computer security

More trouble for Va. computer contractor

Northern Virginia-based technology contractor Northrop Grumman has recently come under fire for being six months behind on a $2.3 billion contract to administer the state’s computers. Legislators are now poised to scrutinize the costly 10-year contract. But that is the least of Northrop’s problems. A team of Canadian student journalists investigating the global electronic waste… Read more »

Glen Allen man charged in Fannie Mae plot

Computer programmer and Henrico resident Rajendrasinh B. Makwana pleaded not guilty Friday to a federal charge that he planted a virus on Fannie Mae’s computer system that was designed to wipe out all of the company’s data nationwide.