Cybersecurity

In this Nov. 13, 2013, file photo, Rep. Fred Upton, R-Mich., speaks in Washington. AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

Energy and Environment

House panel unveils sweeping energy bill

Zack Colman · July 21, 2015 3:15 am

FBI Director James Comey testifies during the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Comey presents case against ‘strong encryption’

Jimmy Soni · July 20, 2015 4:01 am

Former government employees and other U.S. citizens may have had their personal information stolen in a cyberattack on the OPM.

U.S. needs a new cybersecurity strategy

Nathan Rubbelke · July 20, 2015 4:01 am

Sen. Dianne Feinstein, left, talks with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell at the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, DC. (Paul Morigi/Getty Images for Haspel)

Senate, once again, looks to bring back CISA

Charlie Mitchell · July 20, 2015 4:01 am

Before testifying Tuesday morning about immigration, Jeh Johnson penned an op-ed in Politico calling on Congress to take three critical steps to help him protect the federal government's information and IT systems. (AP Photo)Â

DHS says OPM hacks served as wake-up call

Nicole Duran · July 14, 2015 6:02 pm

This July 28, 2011 file photo shows Rep. Mo Brooks, R-Ala., left, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

National Security

Lawmaker offers bill to punish cyber hackers with trade sanctions

Elizabeth Potter · July 14, 2015 4:45 pm

Rep. David Cicilline, D-R.I., questions Deputy Attorney General James Cole as he testifies before the House Judiciary Committee hearing on Examining Recommendations to Reform FISA Authorities, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2014. Cicilline is the newest member of the committee. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Should the feds take control over breach notification laws?

Katie Nelson · July 13, 2015 4:01 am

Army Specialist Shenandoah Rogers, of the Arizona National Guard's 180th Field Artillery unit, works his computer's joy stick controlling a remote TV camera, as he monitors a suspected illegal alien crossing a fence line June 30, 2006 in Nogales, Arizona, on the southern border with Nogales, Sonora, Mexico. (Photo by Gary Williams/Getty Images)

National Security

New data breach: Army National Guard

Barbara Boland · July 11, 2015 7:44 pm

Referring to the "Internet of Things," the FBI described a variety of Internet-connected devices that can be hacked. (AP Photo)Â

Beltway Confidential

The OPM hack: Putting 22 million victims in perspective

Jason Russell · July 11, 2015 4:01 am

OPM director resigns hours after revealing second huge data breach

OPM director resigns hours after revealing second huge data breach

Susan Crabtree · July 10, 2015 6:25 pm

Witnesses, from left, Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Director Katherine Archuleta; OPM Chief Information Officer Tony Scott; Assistant Secretary of Office of Cybersecurity and Communications National Protection and Programs Directorate at the Department of Homeland Security Andy Ozment and OPM Inspector General Patrick E. McFarland, are sworn in on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Beltway Confidential

OPM just wrote the worst press release ever

Pete Kasperowicz · July 10, 2015 2:22 pm

Office of Personnel Management Director Katherine Archuleta testified on Capitol Hill on Thursday, June 25, 2015. Associated Press.Â

Government hacks hit 22.1 million

Nicole Duran · July 9, 2015 11:59 pm