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• @julianbarnes Julian E. Barnes on x

  After two major cyber hacks, White House resists new cyber powers, but looks at stronger partnership with industry. What would that look like? https://www.nytimes.com/...

• @julianbarnes Julian E. Barnes on x

  The hope, current and former officials say, is to set up a real-time threat sharing arrangement, whereby private companies would send threat data to a central repository where the government could pair it with intelligence from the NSA, the CIA and others.

• @julianbarnes Julian E. Barnes on x

  But briefing reporters on Friday about the progress of the investigations, senior administration officials said the White House had no plans to urge Congress to rewrite the laws that prevent American intelligence agencies from operating inside America's borders.

• @julianbarnes Julian E. Barnes on x

  “When not one but two cyberhacks have gone undetected by the federal government in such a short period of time, it's hard to say that we don't have a problem,” said @RepGallagher “The system is blinking red.”

• @julianbarnes Julian E. Barnes on x

  The failures have prompted the White House to begin assessing options for overhauling the nation's cyberdefenses even as the government investigates the hacks. Some former officials believe the hacks show Congress needs to give the government additional powers.

• @nytimes @nytimes on x

  The hacks by Russia and China against a broad array of targets in the U.S. — and the failure of the intelligence agencies to detect them — are driving the Biden administration and Congress to rethink how the nation should protect itself from cyberthreats. https://www.nytimes.com/…

• @divinetechygirl @divinetechygirl on x

  Welp “The department's existing “Einstein” system, which is supposed to monitor intrusions and potential attacks on federal agencies, never saw the Russian attack underway — even though it hit nine federal departments and agencies.” https://www.nytimes.com/...

• @williamturton William Turton on x

  Ron Wyden is not pleased with Microsoft. https://www.reuters.com/... (by @Bing_Chris) https://twitter.com/...

• @lanceulanoff Lance Ulanoff on x

  I get that Microsoft is “a for-profit company” but wondering if it might've made sense for them to eat some of the costs of implementing this logging analysis for critical government systems https://www.reuters.com/...

• @blmohr @blmohr on x

  “Microsoft stands to receive nearly a quarter of Covid relief funds destined for U.S. cybersecurity defenders...angering some lawmakers who don't want to increase funding for a company whose software was recently at the heart of two big hacks.” https://www.reuters.com/...