Science & Tech
DHS Seeks Advice on Building a Cyber-Attack Database
The Department of Homeland Security admits there could be drawbacks to the idea, including a spike in the cost of insurance.
Science & Tech
Why the Military Can’t Go After Iran for Hacking Your Dam
Seven Iranians have been charged with cyber crimes in a case that reveals the limits of U.S. power.
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Are These Syrian Hackers Cyber Warriors, or Just Thieves?
The FBI added two Syrian hackers to its most-wanted list for cybercriminals, a project that's only been running since 2013 and includes individuals from China, Russia and Eastern Europe.
Science & Tech
Let’s Talk About the Federal Drones Flying Over US Soil
An alphabet soup’s worth of government agencies are exercising their ability to look down on ordinary citizens.
Ideas
What It Would Take to Build Trump's Border Wall with Mexico
The presidential candidate is pledging the largest infrastructure project since the U.S. highway system. And it makes no sense at all.
Ideas
When It Comes to Tech and Terrorism, the Government Is Asking for the Wrong Kind of Help
There are many ways the tech industry can help turn up the heat on terrorists without compromising the rest of us.
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The FBI's War on Phones Is Bigger Than You Think
Apple’s lawyers revealed the feds want access to about a dozen devices after San Bernardino.
Science & Tech
FBI to Apple: It's About Justice, Not Precedent
Despite growing pressure from the Justice Department, the tech company still refuses to unlock one of the San Bernardino shooters' iPhone for authorities any time soon.
Threats
A Cyberattack Has Paralyzed a Los Angeles Hospital
Doctors have been locked out of patient records for more than a week by hackers who are demanding money to release the data.
Ideas
Why a US Army Vet Cast a Muslim-American Woman to Lead His Afghan War Movie
An American paratrooper's experience with an Afghan-American interpreter formed the basis of the upcoming film, 'Day One.'
Science & Tech
Hacker May Have Punched Through FBI Cyber Security With One Phone Call
It doesn’t matter how technically secure your data is if it’s protected by gullible humans.
Policy
Obama Confronts the Politics of Religion and Terrorism
The president preached inclusion and hit back at anti-Muslim rhetoric during his first appearance at a mosque.
Policy
Spy on Me All You Like, More Americans Say
A new poll shows more people are fine with increased national-security surveillance.
Policy
The Republican Conflation of ISIS and Immigration
Politically, this serves a purpose. But as public policy, it makes little sense.
Science & Tech
US Homeland Security's $6B Firewall Has More Than a Few Frightening Blind Spots
A recent audit revealed the National Cybersecurity Protection System—aka EINSTEIN—does not scan for 94 percent of common computer vulnerabilities. But that's not all of its shortcomings.
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This Cyber ‘Safeguard’ Is Hurting US Defenses
Tech execs and DHS' cyber czar say a multinational pact keeps them from sharing information about intruders' tools.
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Why Amazon's Data Centers Are Hidden in US Spy Country
You'll need to go back to where a lot of significant moments in Internet history took place: the Cold War.
Business
The US Military: An Alternative to the Brutalities of the Modern Economy
Millions of service members who live on military bases around the world experience a kind of economic and social security foreign to most of America’s middle class.
Policy
How a Misleading Story Is Changing Immigration Policy
Erroneous claims that one of the San Bernardino shooters made public social-media posts about jihad have produced legislation to overhaul the process of screening visas.
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