Azure Blob Storage, like any object data service, is a high-value target for threat actors due to its critical role in storing and managing massive amounts of unstructured data at scale across diverse ...

We get frustrated when those late-spring frosts decimate our tomato plants that we so enthusiastically planted after we thought spring had finally arrived. But, imagine if that was our only food ...

Police are investigating a Christchurch detective who had a sexual relationship with a rape complainant over allegations he inappropriately accessed her case file. The fresh probe into Detective ...

Dams and levees are critical pieces of our infrastructure and our history. They're one of the oldest type of human-made structures on the planet, and they were one of the first things that that ...

Seven years in the making, a database of police records on misconduct, shootings and use of force causing serious injury or death is now public on the websites of LAist and KQED in San Francisco. The ...

Original story from August 18th, 2025: If you’re a Gmail user, you need to be particularly careful right now as criminals are currently targeting Gmail accounts. Hackers from a group called ...

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The Los Angeles Times today published the Police Records Access Project, a new searchable database featuring once-secret police records. Built by UC Berkeley and Stanford University, 1.5 million pages ...

Former Yrk County Regional Police Officer Sean David Lake is charged with 32 counts of unlawful use of a computer. Lake allegedly misused a police database to access personal information for non-law ...

A new state database tracking police use-of-force data across Washington is now live. State officials say they're hopeful having a centralized database will lead to more data-driven policies and ...

SEATTLE, Wash. – The Attorney General’s Office launched the Washington State Data Exchange for Public Safety to collect police use-of-force data from law enforcement agencies across the state. This ...