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Privacy protections booted from CISPA data-sharing bill

“Committee overwhelmingly votes down privacy amendments that would have curbed National Security Agency's access to private sector data.

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U.S. Senators : Protecting against cyber-attacks

“Last year, Congress failed to forge a workable framework for cybersecurity to protect the United States against a fast-growing national security and economic threat. Our cyber-networks remain dangerously vulnerable to outside attack and are the repeated targets of foreign governments intent on stealing the fruits of our intellectual and business efforts.

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2014 Budget Request: Veterans Affairs

“Under President Obama's fiscal 2014 budget request, information technology systems at the Veterans Affairs Department would receive a total discretionary budget authority of $3. 683 billion. That means the budget for IT systems would be 15….”

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Hacker Kayla Pleads Guilty in UK Court

“Hacker Ryan Ackroyd, a.k.

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Hackers Target First National Bank of Mercersburg

“Members of the Tunisian Cyber Army recently claimed to have breached the Web site of Pennsylvania's First National Bank of Mercersburg as part of the Al Qaeda Electronic Army's anti-U.S.

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Al-Mayadeen: Syrian Electronic Army SEA joins the electronic attacks on Israel

“Al-Mayadeen: Syrian Electronic Army SEA joins the electronic attacks on IsraelMore Information: -http://www. islamicinvitationturkey. com/2013/04/07/al-mayadeen-syrian-electronic-army-sea-joins-the-electronic-attacks-on-israel/…”

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NIST sorting comments on cybersecurity framework

“The National Institute of Standards and Technology has 185 days to release the draft framework called for in the president's cybersecurity executive order. Given the tight timeline, the agency is sorting through comments on its recent request for information–well before the comment period ends April 29

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McConnell: Cybersecurity framework will reduce risk, but not 'fix the problem'

“The cybersecurity executive order signed by President Obama in February calls for a cybersecurity framework and public-sector partnership with critical infrastructure, but Bruce McConnell, senior counsel for cyber at the National Protection and Programs Directorate of the Homeland Security Department says neither will “fix the problem.”Putting these systems in place will facilitate connections that “reduce the risks of failure and when failure occurs reduce the consequences of those failures,” said McConnell, during an April 3 workshop at the Commerce Department in Washington, D.C….”

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Facebook members in U.K. must pay to hob-knob with celebs

“Facebook users in the U.K. are being treated to the same premium charges their counterparts in the U.S. have been hit with when sending messages to certain high-profile members on the social network, as well as people outside their circle of friends

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Spear Phishing Goes Mobile – New Attack Targets Android; Other Devices at Risk

“Kaspersky Lab has identified a new spear-phishing attack involving a Trojan designed to target Android devices. Researcher Kurt Baumgartner says organizations need to be prepared for more mobile malware attacks

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