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FBI Analyst Charged With Stealing Counterterrorism and Cyber Threat Info

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Department of Justice (DoJ) indicted an employee of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) for illegally removing numerous national security documents and willfully retaining them at her personal residence during a 13-year period from June 2004 to December 2017.

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FBI Analyst Accused of Stealing and Hoarding Classified Data, Including on Cyber Threats

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A federal grand jury indicted an employee of the FBI’s Kansas City Division for taking classified documents at home, for years on end, related to counterterrorism procedures, counterintelligence and cyber threats. One of the dangers security companies always warn about goes by the name of “insider threat.”

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Author Q&A: Former privacy officer urges leaders to prioritize security as part of cloud migration

Security Boulevard

Cyber threats have steadily intensified each year since I began writing about privacy and cybersecurity for USA TODAY in 2004.

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Cybersecurity Awareness Month 2023 – What it is and why we should be aware

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

Cybersecurity Awareness Month 2023 – What it is and why we should be aware madhav Tue, 10/03/2023 - 05:33 The inception of Cybersecurity Awareness Month in 2004 came at a critical juncture in our technological history. Though significant, the early days' threats vastly differed from today's sophisticated cyberattacks.

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Russia launched multiple cyber attacks on Eurovision Song Contest

CyberSecurity Insiders

Eurovision Song Contest has experienced multiple numbers of cyber threats from Russian Federation and the reason is that Ukraine had fair enough of chances to win the competition through Kalush Orchestra. The post Russia launched multiple cyber attacks on Eurovision Song Contest appeared first on Cybersecurity Insiders.

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Healthcare data breach affects 2 million; Malware allows cybercriminals to steal payment card numbers

Security Boulevard

A new study by Surfshark discovered that the average American has been affected by at least seven data breaches since 2004. The IT company added “every U.S. internet user has lost 27 data points on average to online breaches, most of them emails, passwords and usernames,” by far the most out of any country around […].

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Cybersecurity Awareness Month: Resilient Multi-factor Authentication (MFA) and Strong Passwords

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So in 2004, the President of the United States designated October as Cybersecurity Awareness Month. Awareness events foster to shape human attitude, enhance a positive culture against cyber threats, and educate businesses and people about protective measures they can take to secure their sensitive personal data: Enable MFA.