The Department of Homeland Security says it developed a portable gunshot detection systemHowever, critics suggest systems such as SDS Outdoor aren't effective enough and may violate people's privacy.By K. Holt, 01.04.2023
Homeland Security may use companies to find extremism on social mediaThere are concerns this will degrade civil liberties.By J. Fingas, 08.15.2021
Senate appoints former NSA official as head of US cybersecurity agencyJen Easterly will lead CISA at a time when ransomware attacks are on the rise.By M. Moon, 07.13.2021
The FBI says Russian ransomware group is behind meat supplier cyberattackThe vast majority of JBS' facilities have resumed production.By A. Souppouris, 06.03.2021
DHS confirms new cybersecurity rules for pipeline companiesThe measures follow a ransomware attack that halted Colonial Pipeline deliveries for several days.By K. Holt, 05.27.2021
Supreme Court asked to review case against border device searchesThe ACLU and EFF believe the searches are unconstitutional.By J. Fingas, 04.24.2021
SolarWinds hack reportedly accessed emails for key DHS officialsOther important officials were also targets.By J. Fingas, 03.29.2021
Department of Homeland Security tells US businesses to avoid Chinese techUS businesses risk reputational and legal ruin if they use Chinese technology.By D. Cooper, 12.23.2020
Civil rights groups demand CBP stops facial recognition expansion at airportsThe ACLU, Electronic Frontier Foundation and others objected to a DHS proposal.By K. Holt, 12.21.2020
Homeland Security is investigating CBP's warrantless phone trackingIt's using a database of commercially available data about device locations.By C. Low, 12.04.2020
Federal cybersecurity agency calls election 'most secure in American history'Despite baseless claims spread by the president, CISA said there's 'no evidence' of compromised results.By R. Lawler, 11.12.2020
FBI, Homeland Security detail how Iranian hackers stole US voter dataPoorly configured sites were partly to blame.By J. Fingas, 10.31.2020
Feds blame Russia, Iran for election misinformation and threatening emailsThe DNI said threatening email sent to Florida voters came from Iran.By R. Lawler, 10.21.2020
Homeland Security details social media collection from immigrantsThe practice is similar to what's required from visa applicants today.By J. Fingas, 09.08.2019
US government warns China may have access to drone dataIn an alert, it cautions that Chinese-made drones could share information overseas.By C. Fisher, 05.20.2019
FBI, DHS task forces to address election security are now permanentFBI director Christopher Wray called attempts to impact US elections a '365-day a year' issue.By R. Lawler, 04.26.2019
DOJ report finds foreign meddling had no impact on midterm electionsUnfortunately, the actual details are under wraps.By J. Fingas, 02.05.2019
Shutdown means government won't engage with the tech industry at CESAt least ten officials are no-shows at the event.By J. Fingas, 01.05.2019
Face scanning in US airports is rife with technical problemsHomeland Security's project might not make its 2021 target date.By J. Fingas, 09.25.2018