In this March 23, 2017, file photo, Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairman nominee Jay Clayton testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington at his confirmation hearing before the Senate Banking Committee. The SEC says a cyber breach of a filing system it uses may have provided the basis for some illegal trading in 2016. In a statement posted Wednesday, Sept. 20, evening on the SEC’s website, Clayton says a review of the agency’s cybersecurity risk profile determined that the previously detected “incident” was caused by “a software vulnerability” in its EDGAR filing system. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

SEC chair: No PII leaked in breach, still ‘concerns me deeply’

Senators pressed Clayton for details about the 2016 cyberattack on the SEC, which was just disclosed last week, as well as the massive Equifax breach that was disclosed earlier this month.

By: Brad D. Williams

Deloitte hit by cyberattack, says 'very few clients' affected

The Guardian newspaper reported Monday that the breached system had information from a range of clients, including large companies and U.S. government departments.

By: The Associated Press
In this June 7, 2017, file photo, from left, Acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, National Intelligence Director Dan Coats, and National Security Agency Director Adm. Michael Rogers are seated during a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing about the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act on Capitol Hill in Washington. Intelligence and law enforcement officials across the government lobbied Congress on Monday, Sept. 25, to let them conduct broad surveillance on foreign targets in coming years, saying it helps prevent terrorist and cyberattacks on the United States. Coats said getting the highly contentious section of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act renewed is his “top priority this year.” (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

Feds want foreign surveillance authority renewed

Intelligence and law enforcement officials across the government lobbied Congress Monday to let them conduct broad surveillance on foreign targets in coming years, saying it helps prevent terrorist and cyberattacks on the United States.

By: Deb Reichmann
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DHS office leading the way on federal cyber innovation [Commentary]

One office in the federal government is having an outsized, positive impact on bringing private sector innovation to government cybersecurity problem solving.

By: Chris Cummiskey
FILE- In this June 12, 2017, file photo, Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke, left, listens as President Donald Trump speaks during a Cabinet meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington. Zinke said Monday, Sept. 25, that nearly one-third of employees at his department are not loyal to him and Trump, adding that he is working to change the department's regulatory culture to be more business friendly. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Zinke: One-third of Interior employees not loyal to Trump

Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke, a former Navy SEAL, said he knew when he took over the 70,000-employee department in March that, “I got 30 percent of the crew that’s not loyal to the flag.”

By: Matthew Daly, The Associated Press
Sen. Bob Corker is chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP)

Senate Foreign Relations chairman won't seek re-election

Corker has tangled with President Donald Trump, both publicly and via Twitter.

By: The Associated Press
Three statues portraying a wounded soldier being helped, stand on the grounds of the Minneapolis VA Hospital in June 2014. (Jim Mone/AP)

Top VA health official steps down as major reforms loom

Poonam Alaigh said in a letter to staff on Monday that she was stepping aside for family reasons.

By: Leo Shane III
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson leaves after speaking at the State Department in Washington on Aug. 22, 2017, to discuss Afghanistan. (Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP)

Tillerson to meet Cuba official amid probe into 'attacks'

At least 21 U.S. diplomats have suffered physical symptoms, including brain damage and hearing loss, since late last year as a result of what Tillerson has described as “health attacks.”

By: Matthew Lee, The Associated Press

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