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Virtual currencies threaten financial transparency, says paper
Virtual currencies and an increase in electronic banking are making it harder for governments to trace illicit financial transactions, warns a paper published Aug. 29 by the Brookings Institute. The
DOJ laptop caught with LimeWire installed
Justice Department inspector general auditors found LimeWire, a peer-to-peer download client, on a government owned laptop. Auditors were testing laptops from the DOJ's criminal division to see
FTC: Data breaches linked to P2P services
The Federal Trade Commission is on a hunt to deal with data breaches after pinpointing a practice that is increasingly the culprit. The FTC sent letters to 100 organizations where personal data,
P2P breach hits Congress
Congress is looking a little sheepish right now after confidential information about House Ethics Committee investigations were loaded onto public file-sharing computer networks and became available
Soldiers' data stolen, exploiting P2P tech
A private firm that monitors cybersecurity has discovered a stunning number of breaches, as the personal data of tens of thousands of U.S. soldiers continues to be downloaded by unauthorized users
Time to control P2P usage on fed computers
We report this week on disclosures that personal data of tens of thousands of U.S. soldiers--including those in the Special Forces--have been compromised and downloaded overseas. Tiversa, a private
White House looks to open source government
A White House adviser last week made a plea for open, collaborative use of IT in government--a model that would make use of decentralized, crowd-sourced approaches. Beth Noveck, an adviser in the
Are e-Health records safe from prying eyes?
As if it were not hard enough to wrestle e-Health data to the ground, a new report by a university technology professor blows the whistle on just how easy it is to grab thousands of medical files
