More than 50 years after the death of computing pioneer Alan Turing, a movement is cresting to reboot the record of the British mathematician's life. The Washington Post From ACM TechNews | September 20, 2013
Last week, Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh became one of the latest—and most prestigious—schools to partner with the National Security Agency on a program...The Washington Post From ACM News | September 11, 2013
As President Obama weighed U.S. air strikes in Syria this week, a lone American hacker was waging his own attack on the Syrian government.The Washington Post From ACM Careers | August 29, 2013
Just weeks after The Washington Post had our own run-in with the Syrian Electronic Army (SEA), the New York Times is down, and the SEA is claiming responsibility...The Washington Post From ACM News | August 28, 2013
The U.S. National Security Agency illegally collected up to 56,000 "wholly domestic" communications each year from 2008 to 2011. The Washington Post From ACM TechNews | August 23, 2013
It's not evident from the way his hair flops casually down and across, nor from his equally relaxed demeanor, but John Hanke is one of Google's most important idea...The Washington Post From ACM Opinion | August 21, 2013
Twelve years later, the cranes and earthmovers around the National Security Agency are still at work, tearing up pavement and uprooting trees to make room for a...The Washington Post From ACM News | July 26, 2013
In 1984, the Supreme Court rejected Hollywood's argument that the record button on the Betamax VCR made its manufacturer, Sony, liable for copyright infringement...The Washington Post From ACM News | July 25, 2013
In late 2005, as Iraqi roadside bombings were nearing an all-time peak, the National Security Agency's newly appointed chief began pitching a radical plan for halting...The Washington Post From ACM News | July 24, 2013
A secret court on Friday extended the National Security Agency's authority to collect and store the phone records of tens of millions of American cellphone customers...The Washington Post From ACM News | July 23, 2013
Dozens of computer security experts have filed a brief in support of Andrew Auernheimer's attempt to overturn his conviction on computer-hacking charges. The Washington Post From ACM TechNews | July 12, 2013
Given that Bitcoin first broke into mainstream attention when Gawker explained how to use it to buy drugs, perhaps the surprise is that it took federal regulators...The Washington Post From ACM Opinion | May 15, 2013
Federal investigators in Northern California routinely used a sophisticated surveillance system to scoop up data from cellphones and other wireless devices in an...The Washington Post From ACM News | March 29, 2013
The determination by Congress and President Obama to protect networks of critical U.S. industries from hackers and cyberspies is creating an explosive growth opportunity—for...The Washington Post From ACM News | March 25, 2013
The federal government is reducing support for academic laboratories across the United States to satisfy the sequester mandate to cut spending. The budget sequester...The Washington Post From ACM TechNews | March 20, 2013
The Pentagon's Cyber Command will create 13 offensive teams by the fall of 2015 to help defend the nation against major computer attacks from abroad, Gen. Keith...The Washington Post From ACM News | March 13, 2013
Privacy advocates fear linking cars with wireless networks may be giving automakers, software developers, and police officers access to such information. The Washington Post From ACM TechNews | March 6, 2013
Cars will soon be so linked into wireless networks they will be like giant rolling smartphones—with calling systems, streaming video, cameras, and apps capable...The Washington Post From ACM News | March 6, 2013
A new White House directive will allow the general public more access to federally funded scientific research, the Obama administration announced at the end of...The Washington Post From ACM News | February 27, 2013