data breach

A new improved open data platform is now available for stakeholders of transportation of Ag products domestically and overseas.  "And we thinks it's making the platform even bigger and better than it's ever been in its previous two iterations. And ...

With cyberattacks against JBS and Colonial pipeline in the news, USDA is stepping up its data security efforts. "We are having conversations, I just had one yesterday about how we are going to ensure that we have a strong system within USDA that we can bolster the capacity to make our systems strong," noted Deputy Agriculture Secretary Jewel Bronaugh ...

The personal information of some Oregon State University students and faculty members may have been compromised during a computer security breach. According to school officials, a hacker accessed a computer server for the university’s E-campus online education program this summer, gaining access to records containing the names and OSU email addresses of about 1,700 students and faculty. The ...

Washington State University has agreed to pay up to $4.7 million to settle a lawsuit that came after a hard drive containing the personal information of more than a million people was stolen from a self-storage locker in 2017.  According to the Seattle Times in a settlement approved in King County Superior Court Thursday, the university agreed to pay up to $4.7 mi...