WASHINGTON — The military has released some court documents in the case of an Army private accused of giving classified material to the anti-secrecy website WikiLeaks. The 84 documents released Wednesday include rulings that were read aloud in court and ...

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WASHINGTON — Warning that American companies are the target of an intensive cyber-espionage campaign, President Barack Obama’s top security officials said Wednesday they are struggling to defend the nation from attacks on its private computer networks and called on Congress ...

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WASHINGTON — Inaugural officials are planning more staff, signs and metal detectors to prevent the pedestrian jams that clogged the National Mall last time President Barack Obama was sworn in. Sen. Chuck Schumer, who is chairing the committee in charge ...

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ANNAPOLIS — For 26 out-of-state trips, the state of Maryland spent $98,460 on Gov. Martin O’Malley’s security detail from January until Sept. 18. The Maryland State Police released the figure at the request of a Public Information Act request by ...

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As consumers feverishly clicked from website to website and filled their virtual shopping carts with heavily discounted items, teams of Maryland cybersecurity professionals spent Cyber Monday monitoring their activity behind the scenes.

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SAN FRANCISCO — Twitter says it mistakenly reset the passwords of some users as part of a routine security check-up. Thursday’s mix-up triggered warnings on technology blogs and in tweets that the online messaging service had been attacked by computer ...

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WASHINGTON — A new White House executive order would direct U.S. spy agencies to share the latest intelligence about cyberthreats with companies operating electric grids, water plants, railroads and other vital industries to help protect them from electronic attacks, according ...

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WASHINGTON — Employers are increasingly allowing their employees to use their own laptops, tablets, smart phones and other mobile devices for work purposes — and that is creating a plethora of potential legal issues. Employment defense lawyers say that every ...

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WASHINGTON — U.S. officials say the number of people with access to some of the nation’s most carefully guarded secrets topped 4.86 million people in 2011. That’s up from 4.7 million people granted security clearances the year before, likely reflecting ...

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WASHINGTON — If you’re reading this online, you’re fine. The day that was supposed to see thousands of people knocked off the Internet has arrived, but only a few people were affected. Thousands of Internet users across the U.S. and ...

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