Hackers who breached a Kansas Department of Commerce data system in March had access to more than 5.5 million Social Security numbers in 10 states, along with another 805,000 accounts that didn’t include the Social Security numbers, according to records obtained from the agency. Source: Kansas data breach gives hackers access to millions of Social…
Apple Inc on Wednesday said it is setting up its first data center in China, in partnership with a local internet services company, to comply with tougher cyber-security laws introduced last month. Source: Apple sets up China data center to meet new cyber-security rules
The Trump administration is finalizing plans to revamp the military command for defensive and offensive cyber operations. Source: US moves to revamp cyberwar command – The Boston Globe
Customer records for at least 14 million subscribers, including phone numbers and account PINs, were exposed. Source: Millions of Verizon customer records exposed in security lapse
The proposed expansion of NIST’s mission comes as the agency is quickly working to meet mandates in the cybersecurity executive order. Source: NIST Cyber Advisers Anxious Over Auditing Agencies