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GOP leaders, critical infrastructure industry officials criticize TSA cybersecurity regulations

GOP leaders, critical infrastructure industry officials criticize TSA cybersecurity regulations

by Zinya Salfiti | Nov 4, 2021 | Cybersecurity

WASHINGTON – Companies too often prioritize cost over protection when it comes to cybersecurity, the chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee said at a hearing Thursday, but critical infrastructure industry officials said Biden administration...
Big tech companies need to be liable for illicit activity on their platforms, experts tell House committee

Big tech companies need to be liable for illicit activity on their platforms, experts tell House committee

by Khadija Islow | Mar 4, 2020 | Cybersecurity, Featured

WASHINGTON – The technology industry wants people to believe that illicit activity is largely confined to the dark web, but the open web and big players like Facebook actually are where most of the organized crime syndicates operate, said an expert on trafficking and...
GAO report: Not clear if U.S. infrastructure protected from cyber threats

GAO report: Not clear if U.S. infrastructure protected from cyber threats

by Joshua Irvine | Mar 2, 2020 | Cybersecurity, Featured

WASHINGTON – Almost all of the federal agencies charged with protecting critical American infrastructure from cyberattacks have not developed effective methods to measure whether industries ranging from the energy sector to financial services have adopted U.S....
For Election Security, Experts Say Paper May Still Be The Answer

For Election Security, Experts Say Paper May Still Be The Answer

by Cameron Peters | Mar 22, 2019 | Cybersecurity, Featured, National Security

WASHINGTON — Experts say electronic voting machines pose a threat to the security of American elections, but Congress has shown little interest in requiring more secure machines nationwide despite Russian hacking in the 2016 and 2018 elections. The states that have...
As 2020 Looms, Election Security Experts Worry

As 2020 Looms, Election Security Experts Worry

by Cameron Peters | Mar 20, 2019 | Cybersecurity, Featured, National Security

WASHINGTON — Despite at least 21 states being the target of Russian hacking in the 2016 election, experts say that there is no evidence that a foreign power has interfered in the outcome of a U.S. election then or since. But election cybersecurity experts say 2020 is...
International Cooperation Necessary to Keep Japan Cybersecure During the 2020 Olympics, Say Experts

International Cooperation Necessary to Keep Japan Cybersecure During the 2020 Olympics, Say Experts

by Leslie Bonilla | Mar 19, 2019 | Cybersecurity, Featured, Technology

WASHINGTON—Hosting the 2020 summer Olympic games makes Tokyo a target for cyberattacks, and the best defense is international cooperation, experts said Tuesday. At last year’s games in South Korea, cyberattacks downed hundreds of computers, taking the Internet and TV...

Inside the government’s war against deepfakes

by Charlotte Walsh | Mar 19, 2019 | Cybersecurity, Featured, National Security

WASHINGTON — Adult film star Raquel Roper was watching a trailer for popular Youtuber Shane Dawson’s new series focusing on the video manipulation trend known as deepfakes. Near the end of the video, she noticed a clip taken from one of her films — but it wasn’t...
Pentagon OFFICIALS TOUT ADVANCES IN AI, STRESS NEED FOR MORE DEVELOPMENT

Pentagon OFFICIALS TOUT ADVANCES IN AI, STRESS NEED FOR MORE DEVELOPMENT

by Justin Askenazy | Mar 12, 2019 | Cybersecurity, Featured, National Security

WASHINGTON – Developing more complex artificial intelligence is necessary for the United States to keep pace with Russia and China, top defense technology officials said Tuesday. Leaders from several Defense Department technology agencies told senators at an armed...
Democrats introduce bill to reinstate net neutrality

Democrats introduce bill to reinstate net neutrality

by Charlotte Walsh | Mar 6, 2019 | Cybersecurity, Featured, Politics, Technology

WASHINGTON — House and Senate Democrats Wednesday introduced legislation to restore net neutrality protections undone by the Trump administration. The three-page “Save the Internet Act” would restore a 2015 Obama-era order allowing the Federal Communications...
Experts Warn Of Ongoing Foreign Threat To U.S. Election Security

Experts Warn Of Ongoing Foreign Threat To U.S. Election Security

by Cameron Peters | Feb 27, 2019 | Cybersecurity, Featured

WASHINGTON — A House Appropriations committee said Wednesday that not only did foreign actors attempt to interfere in the 2016 election, but that ahead of the 2020 election, vulnerabilities in many state election systems have not been fixed. Their testimony reaffirmed...
Energy experts warn of cybersecurity threats facing electric grid system

Energy experts warn of cybersecurity threats facing electric grid system

by Dan Rosenzweig-Ziff | Feb 14, 2019 | Cybersecurity, Energy, Featured

WASHINGTON –– The United States’ energy infrastructure has increasingly become a primary target for hostile cyber attacks, Assistant Secretary of Energy Karen Evans told lawmakers on Thursday. “The frequency, scale and sophistication of cyber threats have increased,”...
Zuckerberg among Facebook users whose personal data was compromised

Zuckerberg among Facebook users whose personal data was compromised

by Rhytha Zahid Hejaze | Apr 11, 2018 | Cybersecurity, Featured, Politics

WASHINGTON ­­– Once again asserting that Cambridge Analytica and other companies improperly obtained millions of Facebook users’ data, Mark Zuckerberg said Wednesday at his second congressional hearing in two days that he was among Facebook users whose data was...
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