A staffer for the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) violated security policies at the Treasury Department by improperly sharing sensitive personal information outside the agency, according to a court filing. The filing last week came in a case state attorneys general brought against President Donald Trump and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent challenging DOGE access to…
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House Dems say DOGE is leaving publicly exposed entry points into government systems
Democrats on the House Oversight Committee say the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is jeopardizing cybersecurity by publicly exposing entry points into U.S. government systems, and told the Trump administration it needs to provide information on department officials’ access. “Decades of efforts by both Republican and Democratic administrations, along with bipartisan collaboration in Congress, have…
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Lawmakers fear Elon Musk, DOGE not adhering to privacy rules
Congress is getting vocal about the privacy and security implications of Elon Musk and his cohorts at the Department of Government Efficiency accessing federal systems. Democrats on the House Homeland Security Committee said Wednesday DOGE must comply with security and privacy laws as they obtain access to federal systems, something the lawmakers say they don’t…
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House bill aims to better protect financial institutions from ransomware attacks
A bipartisan pair of House lawmakers are seeking to improve private-public coordination for financial institutions amid a surge of ransomware attacks on the sector. The Public and Private Sector Ransomware Response Coordination Act, introduced this week by Reps. Zach Nunn, R-Iowa, and Josh Gottheimer, D-N.J., would direct the Treasury secretary to deliver a report on…
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U.S. sanctions take aim at Chinese company said to aid hackers’ massive botnet
The U.S. government on Friday sanctioned a Chinese company that Western nations had connected to a Beijing-sponsored hacking group’s botnet, which had compromised hundreds of thousands of devices before a joint takedown operation last year. Flax Typhoon hackers made use of infrastructure at Integrity Technology Group to exploit victims, according to the Treasury Department’s Office…