"terrorism" news, interviews, and features

News about terrorism

• Terror streaming bill 'rams through' parliament

  Passes upper house without debate

• Facebook, Google, Twitter sued by father of Paris terror victim

  Reynaldo Gonzalez charges the companies with letting their forums be used as tools of the Islamic State group

• ISIS cyberattack capabilities are unorganized, underfunded -- for now

  Pro-ISIS hackers are largely unsophisticated, but they are looking for experts, Flashpoint says

• Data breaches not among top concerns for tech firms

  New "risk factors" list finds security worries about data leakage are not top of mind, at least as expressed in SEC filings

• Former TSA analyst charged with computer tampering

  He allegedly tried to tamper with databases that track possible terrorists

• Europe extends antiterrorist data-sharing deal with US

  But the extension is only for nine months and Europe could decide to change it next year

Features about terrorism

• Tech apocalypse: Five doomsday scenarios for IT

  Power grid hacks, massive DNS rerouting, solar flares -- end-times for IT may be more likely than you think