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ISIS Dumps 40,000 Tweets a Day on France

The French government has released some stunning figures to illustrate the intensity of ISIS recruiting efforts in their country. There are at least 2,600 websites in French, run by the terror state and its supporters, and they generate over 40,000 Twitter messages per day, reaching some 2.8 million followers.

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Potential TurboTax Class Action Lawsuits Allege Mass Online Tax Fraud

Millions of TurboTax users will be troubled by a lawsuit that was filed Monday in San Francisco against Intuit, Inc. claiming that when the firm knew TurboTax’s lax software security protections were allowing a huge spike in tax refund theft, TurboTax failed to correct weaknesses or notify customers about ongoing risks.

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Burr Touts Cybersecurity Legislation In GOP Weekly Address

Senator Richard Burr (R-NC) touted the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015 in Saturday’s GOP Weekly Address. Transcript (via ABC News Radio) as Follows: Hello, I’m Senator Richard Burr from the great state of North Carolina and I’m honored to chair

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Sen Johnson: US Must Address Cybersecurity Threats

Senator Ron Johnson (R-WI) emphasized the importance of passing information-sharing legislation designed to enhance cybersecurity during the GOP Weekly Address on Saturday. Transcript (via ABC News Radio) as Follows: “Hi, I’m Senator Ron Johnson, from the great state of Wisconsin.

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WH Website Has Security Snafu During Obama’s Cybersecurity Summit

The White House website suffered security breaches this weekend at the same time President Obama was addressing a Stanford University cybersecurity summit, an unfortunately ill-timed incident for an administration many see as languishing in the fight to protect the nation’s cyber institutions.

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Edward Snowden Leaks Increase Global Fears About Privacy

Polls from around the world show that people now are more concerned over online privacy and cybersecurity since Edward Snowden leaked tens of thousands of pages of America’s secret intelligence reports. A recent poll found that 60 percent of respondents in 24 developed

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Bolton: Those With Cyberattack Capability ‘Will Use It’

Former UN Ambassador John Bolton argued that those who have cyberattack capability “will use it” and that “the United States does not have adequate offensive cyberwarfare capabilities” on Thursday’s “On the Record” on the Fox News Channel. Bolton stated that

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Psaki Won’t Call Sony Hack ‘Cyberterrorism’

State Department Spokesperson Jen Psaki declined to dub the hacking of Sony as “cyberterrorism” terming it a “cyberhack” and arguing that there isn’t any point in “putting new labels on it” on Thursday’s “The Lead” on CNN. She added, “I

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Hollywood Reacts to Sony Pulling ‘The Interview’

Trey Wingo I’m sorry….but find me one theater where “The Interview” will run…and I’m there. Who’s with me? #TeamAmerica — trey wingo (@wingoz) December 17, 2014 Bruce Arthur I hope Seth Rogan and James Franco’s movie about their movie being

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