Week ahead: Sunday showdown on Patriot Act
Cory Bennett and Elise Viebeck - 05/29/15 03:42 PM EDT
Senators will head back to Washington for a rare Sunday session.
Articles by Elise Viebeck
Some payment cards ‘at risk’ in Sally Beauty breach
Elise Viebeck - 05/29/15 10:27 AM EDT
One of the largest U.S. beauty supply retailers said some payment card information might have been...
IRS cybersecurity staff was cut as budget rose
Elise Viebeck - 05/28/15 09:57 AM EDT
The finding sheds light on the IT circumstances at the agency as it grapples with the digital theft...
Microsoft would weigh UK encryption law, lawyer says
Elise Viebeck - 05/27/15 06:49 PM EDT
Microsoft is weighing how best to balance the privacy of its users with proposed laws that could...
Encryption innovator leaves US over surveillance
Elise Viebeck - 05/26/15 01:12 PM EDT
“We don’t want to become like North Korea,” Philip Zimmermann said.
Islamic, Chinese hackers target media
Elise Viebeck - 05/25/15 09:00 AM EDT
News outlets are coping with a wave of cyberattacks.
Why hackers want kids’ personal information
Elise Viebeck - 05/23/15 06:26 AM EDT
No personal information is more valuable to cyber criminals than a child’s.
OVERNIGHT CYBERSECURITY: McConnell gambles on NSA reform
Cory Bennett and Elise Viebeck - 05/19/15 07:49 PM EDT
McConnell will allow a vote on a House-passed NSA refom bill.
Hard to deter hackers, experts tell lawmakers
Elise Viebeck - 05/19/15 04:25 PM EDT
"Year after year, [hackers] have been able to make gains over us, the defenders,” said one hearing...
Alleged plane hacker said he 'messed with' space station, satellites
Elise Viebeck - 05/19/15 01:16 PM EDT
If NASA leaves "open s--t that's not encrypted that's their own damn silly fault," he said.
Home Depot still paying for data breach
Elise Viebeck - 05/19/15 12:45 PM EDT
The company reported $7 million in breach-related costs for the first quarter of 2015.
OVERNIGHT CYBERSECURITY: White House urges speed in NSA fight
Cory Bennett and Elise Viebeck - 05/18/15 07:40 PM EDT
The White House is asking lawmakers to "not kick the can down the road" on NSA reform.
Kerry blasts North Korea for Sony hack
Elise Viebeck - 05/18/15 09:04 AM EDT
Pyongyang is responsible for “provocative, destabilizing and repressive actions” online, Kerry said...
ISIS preps for cyber war
Cory Bennett and Elise Viebeck - 05/17/15 07:30 AM EDT
Experts say the cyber threat from ISIS should be taken seriously.
Sally Beauty confirms second data breach
Elise Viebeck - 05/15/15 02:30 PM EDT
The second breach in roughly one year is still under investigation, the company's president said.
Penn State discloses major cyberattack by China
Elise Viebeck - 05/15/15 02:13 PM EDT
Hackers spent two years inside the network at the engineering school.
Week ahead: Senate down to the wire on NSA reform
Cory Bennett and Elise Viebeck - 05/15/15 02:11 PM EDT
All eyes will be on Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.
OVERNIGHT CYBERSECURITY: Watch out, Cyber Caliphate
Cory Bennett and Elise Viebeck - 05/14/15 07:55 PM EDT
The White House and Gulf states are joining forces in cyberspace.
FBI: Data breaches ‘increasing substantially’
Elise Viebeck - 05/14/15 03:01 PM EDT
The agency learns of a major data breach every two or three days, James Trainor said.
Pawlenty: Hackers pose almost 'existential' threat to US
Elise Viebeck - 05/14/15 02:32 PM EDT
The former presidential candidate backs a national data security standard.
Syrian hackers target Washington Post site
Elise Viebeck - 05/14/15 01:49 PM EDT
The Syrian Electronic Army has targeted U.S. media outlets for several years.
OVERNIGHT CYBERSECURITY: House to Senate: Finish NSA debate
Cory Bennett and Elise Viebeck - 05/13/15 07:30 PM EDT
The House Wednesday passed the most sweeping reforms to intelligence laws in years.
Rubio vows strong cyber defense
Elise Viebeck - 05/13/15 03:46 PM EDT
The Florida senator laid out his foreign policy approach in a speech Wednesday.
ISIS sympathizers threaten ‘electronic war’
Elise Viebeck - 05/13/15 12:16 PM EDT
We are the hackers of the Islamic State and the electronic war has not yet begun," a hooded figure...
WiFi broke at congressional hackathon
Elise Viebeck - 05/13/15 11:05 AM EDT
Participants were pitching lawmakers on ideas to make government more tech-savvy.
Hackers hit three celebrity sites
Elise Viebeck - 05/13/15 10:25 AM EDT
One victim was reality TV star Jill Duggar, whose Facebook remained compromised Wednesday morning.
