Collaborate Disseminate
The clock is running down on reauthorization of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act set to sunset later this year.
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China is stepping up efforts to influence U.S. public opinion, which increasingly resemble Russian operations.
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Inglis’s trip reflects Japan’s status as an increasingly important ally on cybersecurity, particularly as the administration focuses more on China.
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The prospect of an executive order limiting use of spyware within U.S. intelligence unleashes potentially even more debate in Washington.
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The image of a UFO and Russian fighter jet on the seal led some to wonder if the intelligence agency had been hacked.
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Sen. Mark Warner said “new threats and new technology mean that we have to make substantial adjustments to our counterintelligence posture.”
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The crackdown on foreign commercial surveillance comes in the wake of high-profile attacks on diplomats and government officials abroad.
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Critics say that in its quest to break up big tech, the legislation also opens the door to cyber and national security risks.
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Laura Galante comes to the role after several years of running her own cybersecurity firm. The Ukrainian government was one of her clients.
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The U.S. is “more likely” to end up in a “real shooting war with a major power” over a cyber incident than other kinds of conflict, President Joe Biden suggested on Tuesday. “We’ve seen how cyber threats, including ransomware attacks, increasingly are able to cause damage and disruption to the real world,” he said at a speech at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence’s National Counterterrorism Center in McLean, Virginia. “And it’s increasing exponentially — the capabilities.” While Biden delivered his speech before intelligence personnel, at least one of his intended recipients appeared to be Russian President Vladimir Putin. The Biden administration has been talking tough about Russia providing safe haven for ransomware gangs believed to be responsible for headline-making attacks on Colonial Pipeline, JBS and Kaseya. Biden has pressed that message to Putin directly as recently as July. Russia has rejected U.S. suggestions of wrongdoing. “I can’t […]
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