Government Struggles With Federal Cyberdefense Efforts
A ten billion dollar annual effort to shield sensitive government data struggles to keep pace with rising cyberattacks. Federal workers and contractors across more than a dozen agencies account for about half of yearly incidents since 2010, according to an Associated Press analysis, with phishing links and malware exposure driving risk.
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