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Major flaws in two massive trials of deworming pills show the importance of sharing data — which most scientists don't do.
The scope of the recent hack of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), in which the records of millions of current and former federal employees were breached, is exponentially greater than the many other recent headline-generating breaches in the private sector. This breach not only impacts government employees but countless of their partners, associates, and […]
Two separate "penetrations" exposed 14 million people's personal info.
Critics claim it was no coincidence that system was introduced just weeks before Freedom of Information Act came into force in 2005
More about the OPM hack.
Intruders accessed background checks of current, former, and prospective employees.
All text is ephemeral. Some texts are more ephemeral than others. The web has proved to be among the most ephemeral and changing of information vehicles. The research note revisits Koehler's original...
Inertia, a lack of internal expertise, and a decade of neglect at OPM led to breach.
Politwoop's API access revoked without warning; had archived posts, deletion times.
BakerHostetler’s inaugural Data Security Incident Response Report offers a wealth of information regarding the causes of data security breaches, the
Sunlight is said to be the best of disinfectants…
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The recent cyber attacks at Penn State have put personal information of 18,000 students in the hands of hackers. What should universities do to protect students’ privacy?
Grad student faked data. What the Qualtrics did in the night was... nothing.
It’s always hard when a newspaper dies. But when the alt-weekly Boston Phoenix passed away, it prompted one of the more notable media funerals in recent memory. After the announcement was made on Twitter, TV and radio crews stood outside, ready to interview staffers walking out for the last time. Later, pallbearers carried an “open-casket […]