The system allows law enforcement agencies across the country to share data. Proponents tout it as a benefit to public safety while others have raised privacy concerns.

A former Western Sydney University student accused of hacking the school’s databases and threatening to sell student information on the dark web was motivated by “a series of personal ...

Judge limits DOGE's access to OPM records containing personal information, while the Supreme Court separately allows the department access to Social Security systems.

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A security researcher found a massive public database of user records, spanning popular platforms like Facebook, Instagram, and Apple. What's worse, the database contained credentials for ...

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As part of the sweeping layoffs that rocked HHS, the entire staff that oversaw an annual survey to better understand infant and maternal health was placed on administrative leave.

New records show that the F.B.I. identified Bryan Kohberger as a potential murder suspect after tapping consumer databases that were supposed to be off limits.

The American Federation of Teachers, a union representing more than 1.8 million educators, had sued to keep members of Mr. Musk’s government efficiency team out of the Education Department’s ...

But the court said it did not have sufficient evidence to decide whether the government should have obtained a warrant before it searched databases of information collected under FISA Section 702 ...

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From Trump campaign signs to Planned Parenthood bumper stickers, license plate readers around the US are creating searchable databases that reveal Americans’ political leanings and more.