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Just over a third of Americans surveyed in a new poll are very concerned about identity theft today, despite several recent large-scale data breaches.About 37 percent of respondents said they were “very concerned” about identity theft, according to a poll of about …
Senegal will soon begin using a digital currency, ushering in the use of blockchain technology by the central bank. It’s another opportunity for financial technology to help emerging markets leapfrog traditional banking systems and bring financial inclusion to more people.If the Senegal …
Dyn, the domain name system provider attacked Friday, has just published new detail on the incident that took down major web services like GitHub and Twitter.Dyn substantially lowered its estimate of the size of the botnet used in the attack to about …
Those born between 1977 and 1994 could soon pose a major threat to federal cybersecurity, a new survey concludes.Forcepoint, a cybersecurity firm, polled 670 respondents about their online safety habits, including public Wi-Fi use and sharing passwords. Broadly, millennials—defined by the survey …
Poor management and oversight by Interior Department technologists have resulted in tens of thousands of software weaknesses going unfixed, according to an audit released today.The department’s top technology office doesn’t require agencies to follow approved practices to detect and patch software weaknesses, …