Federal investigators say there is evidence the suspected Russian hack of U.S. government and businesses went beyond compromising SolarWinds' software.
The Wall Street Journal From ACM TechNews | February 11, 2021
Google is moving ahead with a plan to strip third-party cookies from its Chrome Web browser and replace them with privacy-friendly alternatives.
The Wall Street Journal From ACM TechNews | February 2, 2021
Six quantum computing experts are raising ethical issues about the technology's potential to create new weapons and ramp up human genetic manipulation.
The Wall Street Journal From ACM TechNews | February 1, 2021
Apple and Google said they will bar data broker X-Mode Social from culling location information from mobile devices running their operating systems.
The Wall Street Journal From ACM TechNews | December 29, 2020
Schools struggling to stay open during the Covid-19 pandemic are being targeted by ransomware, as hackers threaten to post sensitive student information online....The Wall Street Journal From ACM TechNews | November 19, 2020
Academic researchers and the technology industry are working to eliminate bias from artificial intelligence systems.
The Wall Street Journal From ACM TechNews | November 17, 2020
U.S. election officials used voting machines and other devices linked to the "sneakernet" to process results from Tuesday's elections.
The Wall Street Journal From ACM TechNews | November 4, 2020
A computer hacker publicly released election-related files from Hall County, GA, after county officials failed to pay a ransom.
The Wall Street Journal From ACM TechNews | October 30, 2020
Researchers at Visa Inc. and JPMorgan Chase & Co. are developing new processes to try to thwart eventual quantum computing cyberattacks.
The Wall Street Journal From ACM TechNews | October 20, 2020
Hundreds of the world's leading cryptographers are competing to develop encryption standards to protect online data against classical and quantum-computing cyberattacks...The Wall Street Journal From ACM TechNews | October 19, 2020
Market research firm Gartner forecasts cybersecurity spending by companies and governments will grow 9% annually from 2021 to 2024.
The Wall Street Journal From ACM TechNews | October 15, 2020
U.S. Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration J. Russel George said he will review Internal Revenue Service use of software that enables warrantless surveillance...The Wall Street Journal From ACM TechNews | October 13, 2020
A hacker who locked computer servers in Las Vegas' Clark County School District with ransomware released documents with stolen private data after officials refused...The Wall Street Journal From ACM TechNews | October 2, 2020
China this week launched the Global Initiative on Data Security, in a bid to establish international data-security standards.
The Wall Street Journal From ACM TechNews | September 11, 2020
The deep-learning application makes more accurate decisions on behalf of banks experiencing network disruptions, Visa says.
The Wall Street Journal From ACM News | August 26, 2020
The U.S. National Security Agency has released new guidance for military and intelligence community staff, warning of threats to national security from cellphone...The Wall Street Journal From ACM TechNews | August 13, 2020
Surveillance technology deployed in schools to prevent or contain coronavirus infection raises issues about its effectiveness, as well as its post-pandemic applications...The Wall Street Journal From ACM TechNews | August 12, 2020
Finnish data security expert Harri Hursti worries the U.S. voting system is rife with unpatched vulnerabilities that leave it susceptible to election rigging.
The Wall Street Journal From ACM TechNews | April 27, 2020