Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines arrives for testimony before the Senate Armed Services Committee May 2, 2024 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images) Top spy official releases principles on intel agency use of info bought from data brokers But it falls short on a very key point, says a lawmaker who has been heavily scrutinizing spy agency purchase of commercial bulk data. May 8, 2024 By Tim Starks
Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., spoke to reporters at the U.S. Capitol on March 22, 2022. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images) With a mysterious surveillance target identified, calls for Congress to change course Civil liberties advocates want to narrow the scope of an amendment to a controversial surveillance law. Apr 17, 2024 By Tim Starks
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) (C) talks with committee members Rep. Andy Biggs (R-AZ) (L) and Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) while hearing testimony from former Special Counsel Robert Hur in the Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill on March 12, 2024 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) House passes extension of expiring surveillance authorities Just days ago, lawmakers voted against even allowing a debate on an extension of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. Apr 12, 2024 By Tim Starks
WASHINGTON, DC – SEPTEMBER 11: Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) speaks with reporters in the Senate subway at the U.S. Capitol on September 11, 2023 in Washington, DC. The House of Representatives is scheduled to return Tuesday following an almost six-week break and lawmakers have only a dozen legislative days left to reach a budget compromise and avert a government shutdown. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images) Congress sounds alarm on lax dam cybersecurity Amid concerns of growing cybersecurity risks, the federal office in charge of hydroelectric dam security only has four employees. Apr 10, 2024 By Christian Vasquez
Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., delivers remarks during a Rules Committee hearing at the Russell Senate Office Building on Nov. 14, 2023 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images) Top Democrat proposes minimum cybersecurity standards in wake of Change Healthcare attack The new legislation from Sen. Mark Warner comes as health care groups say they would oppose such proposals. Mar 22, 2024 By AJ Vicens
Pedestrians walk past Microsoft’s local headquarters in Beijing on July 20, 2021. (Photo by Noel Celis / AFP) Microsoft rolls out expanded logging six months after Chinese breach The technology giant has come under heavy criticism for not making robust logging features available by default. Feb 21, 2024 By Elias Groll
Sen. Ron Wyden, a Democrat from Oregon, speaks during a news conference on the House budget proposals, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on March 1, 2023. (STEFANI REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images) Reform bill would overhaul controversial surveillance law A measure introduced on Tuesday puts civil libertarians on a collision course with the Biden administration. Nov 7, 2023 By Elias Groll
Photo of the author (Credit: Julia Davis) In her new book, Danielle Keats Citron makes the case for the ‘right to intimate privacy’ The longtime privacy advocate says that "intimate privacy is the key to citizenship, love and flourishing." Nov 1, 2022 By Tonya Riley
Deputy Assistant Attorney General for the National Security Division Adam Hickey. (Pixelme Studios). Top DOJ official ‘pleased’ with multiagency and branch response to courts data breach Deputy Assistant Attorney General for National Security Adam Hickey discussed the breach and the need to balance transparency with privacy related to sensitive material. Oct 20, 2022 By AJ Vicens
Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., spoke to reporters at the U.S. Capitol on March 22, 2022. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images) Senator slams U.S. courts agency for ‘stonewalling’ inquiry into cyberattack Sen. Ron Wyden said the courts administrators' lack of answers about the breach "is a major red flag about the state of the courts’ systems." Sep 21, 2022