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Websites of Hong Kong Activists Infected With Spyware
Attackers compromised sites belonging to Alliance for True Democracy, the Democratic Party Hong Kong, People Power in Hong Kong and The Professional Commons.
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Dallas County’s Top Official: New Ebola Case Doesn’t Change ‘Basic Premise of Science’
Clay Jenkins tries to calm nerves and without protective gear enters the apartment where the Ebola-stricken Liberian man had stayed.
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California Health Exchange’s No-Bid Contracts; Tulsa’s Portland Field Trip
Also in our Local & State weekend roundup: St. Pete’s climate worries and Missouri’s solar foothold.
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DHS: Attackers Hacked Critical Manufacturing Firm For Months
An unnamed manufacturing firm vital to the U.S. economy recently suffered a prolonged hack.
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Intelligence Community Needs More Than a Few Good Women
James Clapper, the nation’s spy chief, is a fierce advocate of diverse intelligence workforce.
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Hackers Cause Schizophrenia, Eavesdrop on Yahoo in China, and Hijack Unemployed People
Just another week in ThreatWatch, our regularly updated index of noteworthy data breaches.
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Courts Weigh In on Restrictive State Voting Laws
Statutes in Wisconsin and Texas were blocked, while other limits in North Carolina were upheld.
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Feds Buy Back USASpending Website After Contractor Bankruptcy
Move finally opens federal contracting data.
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CDC Tracks Cell Phone Location Data to Halt Ebola
Meanwhile, the Pentagon is adapting a WMD surveillance system to map the spread of the disease.
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The Force is Strong with This One: IARPA Picks ‘Jedi Mind’ to Predict Intelligence Trustworthiness
"Star Wars"-themed effort aims to anticipate behavior and gauge trustworthiness of individuals.
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Millennials Kind of Clueless About Cybersecurity Careers
Millennials aren’t necessarily ready to take on the mantle of cyber savior.
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Preparing for the Next Big Flash Flood in Western North Carolina
Watch Jerry VeHaun, director of Buncombe County Emergency Services, discuss what he’s learned from 42 years dealing with floods.
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30 Years Later, NOAA Administrator Reflects on Her Spacewalk
The first American woman to walk in space shares her experience, three decades later.
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Dallas Mayor: ‘I Remain Confident in the Abilities of Our Health Care Professionals’
Watch Michael Rawlings offer his condolences to the friends and family of the man who died of Ebola in his city.
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Peace Corps Sees Record Interest After Simplified Application Goes Online
Old application involved 60 printed pages and took as long as eight hours to complete.
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Q&A: White House Cyber Czar on Hiring Cyber Pros, Snowden and the Internet of Things
Michael Daniel has made it his personal mission to understand cybersecurity’s human factor.
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Latest Gay-Marriage Advance Halted in 2 States
Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy temporarily blocked an appeals court ruling striking down same-sex-marriage bans in Idaho and Nevada.
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Should Massachusetts Shift Time Zones?
Idea for New England states to sync up with Canadian maritime provinces isn’t new.
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