6 h. ago Amazon vets land $4M for Seattle data security startup Tensor9

Amazon vets land $4M for Seattle data security startup Tensor9  GeekWire

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6 d. ago Microsoft employees are banned from using DeepSeek app, president says 

Microsoft employees aren’t allowed to use DeepSeek due to data security and propaganda concerns, Microsoft vice chairman and president Brad Smith said in a Senate hearing today. “At Microsoft we don’t allow our employees to use the DeepSeek app,” Smith said, referring to DeepSeek’s application service (which is available on both desktop and mobile.) Smith […]

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1 week ago New report warns NATO's data vulnerabilities could cost lives without US fix

NATO's outdated digital systems could put lives at risk, a new report warns. Experts say U.S. leadership is key to fixing cloud security and data sharing.

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1 week ago Trump Asks Supreme Court to Let DOGE View Social Security Data

A federal judge in Maryland found that scrutiny of the agency’s sensitive information systems by Elon Musk’s team appeared to violate federal privacy laws.

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1 week ago UK research identifies attitudes toward personal data processing for national security

Almost 80% of U.K. adults support national security agencies collecting and processing personal data to investigate terrorism and serious crime, according to new research by the Center for Emerging Technology and Security (CETaS) at The Alan Turing Institute, in collaboration with Savanta and Hopkins Van Mil, published on Tuesday.

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2 w. ago US appeals court will not allow DOGE to access Social Security data

US appeals court will not allow DOGE to access Social Security data  Reuters

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2 w. ago More than 50 House Democrats demand answers after whistleblower report on DOGE

Members of the Congressional Labor Caucus wrote the letter after NPR reported that a whistleblower says DOGE may have removed sensitive labor data and compromised the security of computer systems.

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3 w. ago From help to harm: How the government is quietly repurposing everyone's data for surveillance

A whistleblower at the National Labor Relations Board reported an unusual spike in potentially sensitive data flowing out of the agency's network in early March 2025 when staffers from the Department of Government Efficiency, which goes by DOGE, were granted access to the agency's databases. On April 7, the Department of Homeland Security gained access to Internal Revenue Service tax data.

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3 w. ago Washington company secures land, seeks power for Butte data center

Washington company secures land, seeks power for Butte data center  Montana Public Radio

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3 w. ago DOGE Is Building a Master Database to Surveil and Track Immigrants

DOGE is knitting together data from the Department of Homeland Security, Social Security Administration, and IRS that could create a surveillance tool of unprecedented scope.

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3 w. ago Federal Judge Temporarily Limits DOGE's Access to Social Security Data over Privacy Concerns

The Elon Musk-led Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has been placed under updated restrictions, per a recent decision by U.S. District Judge Ellen Hollander in Baltimore. The post Federal Judge Temporarily Limits DOGE’s Access to Social Security Data over Privacy Concerns appeared first on Breitbart.

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3 w. ago Judge orders new limits on DOGE data access at Social Security Administration

A federal judge in Maryland granted a preliminary injunction that bars DOGE staffers from accessing non-anonymized personal data at the Social Security Administration.

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3 w. ago Federal judge temporarily restricts DOGE access to personalized Social Security data

An Obama-appointed judge in Baltimore issued a preliminary injunction Thursday restricting the Department of Government Efficiency’s access to Social Security data.

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3 w. ago Federal judge temporarily limits DOGE access to Social Security data

Federal judge temporarily limits DOGE access to Social Security data  Https://Www.Wsmv.Com

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4 w. ago SquareX to Uncover Data Splicing Attacks at BSides San Francisco, A Major DLP Flaw that Compromises Data Security of Millions

SquareX to Uncover Data Splicing Attacks at BSides San Francisco, A Major DLP Flaw that Compromises Data Security of Millions  Hackread

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4 w. ago Inside DOGE’s push to defy a court order and access Social Security data

Inside DOGE’s push to defy a court order and access Social Security data  The Washington Post

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4 w. 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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