Federal Government Expanding API’s, FBI Seizes 3 Android App Sites, and More

Here is today’s federal cybersecurity and information technology news:

As part of Chief Information Officer Steven VanRoekel’s digital strategy to make application programming interfaces “the new default in government,” U.S. foreign assistance payments, nuclear reactors’ daily event reports and a national sex offender registry will soon be released with API’s to allow automatically updated streaming datasets. More here.
The leader of the Chicago cell of a major international hacking and ATM fraud network has been sentenced by a Federal District Judge to serve two years and six months in federal prison. More here.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation has seized three websites alleged to have distributed copies of Android applications in violation of copyright laws. More here.
A new set of instructions before federal court cases goes out of its way to inform jurors that they may not use Internet-connected mobile devices or social media during trial and deliberations. More here.
Children’s health and privacy groups asked the Federal Trade Commission to investigate online, viral advertising promotions aimed at children. More here.
The federal government has made a deal with Apple to offer e-book versions of federal government documents on iTunes. More here.

This post by AlexOlesker was first published at CTOvision.com.