Senators petition ICE to curtail ‘Orwellian’ use of facial recognition, surveillance technology
Sens. Edward Markey, D-Mass., and Ron Wyden, D-OR. call on the agency to stop purchasing private information from data brokers.
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EXCLUSIVE: VA downplays risk assessment report
A 2013 internal security risk assessment of the Department of Veterans Affairs’ main electronic health record system that warned a data breach was “practically unavoidable” did not…
Software glitch affected more than 5,000 veterans, VA says
The Department of Veterans Affairs today said initial estimates show as many as 5,351 veterans may have been impacted by a software glitch Jan. 15 that exposed…
VA software glitch allowed data to be altered, exposed tens of thousands of veterans
The software glitch that forced the Department of Veterans Affairs to take down the eBenefits Web portal over the weekend may have affected far more veterans than…
VA investigates eBenefits privacy breach, website down
Editor’s note: Story has been updated to include a statement from VA. The Department of Veterans Affairs is investigating a problem with the joint VA-Defense Department eBenefits…