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Cybersecurity

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The TikTok logo is displayed outside a TikTok office on Dec. 20, 2022 in Culver City, California. (Mario Tama / Getty Images)

Not all state TikTok bans are built equally

Nearly half of all states have banned TikTok from government use, only a few have extended those bans to other Chinese-owned tech companies.
Minnesota state capitol building
People gather during a vigil for Renee Good on the steps of the state capitol building on Jan. 09, 2026 in St. Paul, Minnesota. Earlier this week a federal agent fatally shot Good in her car during an incident in south Minneapolis. (Stephen Maturen / Getty Images)

Data breach compromised records of 300K people at Minnesota human services department

An employee of a health care provider with access to state records viewed more “than was reasonably necessary to perform work assignments.”
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Donald Trump embraces Kris Kobach
Preisdent Donald Trump embraces Kris Kobach, then Kansas’s secretary of state and Republican candidate for Kansas governor, during a MAGA rally at Landon Arena in Topeka, Kansas, Oct. 6, 2018. (Mark Reinstein / Corbis via Getty Images)

Kansas AG website briefly hosted ad for ‘AI-generated adult images’

The state website platform operated by Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach recently hosted an advertisement for an illicit service.
Rep. Andrew Garbarino
Rep. Andrew Garbarino (R-NY) departs from a House Ethics Committee closed-door meeting in the Longworth House Office Building on November 20, 2024 in Washington, D.C. (Kevin Dietsch / Getty Images)

House passes bill to reauthorize state and local cyber grant program

The House has passed the uncontroversial PILLAR Act, opening the way for renewal of a well-reviewed cybersecurity grant program.
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