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Feds asked to sit out Defcon hacking conference this year

Some hackers don't like the idea of socializing with government agents at Defcon following recent US surveillance revelations

By Lucian Constantin

Jul 11, 2013 3 mins

Cybercrime Government IT Verizon

Agency destroys $170K worth of IT gear over non-existent malware threat

Another $3 million worth of equipment at the Economic Development Administration would have met same fate but for lack of funds

By Jaikumar Vijayan

Jul 10, 2013 6 mins

Data Center Government IT Malware

Obama touts free and open data, says it creates jobs

One app-based firm says government data 'critical' to its success

By Patrick Thibodeau

Jul 9, 2013 3 mins

Enterprise Applications Government IT

NASA preps long-distance rescue plan for crippled Kepler telescope

Space telescope has been spinning out of control and not working since May

By Sharon Gaudin

Jul 8, 2013 3 mins

Computers and Peripherals Government Government IT

Brazilian government wants answers from US following reports of NSA spying in Brazil

The NSA reportedly leverages the partnerships that a U.S. telecommunications firm has with foreign companies to access foreign data

By Lucian Constantin

Jul 8, 2013 2 mins

Cybercrime Data Center Government IT

EU-US data sharing deals come up for review amid Prism scandal

EU officials will assess how the US is using European data

By Jennifer Baker

Jul 5, 2013 3 mins

Cybercrime Data Center Government IT

Online protests against NSA surveillance planned for July 4 get off to slow start

High profile websites have yet to join in

By Lucian Constantin

Jul 4, 2013 2 mins

Cybercrime Government IT Mozilla

EU guide helps governments avoid vendor lock-in

Open standards could save the EU more than a!1 billion

By Jennifer Baker

Jun 25, 2013 2 mins

Data Center Government IT

Cosmonauts on spacewalk to add lab to space station, NASA reports

First of multiple spacewalks slated to prep orbiter for addition of multi-purpose Russian module

By Sharon Gaudin

Jun 24, 2013 2 mins

Government Government IT Technology Industry

Data center outage takes French state financial system offline for four days

A storage failure lasting less than an hour resulted in a four-day outage in an SAP system used to pay state suppliers

By Peter Sayer

Jun 24, 2013 3 mins

ERP Systems Enterprise Storage Government IT