Documents allegedly stolen include many from the CIA and the NSA, say prosecutors
No replacement yet named for White House chief infosec officer
Departure of Cory Louie comes as observers wonder when Trump will sign his delayed EO on cybersecurity
How would you feel about your kids’ teachers wearing a body camera?
It may just be a trial at the moment, but there are privacy and ethical issues for schools to consider when they issue body cameras to teachers
News in brief: Big Brother in India; hacking warning to journalists; WordPress sites hit
Your daily round-up of some of the other stories in the news
Genetically Modified Salmonella Destroys Cancer By Provoking An Immune Response, Study Finds
schwit1 quotes a report from San Diego Union-Tribune: A genetically modified bacterium destroys tumors by provoking an immune response, according to a study published Wednesday. Using mice and cultures of human cancer cells, a South Korean-led scientific team demonstrated that…
Attacks On WordPress Sites Intensify As Hackers Deface Over 1.5 Million Pages
An anonymous reader writes: “Attacks on WordPress sites using a vulnerability in the REST API, patched in WordPress version 4.7.2, have intensified over the past two days, as attackers have now defaced over 1.5 million pages, spread across 39,000 unique…
A Guide To Friday's Comet-Eclipse-Full-Moon Triple Feature
SonicSpike quotes a report from CNET: Even if you aren’t a space nerd whose idea of a good time is craning your neck to stare into the vast nothingness of space on a frigid evening, this Friday the heavens will…
Tesla Employee Calls For Unionization, Musk Says That's 'Morally Outrageous'
“In a Medium post published today, Tesla employee Jose Moran detailed working conditions at the company’s Freemont factory and called for the factory workers to unionize with United Auto Workers (UAW),” reports Ars Technica. In response, Elon Musk told Gizmodo…
Slashdot Asks: How Do You Know a Developer is Doing a Good Job?
An anonymous reader writes: One of the easiest ways to evaluate a developer is keeping a tab on the amount of value they provide to a business. But the problem with this approach is that the nature of software development…
Scientists Successfully Decode the Genome of Quinoa
Gr8Apes writes: Scientists have successfully decoded the genome of quinoa, a hugely popular “super-food” because it is well balanced and gluten-free. They have pinpointed one of the genes that they believe control the production of saponins (bitter toxic compounds that…