About 1.4 million job seekers in Illinois may have had their personal information compromised when one of the state's employment security agency vendors was hacked, the governor's office said Friday.
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Mar 24, 2017
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Social Security numbers and other personal information of up to 1.87 million Michigan workers may have been compromised, the state said Friday.
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Feb 3, 2017
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In the 1930s Alan Turing imagined a "universal computing machine" capable of computing nearly anything. Today, that universality is the backbone of the information age: Turing-like computers are running governments, businesses, ...
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Jan 19, 2017
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The 2013 hack affecting a billion Yahoo users shows how seemingly innocuous bits of data gleaned from cyber attacks can be exploited for espionage and information warfare, as well as for profit.
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Dec 15, 2016
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Medical laboratory operator Quest Diagnostics Inc. says a hack of an internet application on its network has exposed the personal health information of about 34,000 people.
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Dec 13, 2016
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Small-business owners may think that they are too small to be victims of cyber hackers, but Pat Toth knows otherwise. Toth leads outreach efforts to small businesses on cybersecurity at the National Institute of Standards ...
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Nov 11, 2016
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Cyber security experts have raised concerns about Prime Minister Malcom Turnbull and senior government ministers sending private and confidential information via the messaging service WhatsApp.
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Oct 13, 2016
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China recently launched a satellite into orbit with a unique feature: it has the ability to send information securely, not with mathematical encryption but by using the fundamental laws of physics. China will be the first ...
Quantum Physics
Oct 12, 2016
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Of all the personal information people tend to give out willy-nilly on the internet, birthdate is perhaps the most ubiquitous.
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Sep 24, 2016
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If a foreign government is behind the massive computer attack that compromised a half billion user accounts at Yahoo, as the company says, the breach could be part of a long-term strategy that's aimed at gathering intelligence ...
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Sep 23, 2016
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