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Jun 25 2015
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Congress ponders: OPM data breach could total 32 million Americans
As many as 32 million Americans might have had their most sensitive data stolen in a breach of the federal government's human resources agency computers, lawmakers speculated Wednesday as pressure grew on President Obama to oust the woman who heads the agency that botched its cybersecurity.
Washington Times
Sep 14 2020
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House approves bill to secure internet-connected federal devices against cyber threats
The House on Monday passed legislation to improve the security of federal internet-connected devices, with the bill garnering bipartisan support.
The Internet of Things (IoT) Cybersecurity Improvement Act, passed unanimously by the House, would require all internet-connected devices purchased by the federal government – including computers, mobile devices, and other products with the
The Hill
Dec 17 2020
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Foreign hack of US government bigger than previously known, CISA warns
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency revealed on Thursday that the massive global hacking campaign conducted by foreign actors is even larger than originally reported.
The cyber actors gained secretive backdoor access in more ways than just through the publicly known SolarWinds software update being corrupted.
“One of the initial access vectors for this activity
Washington Examiner
Jan 22 2017
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Trump doling out plum adviser jobs to rich friends
Rudy Giuliani, one of Donald Trump's top political surrogates and a millionaire, is running point on the president-elect's cybersecurity policies. Carl Icahn, a billionaire friend in New York, is charged with cutting regulations. And, now, Richard LeFrak and Steven Roth, two of his top real-estate friends, are special advisers to build a $1 trillion infrastructure plan.
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Apr 02 2022
Opinion
The Washington Post Finally Gets Around to Confirming the Hunter Biden Laptop Story
On Wednesday, the Washington Post published two articles confirming key details of the Hunter Biden laptop story. Their inquiry into the matter comes just a year and a half after the existence of the laptop and its contents was first reported by the New York Post, and after the authenticity of the emails found on the laptop had been confirmed by most of the paper’s competitors.
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National Review (News)
Aug 19 2020
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Americans Cite Cyberterrorism Among Top Three Threats to U.S.
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- As President Barack Obama rolls out a proposal to increase U.S. cybersecurity funding, Americans view cyberterrorism as a leading threat to U.S. vital interests in the next 10 years. U.S. adults rank cyberterrorism (73%) along with international terrorism (79%) and development of nuclear weapons by Iran (75%) as the highest of a dozen potential threats.
In prior
Gallup
May 21 2017
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What America’s new arms deal with Saudi Arabia says about the Trump administration
President Trump has just announced the sale of a whopping $110 billion to Saudi Arabia which includes “tanks and helicopters for border security, ships for coastal security, intelligence-gathering aircraft, a missile-defense radar system, and cybersecurity tools,” reports ABC News. It forms part of a 10-year, $350 billion agreement in a “strategic vision” between the two countries, reports the
Vox
Jan 01 2021
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Senate overrides Trump veto of defense bill, forcing it into law over president's objection
The Senate voted to override President Trump’s veto of the National Defense Authorization Act, providing the president his first and likely only veto defeat.
The likely final vote of the current Congress provided more than the two-thirds needed to force the NDAA into law over Trump’s objection.
The critical defense and policy bill sets 2021 spending levels at $740 billion and
Washington Examiner
Nov 18 2020
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Trump firing of Chris Krebs after comment rebutting fraud allegations brings backlash
President Trump received fierce pushback -- including some from fellow Republicans -- on Tuesday night after firing Chris Krebs, the director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), following efforts by Krebs to rebut the president's claims of widespread voter fraud.
The Tuesday evening firing happened after Krebs led a campaign at CISA to control rumors about
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