The FCC Wants to Kill Burner Phones

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New FCC router ban could leave home networks less secure

On Monday, the Federal Communications Commission FCC updated its list of insecure equipment, outlining its reasons for adding all consumer-grade routers made outside the US. Effectively, this would stop foreign-made routers from being imported unless their manufacturers obtain an exemption, due t...

Federal Commission Phished, Employees' Information Leaked

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission CFTC, an independent federal agency that helps regulate futures and option markets, was hit with a data breach last month according to an e-mail statement from the Commission that circulated online late last week. The e-mail confirmed an attacker was...