Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Mark Warner says China-linked Salt Typhoon group listened to phone calls and read texts by hacking US telecom networks
https://www.nytimes.com/... Bluesky: @anarcish.bsky.social : For the entire history of information technology security experts have warned that once you make a back door to allow the government to leg...
The FBI is investigating an alleged Trump campaign hack; sources say the agency is probing suspected hacking attempts by Iran targeting Trump, Biden, and Harris
Is Harris pulling ahead of Trump? Martin Matishak / The Record : FBI says it is investigating purported Trump campaign hack Victor Nava / New York Post : FBI investigating alleged hack of Trump campai...
US officials: China is ramping up its ability to disrupt key US infrastructure; 2023 victims include a Hawaii water utility, a West Coast port, and a pipeline
A utility in Hawaii, a West Coast port and a pipeline are among the victims in the past year, officials say X: @matt_schrader_ , @ericgeller , @nakashimae , @rc_greenway , and @nakashimae X: Matt Schr...
Sources: in the fall of 2020, the NSA discovered that Chinese hackers had access to Japanese defense networks; the problem persisted until at least fall 2021
Not 2021. They're still in there, as of June 2023: https://www.nisc.go.jp/... X: Ellen Nakashima / @nakashimae : The penetration was so disturbing that NSA chief Gen. Paul Nakasone and then-Deputy Na...
Despite a broad effort to disrupt TrickBot, including legal action by Microsoft, some command and control servers of the botnet still appear to be online
As announced today, Microsoft took action against the Trickbot botnet … Alfred Ng / CNET : Microsoft takes down hacking network with potential to disrupt election PYMNTS.com : Microsoft Joins Offensiv...
Experts discuss worst-case scenarios for election night, from coordinated social media disinfo campaigns to ransomware targeting voter registration systems
and what to do about it. #GeorgetownLaw's @mattblaze: “this year my nightmares are less about technical mischief and more about logistical breakdown.” https://www.nytimes.com/... @nbcpolitics : With f...
CIA report: security was so lax at the time of the Vault 7 breach, that if WikiLeaks hadn't published said files, CIA may have never known they were compromised
The theft of top-secret computer hacking tools from the CIA in 2016 was the result of a workplace culture in which the agency's … Tweets: @nakashimae , @campuscodi , @ronwyden , @gossithedog , @somosp...
Obama urges the end of the “dual hat” arrangement where US Cyber Command and NSA are led by the same person
Ellen Nakashima / Washington Post :
Obama urges the end of the “dual hat” arrangement where US Cyber Command and NSA are led by the same person
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FBI issued warning that two state voter registration databases were breached by suspected foreign hackers; sources: Arizona, Illinois databases were the targets
FBI Warns Colin Lecher / The Verge : Harry Reid asks FBI to investigate potential Russian election tampering PYMNTS.com : Hackers Aimed At State Election Boards, According To FBI Pierluigi Paganini / ...