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Here’s How Cyber (In)security Rocked 2016

Much more than election hacks and encryption showdowns went down this year.

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Tech Trade Group: 114th Congress Was Good For Tech—And the Next One Needs to Be Too

"The members of the 115th Congress have a historic opportunity to seize the momentum," according to the group.

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Pentagon Wants More Cyber Threat Info from Contractors in 2017

DOD’s 2017 regulatory agenda also aims to make it easier for contractors to get cyber threat information from the government.

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DNC Hackers Linked to Russian Activity Against Ukraine Two Years Ago

The same malware a Russian group used to attacked the DNC was targeting Ukrainian soldiers, says cybersecurity group.

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White House: AI Could Disrupt Millions of Jobs, and Policy Needs to Adjust

The spread of artificial intelligence won't be "costless," a new report says.

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The Most Urgent Questions About the Russia Hacks

No foreign power has ever intervened to try to shape a U.S. election with this kind of sophistication and potency.

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In 2017, Expect Fierce Competition for Defense IT Contracts

Over half of the top 100 contractors will be more "exposed"—at risk of losing revenue—than they were in 2016.

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NIST Wants Help ‘Future-Proofing’ Data Security

The standards agency is seeking citizens' aid in building encryption algorithms that can withstand attacks by quantum computers.

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How Did One Small Defense Firm Get a Seat at Trump's Tech Summit?

The meeting put data-viz firm Palantir next to some of the world’s largest data-gathering companies.

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Don’t Undermine Encryption, Bipartisan Congressional Report Warns

Lawmakers suggest workarounds to undermining encryption such as legal hacking and relying on metadata.

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Advocacy Group to Tech Companies: Delete Your Records Before Trump Gets To Them

The Electronic Frontier Foundation took out a full-page ad in Wired's January 2017 issue.

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America Already Had a Muslim Registry

A program that targeted visitors from Muslim-majority countries was phased out in 2011—but unless it’s dismantled completely, Donald Trump could easily reinstate it.