April 22nd, 2009 | Published in All Articles, Data Loss, Government, News Articles
Written by Chloe Albanesius
Is your personal information floating around on peer-to-peer networks? Several members of Congress believe so, and they have requested a renewed examination of the privacy and security risks associated with P2P networks.
April 7th, 2009 | Published in All Articles, Government, News Articles
AP – Tuesday, April 07, 2009
WASHINGTON — The Pentagon spent more than $100 million in the last six months responding to and repairing damage from cyber attacks and other computer network problems, military leaders said Tuesday.
March 3rd, 2009 | Published in All Articles, Data Loss, Government, News Articles
Written by Jason Mick / DailyTech
When it comes to national security, one of the keys to keeping the American President safe is the fleet of executive aircraft – from presidential helicopters, to the ultra-high-tech jet fortress, Air Force One. Thus it came as quite a shock to the security community when security firm Tiversa discovered blueprints of the Barack Obama’s presidential helicopter, Marine One, being hosted by an Iranian IP address.
February 27th, 2009 | Published in All Articles, Data Loss, Government, Healthcare
Written by Bob Brewin - NextGov.com
Just days after President Obama signed a law giving billions of dollars to develop electronic health records, a university technology professor submitted a paper showing that he was able to uncover tens of thousands of medical files containing names, addresses and Social Security numbers for patients seeking treatment for conditions ranging from AIDS to mental health problems.
October 14th, 2008 | Published in All Articles, Government, Legal Risks, Legal Rulings
President Bush on Monday signed into law the Prioritizing Resources and Organization for Intellectual Property Act (PRO-IP Act), which provides stiffer penalties for breaching intellectual property. With stricter rules and increased penalties, the new law may raise howls of protest, or put more pressure on piracy networks.
June 3rd, 2008 | Published in All Articles, Government, Healthcare
Written By Tim Wilson, DarkReading – June 3, 2008
Peer-to-peer (P2P) applications may have been the culprit in a security breach that has exposed the personal information of more than 1,000 patients at Walter Reed Army Hospital, according to early reports.
April 16th, 2008 | Published in All Articles, Copyright Infringement, Government, Legal Rulings, News Articles
WASHINGTON–A prominent Senate Democrat on Wednesday said federal and local police should use custom software to monitor peer-to-peer networks for illegal activity, and he wants to spend $1 billion in tax dollars to help make that happen.
September 12th, 2007 | Published in All Articles, Data Loss, Government, News Articles
CHICAGO – September 12, 2007 (PRNewswire-USNewswire)
Confidential Documents Show How to Attack Chicago’s Metra and CTA Transit Systems – Commuters at Significantly Higher Risk, authored by consulting firm Booz-Allen Hamilton illustrating Chicago’s mass transit system vulnerabilities to terrorist attack were leaked on the internet via a P2P File sharing network according to Larry Yellen an investigative reporter with WFLD Fox News in Chicago.