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Dec 26 2022
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More Money For Info Ops, Army Recruiting, Cyber In Omnibus
Defense research and development spending would rise again in 2023 if the House approves the omnibus spending bill passed by the Senate on Thursday. The bill contains $136.7 billion for research, development, test, and evaluation funding, nearly $10 billion more than the Biden administration asked and $20.5 billion up from last year.
A quick look at defense tech investments for existing
Defense OneOct 23 2019
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Scoop: Cyber memo warns of new risks to White House network
An internal memo on cybersecurity, obtained by Axios, warns that "the White House is posturing itself to be electronically compromised once again."
The state of play: That's after at least a dozen top- or high-level officials have resigned or been pushed out of a cybersecurity mission that was established under Barack Obama to protect the White House from Russian hacking and other
AxiosFeb 04 2022
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News Corp. says it was hacked; believed to be China-linked
News Corp, publisher of The Wall Street Journal, said Friday that it had been hacked and had data stolen from journalists and other employees, and a cybersecurity firm investigating the intrusion said Chinese intelligence-gathering was believed behind the operation.
The Journal, citing people briefed on the intrusion, reported that it appeared to date back to February 2020 and that
Associated PressOct 04 2022
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US faces election worker shortage ahead of midterms due to rise in threats
Officials warn the U.S. is facing a shortage of election workers ahead of the November midterms due to a rise in threats against those performing such jobs that experts link to false claims of widespread fraud in the 2020 election.
In an interview last month, Kim Wyman, senior election security lead at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), said because of those
The HillDec 14 2021
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U.S. warns new software flaw leaves millions of computers vulnerable
The top U.S. cybersecurity agency is warning that a new, easy-to-exploit software vulnerability has likely lead to hundreds of millions of computer hacks around the world.
The flaw is in Log4j, a snippet of open-source code widely used in internet applications around the world to help track users’ activity. Since Log4j is used in so many applications, and most modern organizations’
NBC News DigitalMar 12 2021
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Cyberattacks on Schools Soared During the Pandemic
Cyberattacks on school districts surged by a whopping 18 percent in calendar year 2020, likely due to the greater reliance on classroom technology during the pandemic, according to a report released March 10 by the K12 Security Information Exchange and the K-12 Cybersecurity Resource Center.
There were 408 publicly disclosed cyberattacks last calendar year, compared with 348 in 2019,
Education WeekAug 30 2016
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Election systems hacked in Illinois, Arizona: ‘The FBI is very much worried’
Cybersecurity expert: ‘This is a big deal’
Washington TimesNov 17 2022
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Elon Musk gives Twitter employees an ultimatum: Stay or go by tomorrow
New owner Elon Musk has told remaining Twitter employees they will need to decide by Thursday afternoon whether to stay at the company or quit.
In an email to staff entitled "A Fork in the Road," Musk said Twitter would "need to be extremely hardcore" to succeed. Those who choose to stay should expect long, intense hours of work. Those who leave will receive three months' severance pay
NPR (Online News)Feb 08 2018
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DHS cyber chief: Russia 'successfully penetrated' some state voter rolls
A U.S. cybersecurity official said Wednesday that Russia "successfully penetrated" the voter rolls in a small number of states in 2016.
The HillMar 22 2021
Analysis
The fraught U.S.-China climate relationship
The last 72 hours highlighted hurdles and opportunities for U.S.-China cooperation on climate at a time of very deep divisions over human rights, cybersecurity and more.
Driving the news: Chinese state media, in a weekend readout of high-level U.S.-China talks in Alaska on Thursday and Friday, said one outcome of the multitopic meeting will be a "joint working group" on climate.
Axios