14 h. ago ICE and DOGE seek sensitive data in crackdown on illegal immigration, waste: report

As the Trump administration cracks down on illegal immigration and government waste, ICE and DOGE reportedly seek sensitive data allegedly to track down individuals.

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16 h. ago DOGE Has Access to Sensitive Labor Department Data on Immigrants and Farm Workers

Three DOGE associates have been granted access to systems at the Department of Labor housing sensitive information on migrant farm workers, visa applicants, and more.

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44 h. ago ICE, DOGE seek sensitive Medicare data as immigration crackdown intensifies

ICE, DOGE seek sensitive Medicare data as immigration crackdown intensifies  The Washington Post

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51 h. ago DOGE assigns staffers to work at agency where it allegedly removed sensitive data

The National Labor Relations Board told employees Wednesday that DOGE staffers would be assigned to the agency, one day after a whistleblower alleged DOGE may have removed sensitive NLRB data.

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3 d. ago Top House Democrat says DOGE data access at NLRB may be 'technological malfeasance'

A top House Democrat is asking independent agency watchdogs to investigate after NPR reporting revealed DOGE may have taken sensitive data from the National Labor Relations Board.

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3 d. ago Slog AM: Seattle Scientists Scrub Toilets at NOAA, Trump Withholds $2.2 Billion from Harvard, DOGE Accessed Sensitive Labor Data

Slog AM: Seattle Scientists Scrub Toilets at NOAA, Trump Withholds $2.2 Billion from Harvard, DOGE Accessed Sensitive Labor Data  The Stranger: Seattle's Only Newspaper

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3 d. ago Whistleblower says DOGE took sensitive data. And, Harvard rejects Trump's demands

A whistleblower who works at NLRB says that DOGE may have taken sensitive labor data. And, the Trump administration froze over $2 billion for Harvard after it rejected demands.

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3 d. ago A whistleblower's disclosure details how DOGE may have taken sensitive labor data

A whistleblower tells Congress and NPR that DOGE may have taken sensitive labor data and hid its tracks. "None of that ... information should ever leave the agency," said a former NLRB official.

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3 d. ago 5 takeaways about NPR's reporting on the whistleblower report about DOGE at the NLRB

Here's a summary of NPR's findings about the report that a whistleblower filed to Congress about how DOGE violated security protocols and could have removed sensitive labor data.

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7 d. ago Judge Says One DOGE Member Can Access Sensitive Treasury Dept. Data

Nineteen state attorneys general had sued to block Elon Musk’s government efficiency team from accessing Treasury systems that include Americans’ bank account and Social Security information.

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8 d. ago New method efficiently safeguards sensitive AI training data

Data privacy comes with a cost. There are security techniques that protect sensitive user data, like customer addresses, from attackers who may attempt to extract them from AI models—but they often make those models less accurate.

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2 w. ago Sensitive data was leaked in 2024 Highline Public Schools ransomware attack

Sensitive data was leaked in 2024 Highline Public Schools ransomware attack  The Seattle Times

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2 w. ago DOGE staffer who shared Treasury data now has more access to government systems

New court filings give more details about a small number of DOGE staffers granted sweeping access to sensitive government data systems.

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3 w. ago Cracking the code of private AI: The role of entropy in secure language models

Large Language Models (LLMs) have rapidly become an integral part of our digital landscape, powering everything from chatbots to code generators. However, as these AI systems increasingly rely on proprietary, cloud-hosted models, concerns over user privacy and data security have escalated. How can we harness the power of AI without exposing sensitive data?

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3 w. ago DOGE says it needs to know the government's most sensitive data, but can't say why

DOGE staffers have skirted privacy laws, training and security protocols to gain virtually unfettered access to financial and personal information stored in siloed government databases.

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4 w. ago Judge temporarily blocks DOGE from accessing sensitive Social Security data

Judge temporarily blocks DOGE from accessing sensitive Social Security data  The Washington Post

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