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Medtronic Spends $4.4 Million Settling Country-of-Origin Lawsuit
Apr 7, 2015Medtronic made no admission of guilt in the settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice, which claimed Medtronic misled the military about the origin of its medical devices. Chris Newmarker Medtronic will pay $4.4 million to settle a ...
Tags: Chris Newmarker, medtech giant, Medicine
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Obama Signed Into Law H.R. 4007 to Protect and Secure Chemical Facilities
Jan 14, 2015President Barack Obama signed into law H.R. 4007, the Protecting and Securing Chemical Facilities from Terrorist Attacks Act of 2014. The law reauthorizes the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism ...
Tags: tiering methodology, Construction
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A Panel of Medical Experts Would Review Proposed Medical Malpractice Claims
Feb 27, 2014A selection of health policy stories from Kentucky, Texas, Georgia, South Carolina, California, Colorado and Florida. The Associated Press: Ky. Senate Passes Bill Creating Malpractice Panels A panel of medical experts would review ...
Tags: Whistleblower Case, Malpractice Panel, Woman Health, Low-Income Adult
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PINs Compromised in Target Hack
Jan 6, 2014We were already aware of the existence of illicit marketplaces teeming with tools for cybercriminals looking to subvert the security of online networks. But one of the latest revelations from the cache of documents stolen by NSA ...
Tags: cybercriminals, security of online networks, Edward Snowden, NSA
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NSA Propagated Malware Around The World in a Bid to Infiltrate and Compromise
Nov 26, 2013The US National Security Agency (NSA) propagated malware around the world in a bid to infiltrate and compromise more than 50,000 networks. The claim is the latest in the Edward Snowden disclosures and published in the German newspaper ...
Tags: Computer Products, software
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Yahoo Will Encrypt All Users Personal Data by March Next Year
Nov 21, 2013Yahoo will encrypt all users personal data by March next year, the web firm's CEO Marissa Mayer has said. Yahoo, along with other web firms including Apple, Microsoft and Google, have been subject to thousands of data requests under the ...
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OSHA Has Scheduled a Meeting of The Federal Advisory Council
Nov 19, 2013The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has scheduled a meeting of the Federal Advisory Council on Occupational Safety and Health Dec. 5, 2013, in Washington, D.C. FACOSH advises the Secretary of Labor on all matters relating to ...
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Edward Snowden's Disclosures About NSA Collection of Massive Amounts of Personal Data
Nov 17, 2013Congressional lawmakers held hearings this week to determine what, if any, changes can be made to U.S. government surveillance programs, with Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) calling for increased transparency into federal data collection ...
Tags: Computer Products, software
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Intelligence Agencies Have Been Developing Their Own Mass Internet
Nov 4, 2013Intelligence agencies across Europe have been developing their own mass internet and phone surveillance capabilities in partnership with the UK's GCHQ electronic intelligence agency. That is the latest claim to arise from the cache of US ...
Tags: Phone, smartphone
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NSA and GCHQ Have Tapped The Communications Networks of Popular Internet Companies
Oct 31, 2013The latest documents to be leaked via whistleblower Edward Snowden suggest that the US National Security Agency (NSA) and GCHQ have tapped the communications networks of popular internet companies. "Top secret" documents published in the ...
Tags: Computer Products, web security
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NSA Has Allegedly Monitored 60 Million Phone Calls in Spain in Just One Month
Oct 29, 2013The US National Security Agency (NSA) has allegedly monitored 60 million phone calls in Spain in just one month. The reports, stemming from Spanish newspaper El Mundo, claim that documents provided by former NSA ...
Tags: Merkel Phone-Tapping
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NSA Has Been Tapping The French Phone System 'on a Massive Scale'
Oct 22, 2013The US National Security Agency (NSA) has been tapping the French phone system "on a massive scale", according to the latest revelations uncovered by NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden. The latest documents suggest that the NSA collected ...
Tags: Computer Products, software, webservice
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NSA Is Harvesting Data From Contact Lists of Millions of Personal Email
Oct 16, 2013The National Security Agency (NSA) is harvesting data from contact lists of millions of personal email and instant messenger accounts from across the globe, according to documents leaked by whistleblower Edward Snowden. The latest Prism ...
Tags: Computer Products, software
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Soni Is Responsible for Building End-to-End Cloud Hosting Capabilities
Sep 22, 2013The idea that cloud computing providers could suffer as a result of the US National Security Agency's (NSA) policy of obtaining data from web companies as part of its Prism surveillance programme is a "red herring", argues Bobby Soni, chief ...
Tags: Computer Products, software, Cloud Industry
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Dr Hallam-Baker Has Published a Paper Calling for a More Robust Internet Architecture
Sep 16, 2013Dr Phillip Hallam-Baker, a vice president and principal scientist in charge of web security software development at security software vendor Comodo, has published a paper calling for a more robust internet architecture that can combat web ...
Tags: Computer Products, software