Federal IT hiring slips with political deadlock
IT hiring by the federal government is trending downward, with fewer jobs posted each month this year than last year, according to a Computerworld analysis of employment data.
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Hackers steal data on 4 million government workers...Facebook slims down Android app...privacy-for-service seen as poor tradeoff...and more tech news.
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South Korea wins robotics challenge... Apple WWDC kicks off... Sprint aims for network upgrade... and more tech news
View ArticleLawmakers worry US OPM breaches endanger national security
Two recently disclosed data breaches at the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) could endanger national security and the lives of federal workers in intelligence or other sensitive jobs,...
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Baseball gets a hacking scandal... Airbus plans Internet satellites... European court holds site liable for comments... and more tech news.
View ArticleEfforts by US govt's OPM to fix IT security are criticized by auditor
Efforts to fix cybersecurity problems at the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) may be doomed because the agency is moving too quickly and ignoring some best practices, an auditor said Thursday.
View ArticleUS personnel agency takes system offline after hack
Problems for the U.S. Office of Personnel Management aren't letting up. The government agency said Monday it had suspended a system used for background checks after a security flaw was discovered in...
View ArticleThe Upload: Your tech news briefing for Tuesday, June 30
Security flaw pushes OPM web app offline... Oracle can charge Google for Java in Android... Microsoft mapping tech finds its way to Uber... and more tech news
View ArticleThe OPM lawsuit will only make the lawyers rich
Sensitive data pertaining to millions of people was compromised in the data breach at the U.S. Office of Personnel Management. I suspect that millions of those people smiled when they heard about the...
View ArticleOPM hackers stole data on 21.5m people, including 1.1m fingerprints
Investigators have tallied up the number of records stolen in an attack on the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM), and it's bigger than anyone thought.
View ArticleThe Upload: Your tech news briefing for Friday, July 10
Facebook lets you organize your news feed... OPM leaked personal data on 21.5 million people... OpenSSL bug less serious than feared... and more tech news
View ArticleOPM director resigns after unprecedented data breach
The director of the U.S. Office of Personnel Management resigned on Friday, a day after her agency announced hackers had stolen information on 21.5 million current, former and prospective government...
View ArticleOPM, Anthem hackers reportedly also breached United Airlines
The cyberespionage group that stole the personal records of millions of Americans from U.S. health insurer Anthem and the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) has also reportedly breached United...
View ArticleThe Upload: Your tech news briefing for Thursday, July 30
Obama wants to boost U.S. supercomputing power...OPM, Anthem hackers also hit United Airlines...Oracle preps 'Sonoma' chip for low-priced Sparc servers...and more tech news.
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