Cyber Security News

U.S. Nuclear Agency Breached via ToolShell SharePoint Vulnerability Chain

July 30, 2025

A U.S. nuclear agency was among the victims of the SharePoint vulnerability chain, which was exploited to compromise over 54 organizations across the United States, Europe, and Asia.

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Cyber Security News

U.S. Officials Targeted Via AI-Generated Text and Deepfake Audio Impersonating Public Figures

May 23, 2025

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) warns about AI-generated phishing text or deepfake audio messages impersonating senior U.S. officials targeting current and former state and federal officials and their contacts.

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Cyber Security News

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office API Data Leak Has Exposed Over 60,000 Private Addresses Since Early 2020

July 5, 2023

The USPTO says that an API vulnerability was present between February 2020 and March 2023, causing a data leak of about 61,000 private residential addresses attached to patent filings.

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Data Privacy News

U.S. Protests Bring the Debate Over Surveillance Technology Back to the Forefront

June 15, 2020

Recent U.S. protests are exposing the surveillance technology used by government to monitor demonstrations, raising concerns that these tools will be here to stay.

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U.S. Federal Websites in Urgent Need of Web Security Upgrade

U.S. Government Opens Up Vulnerabilities Equities Process, Problem Solved?

U.S. Lawmakers Propose DeepSeek Ban for Government Devices

U.S. Local Governments Should Increase Cybersecurity Spending Before It’s Too Late

U.S. Military Systems Infected by Chinese Malware: How Deep Does It Run?

U.S. National Guard’s Evolving Mission Includes Assisting Local Governments Experiencing Cyber Attacks

U.S. Nuclear Agency Breached via ToolShell SharePoint Vulnerability Chain

U.S. Officials Targeted Via AI-Generated Text and Deepfake Audio Impersonating Public Figures

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office API Data Leak Has Exposed Over 60,000 Private Addresses Since Early 2020

U.S. Protests Bring the Debate Over Surveillance Technology Back to the Forefront

Security flaw in Microsoft’s Analytics Platform Titan Exposes 17 Trillion Records

Meta Muse AI Assistant’s Zero-Day Vulnerability Could Enable Attackers to Inject Malware

New Disclosure of “Meddling” OpenAI Agents Includes Attacks on UN and US Government Websites

ShinyHunters Hacks the FBI in a Security Breach Exposing Personal Information of 38,000 People