The US Government will request 5 years’ worth of social media details for 14 million visa applicants, if this proposal goes into effect.
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US cybersecurity plan won’t stop the government getting hacked – but it’s a start
A new strategy unveiled by the White House this week should help the US to improve its flawed cyberdefenses, but even the US CIO admits that there can never be perfect security.
Facebook threats against Pokémon World Championships lead to arrests in Boston
Two men are being held without bail after they allegedly made threats on Facebook promising violence against attendees of the Pokémon World Championships.
Court might force US to reveal details of secret WiFi kill switch
The Feds have been arguing for years that disclosing the protocol, SOP 303, would endanger people. 
Super Bowl XLIX – a costly spectacle amid heightened security and surveillance
The Department of Homeland Security has declared that there is not a specific, credible threat against the Super Bowl this year, but that’s not stopping the agency from going all out on security and surveillance.
Department of Homeland Security employee data breached in “state-sponsored attack”
Personal data may well have been snatched out of the US government’s top employee background-checking firm in what officials are calling a major security breach. 