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Why The Firm Behind Arizona Ballot Review Says It Is Shutting Down

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The company Cyber Ninjas, which controversially reviewed 2020 presidential election ballots in Maricopa County, Arizona, announced Thursday that it is “shutting down.” A report released by election officials in Maricopa County found the recount of ballots in the county was based on around 80 misleading, inaccurate, or outright false claims made by GOP lawmakers and …

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Israel Lays Down Law On Cyber Exports, After Pegasus Spy Scandal

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Israel laid down the law Monday on the use by foreign governments of its cyber exports, after the private Israeli developer of Pegasus spyware became engulfed in scandal abroad. The defence ministry-linked agency for military exports, in a statement, specified that a foreign state seeking a cyber or intelligence system must only use it to …

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Biden to Nominate Former Obama NSA Deputy to Serve as Cyber Director

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President Joe Biden is planning to nominate a former National Security Agency (NSA) official to serve as the national cyber director at the White House, officials said. Jake Sullivan, Biden’s national security advisor, said that the president “took another important step forward in strengthening our nation’s cyber capability.” Sullivan then went on to say that Chris …

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Critics: Biden infrastructure plan doesn’t address cyber security threats to U.S. power grid

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File – Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) is pictured. (Andrew Harnik/AP Photo) OAN NewsroomUPDATED 9:53 AM PT – Friday, April 2, 2021 Security experts have pointed out Joe Biden’s $2 trillion infrastructure plan does not include critical funding to address the threat of cyber attacks. According to reports Friday, the package does not include money …

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White House cyber adviser says it will take months to investigate Russian hack

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FILE PHOTO: SolarWinds Corp. banner hangs at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on the IPO day of the company in New York, U.S., October 19, 2018. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid February 17, 2021 By Christopher Bing (Reuters) – The White House’s top cybersecurity adviser said on Wednesday an investigation into a sprawling Russian hacking operation against …

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U.N. experts point finger at North Korea for $281 million cyber theft, KuCoin likely victim

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Representations of cryptocurrency is seen in front of a Kucoin logo in this illustration taken on February 9, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration February 10, 2021 By Michelle Nichols and Raphael Satter NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A preliminary United Nations inquiry into the theft of $281 million worth of assets from a cryptocurrency exchange last September “strongly …

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Trump Issues Executive Order to Further Combat ‘Malicious’ Foreign Cyber Activities

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President Donald Trump on his last full day in office issued an executive order aimed at the use of cloud computing products for malicious cyber operations against the United States. The order addresses the use of United States Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) products, a type of cloud computing, by foreign malicious cyber actors. “IaaS products provide …

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FBI Says ‘Iranian Cyber Actors’ Created Website Threatening US Election Officials

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U.S. security officials said on Wednesday they have obtained highly credible information that indicates Iranian cyber actors were responsible for creating a website threatening election officials, inciting violence, and creating division in the United States. The FBI and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) said in a joint statement that the website, called “Enemies of …

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U.S. cyber agency says SolarWinds hackers are ‘impacting’ state, local governments | One America News Network

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FILE PHOTO: The SolarWinds headquarters are seen in Austin, Texas, U.S., December 18, 2020. REUTERS/Sergio Flores/File Photo December 24, 2020 By Raphael Satter WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. cybersecurity agency said on Wednesday that a sprawling cyber espionage campaign made public earlier this month is “impacting” state and local governments. The hacking campaign, which used …

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Explainer-Russia’s potent cyber and information warfare capabilities | One America News Network

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December 19, 2020 By Andrew Osborn and Gabrielle Tétrault-Farber MOSCOW (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Friday that Russia was responsible for a cyber attack that embedded malicious code inside U.S. government software systems and those of other governments and companies across the world. The Kremlin has always denied Moscow’s involvement …

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