It’s well-known that China’s data protection laws define sensitive personal information very differently to other jurisdictions. Instead of a closed list of data types, sensitive personal information ...
The U.S. Department of Justice has requested information about the removal of non-citizens from voter registration lists from the Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder — including sensitive data, such ...
In April, cybersecurity experts and Microsoft issued urgent warnings following a surge in attacks targeting critical vulnerabilities in on-premises Microsoft Exchange and SharePoint servers, both ...
If there’s one thing I’ve learned from covering data breaches over the years, it’s that you should never take a company’s initial numbers at face value. When a breach becomes public, most companies ...
With the rapid development of informatization, how to better safeguard national security in an increasingly complex information environment has become a critical consideration in digital legislation.
December 2025 closed the year with several high-impact data breaches across retail, education, healthcare research, and telecom. These incidents were not driven by a single cause. Some stemmed from ...
Ransomware is a major threat to every industry. In recent years, hackers have increasingly targeted companies with ransomware, locking their data unless a ransom is paid. In some cases, they also ...
A sign marks the entrance to the Edward Hines Jr. VA Hospital on May 30, 2014 in Hines, Illinois. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images) The Department of Veterans Affairs has been improperly sharing ...
A staffer from the Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, recently got high-level access to view and change the contents of a payments system that controls tens of billions of dollars in ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. The author of many tech books, Michael Ashley covers AI and Big Data. Imagine your law firm’s worst nightmare just happened. One ...
Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency is seeking access to data systems within the Internal Revenue Service that house personal taxpayer information, according to people familiar with the ...