computersecurity
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The U.S. Marshals Got Hacked in a Major Way
America’s oldest law enforcement agency, the U.S. Marshals Service, is in a bit of security trouble. The federal police agency had been targeted by ransomware hackers earlier this month in an episode that officials are saying involved a significant amount of “sensitive” data, according to a statement.
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TikTok Complains It’s ‘Under a Cloud’ Following Its Most Recent Ban
TikTok is pushing back against the European Union for not informing the company that they were banning the app on all government devices. The EU also took steps to ban the Chinese-owned app on staff’s personal devices with corporate access, amid concerns that TikTok’s parent company ByteDance is accessing user data.
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FBI Hit With Some Sort of Hack Attempt, Says Incident Is ‘Contained’
The FBI has reportedly been dealing with a malicious hacking attempt on its systems. It’s still unclear just which systems were compromised and for how long.
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Pentagon Employees Are Too Horny to Follow National Security Protocols
Pentagon employees are using banned and unauthorised apps to find hookups, watch TikToks, and buy crypto on government phones and devices, according to a new Department of Defence investigation launched over fears surrounding TikTok. The list of what DoD employees are downloading in spite of bans includes dating apps, Chinese drone apps, third-party virtual private…