America covers cybersecurity incidents, policy, privacy, public services, advisories, and regional developments affecting digital security.
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America covers cybersecurity and information-security developments connected to America, including incidents, policy, privacy, advisories, research, and news affecting organizations, public services, and digital systems in the area.
For practitioners, the tag provides geographic context for developments involving America's organizations, services, partners, and users. Individual articles provide the specific technologies, threats, sectors, and operational implications relevant to each development.
The U.S. Department of Justice has announced the indictment of several India-based call centers and their directors for targeting Americans with Social Security, IRS, and loan phone call scams. [...]
American media and publishing giant News Corp has disclosed today that it was the target of a "persistent" cyberattack. The attack discovered sometime this January, reportedly allowed threat actors to access emails and documents of some News Corp employees, including journalists. [...]
Target, one of the largest American department store chains and e-commerce retailers, has open sourced 'Merry Maker' - its years-old proprietary scanner for payment card skimming. [...]