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This teen won’t go to prison, even after he hacked 50,700 computers
"In the Finnish court, though, that's not an unusual punishment, said Andrea Matwyshyn, a professor at the Center for Information Technology Policy at…
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How technology could kill the art of lying
"Online advertising companies, for instance, can collect huge amounts of information about a person's browsing history, which can reveal "a very c…
The hack on the U.S. government was not a ‘cyber Pearl Harbor’ (but it was a very big deal)
The U.S. government has suffered a hacking attack that has potentially revealed highly sensitive information about millions of government employees. Some commen…
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Cyberattack affects 1.1 million CareFirst customers
""The information they got may or may not be useful directly, but it could help a bad guy get more clues about a person's identity," he said.…
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Chilling Scenarios That Keep Privacy and Security Experts Up at Night
"Whether it’s drones or commercial robots, the ability for hackers to gain access to these devices opens up a world of liability questions, with no answers…
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Should Washington Allow Companies to Strike Back Against Hackers?
Patrick Lin, an associate philosophy professor at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, makes the moral case for hacking back. Heather Roff,…
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University of Washington Researchers Hack a Remotely Controlled Surgical Robot, Showing Us How Profoundly Vulnerable We Are
"This isn't the first time the University of Washington has conducted such an experiment. The computer science department—particularly the work of Tada…
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Even hackers are concerned Obama's and Clinton's emails remain vulnerable
"“This breach related to the lowest-level unclassified email,” said Jonathan Mayer, a graduate fellow in computer science at Stanford University. “But that…
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Experts believe Clinton emails could be recovered
"Stanford computer researcher Jonathan Mayer pushed back at the notion that Clinton used a “homebrew” email system, and said it clearly had “nontrivial sec…
Jonathan Mayer - Hearsay Culture Show #231 - KZSU-FM
A talk show on KZSU-FM, Stanford, 90.1 FM, hosted by CIS Affiliate Scholar David S. Levine. The show includes guests and focuses on the intersection of technolo…
Opinion: After high-profile hacks, it's time for a bolder approach to cybersecurity
In the wake of the Sony Pictures hack, the cybersecurity firm FireEye demonstrated that the sort of breach that Sony experienced is not likely preventable with…
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Cyber-attacks rising in Utah, likely due to NSA facility
""Maybe these hackers are thinking: 'If we can attack state systems, we can get info that NSA isn't releasing," said Richard Forno, direc…