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The president’s budget is unlikely to be passed but offers insights on the administration’s priorities ahead of this fall’s election.
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The investigation looks to discover national security concerns before connected vehicles flood the U.S. market.
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An investigation identified Life Corporation and Lingo Telecom as allegedly behind the operation that impersonated President Joe Biden.
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Fake audio of President Biden urged Democratic primary voters to stay away from the polls — a preview of election meddling to come in 2024.
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The White House stopped a railroad strike this week and the San Francisco Police Department now has the power to kill people with robots. Continue reading CYBER: Railroad Strikes and Killer Robots
National Cyber Director Chris Inglis said he has worked with Fick many times over the years and believes he would excel.
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Also an author, Fick spoke at the 2008 Democratic National Convention.
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Researchers shared the data to provide a more complete context about the data and questions surrounding it, they said.
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The Biden administration is requesting additional funds from Congress to help Ukraine with its digital defenses, strengthen cybersecurity in Europe and enhance U.S. capabilities to respond to the fallout from the Russian invasion. The overall fiscal 2022 supplemental request, sent to Capitol Hill this week, seeks $10 billion in Ukraine-related needs and $22.5 billion in funding related to COVID-19. Among the bigger pots of cybersecurity-focused funding the administration is requesting is $1.25 billion for the Defense Department to assist Ukraine with support on “operational surges across multiple national defense components, including accelerated cyber capabilities, weapons systems upgrades, increased intelligence support, and classified programs.” A $1.75 billion request for the State Department to provide economic aid to Ukraine includes support for “continuity of government” and resilience work, including cybersecurity and efforts to counter disinformation. Other funds sought for Ukraine assistance include Department of Energy money to evaluate cybersecurity needs for connecting Ukraine’s […]
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Tuesday’s disruption of multiple Ukrainian government websites and web services for several state-owned banks — along with spam text messages falsely claiming ATMs didn’t work — were part of a coordinated operation designed to sow panic, Ukrainian government officials claimed Wednesday. The officials said it was “too early to talk about specific actors” associated with the distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks, but that the targeting of multiple websites, along with the text messages, suggested an extensive effort beyond the range of an individual or even a group of hackers. The remarks, from some of Ukraine’s cybersecurity and law enforcement leaders, came at a joint briefing Wednesday that the government translated into English on Twitter. The cyber incidents came as the threat of Russian military assault on Ukraine looms large, even as the Russians and NATO governments continue talks in search of a diplomatic resolution. President Joe Biden said Tuesday that 150,000 […]
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