Where the tech workers are (map)
Maryland has the highest concentration of technical workers of any state in the U.S., while Mississippi has the lowest, according to data from the annual American Community Survey (ACS) released this fall.
The term "technical workers" counts those employed in a computer, engineering or science job as a portion of the overall adult civilian workforce.
Other states with high portions of tech workers after Maryland at 8.6% are: Virginia 8.0%, Washington state 7.5%, Massachusetts 7.3% and Colorado 7.0%. The U.S. average is 5.2%. Washington, D.C., came in at 9.6% with a 1.0% margin of error. Read more...
Google: Phishers stole e-mail from U.S. officials, others
Google has disrupted what it believes to be a targeted phishing campaign aimed at stealing e-mail from government officials, contractors and military personnel.
The criminals behind the campaign have broken into hundreds of Gmail accounts belonging to "U.S. government officials, Chinese political activists, officials in several Asian countries (predominantly South Korea), military personnel and journalists," among others, Google said in a blog post published Wednesday. Read more...