Sources: in 2019, Donald Trump authorized the CIA to launch a clandestine social media campaign to turn China's public against the government and Xi Jinping
Two years into office, President Donald Trump authorized the Central Intelligence Agency to launch a clandestine campaign … Mastodon: @kevincollier@mastodon.social . X: @shashj , @shashj , @ericgeller...
Profile of Anne Neuberger, the NSC deputy advisor at the center of increasing tension over control between US agencies handling cybersecurity
Anne Neuberger, the Biden administration's Deputy National Security Advisor for Cyber and Emerging Technology, organized a virtual summit on ransomware for Oct. 13, 2021. Tweets: @janlemnitzer , @mike...
Internal memo: DOJ has formed a taskforce to combat the proliferation of ransomware attacks, targeting the entire ecosystem with prosecutions and more
After ‘worst year ever’ for the cyberattacks, department seeks to disrupt digital ecosystem that supports them Tweets: @ericgeller , @kevincollier , and @dnvolz Tweets: Eric Geller / @ericgeller : DOJ...
Interviews with 15 people show CISA is underfunded, short on talent, outmatched by adversaries, and overwhelmed by the fallout from two massive cyberattacks
The agency that protects the U.S. from hackers is hobbled by funding woes, a talent shortage and growing pains that are jeopardizing … Tweets: @ericgeller , @gossithedog , @kevincollier , @howelloneil...
Some Black medical professionals who are voluntarily countering misinfo on Clubhouse about COVID-19 and its vaccine say they have been harassed and bullied
- Conspiracies flourish on app including about vaccines and 5G — 'Hey, I was skeptical too, but here's where I am now' Tweets: @mattyglesias , @williamturton , @williamturton , @ericgeller , @jilli...
US officials and experts say a crippling cyberattack on election infrastructure did not come to pass due to the pre-emptive steps taken by the US Cyber Command
The 2020 election was the biggest test yet of a new approach of pre-emptive action against adversaries trying to hack election infrastructure … Tweets: @ohra_aho , @nytimes , @ericgeller , and @john_s...
Documents show that Amazon's Ring vets and authors public statements about Ring attributed to police and delays announcing partnerships with police departments
Amazon's home security company Ring has garnered enormous control over the ways in which its law enforcement partners are allowed … Tweets: @dellcam , @dellcam , @ericgeller , @dellcam , @snowjake , @...
A reconstruction of the cyberattack on the US power grid from 2016 to 2018, which targeted contractors and trade publications, and which the US blamed on Russia
Wall Street Journal : Tweets: @dnvolz , @ericgeller , and @amy_siskind Tweets: Dustin Volz / @dnvolz : NEW: @WSJ investigation reconstructs Russia's 2017 campaign of cyber intrusions into the U.S. el...
Behind the debate on whether the CFAA should be amended to allow private companies and citizens that are victims of cybercrimes to “hack back”
American companies that fall victim to data breaches want to retaliate against the culprits. But can they do so without breaking the law? Tweets: @hatr , @ericgeller , and @malwaretechblog Tweets: @h...
After DHS highlighted major SS7 protocol flaws, Verizon and AT&T lobbying group labelled the flaws “theoretical” in doc sent to Congress, which experts dispute
Joseph Cox / Motherboard : Tweets: @josephfcox , @ericgeller , @josephfcox , and @josephfcox Tweets: Joseph Cox / @josephfcox : The document where CTIA says talking about some SS7 vulns is “unhelpful...