Cybersecurity

The government entity would be tasked with creating a strategy to anticipate and detect cyber threats and promote cybersecurity awareness. The center’s creation was one of Gov. Greg Abbott’s emergency items for state legislators this year.

The governor touted Texas’ strong economy in his State of the State address Sunday, where he also laid out priorities he wants lawmakers to focus on in the months ahead. These include creating a school voucher-like program and lowering property taxes.

Robocalls from AT&T numbers overloaded the system for several hours on Sunday.

Staff at local Ascension hospitals had been forced to rely on paper charting methods for nearly a month following a major cybersecurity breach.

A ransomware attack has rendered multiple digital technology systems integral to the hospital's typical operations inaccessible.

An investigation into the "unusual activity" on Ascension's technology systems is ongoing.

A security event affecting two of the local hospital system's websites in March may have put some patients' sensitive information at risk.

The order follows a ransomware attack on a company that operates a pipeline that provides nearly half of the gasoline and jet fuel for the East Coast.

The massive pipeline, which supplies 45% of the East Coast's gasoline and jet fuel, was forced to shut down over the weekend. The company says it has one line operating under manual control.

Russian hackers exploited gaps in U.S. defenses and spent months in government and corporate networks in one of the most effective cyber-espionage campaigns of all time. This is how they did it.