The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
Feds Warn of Cyber Threats, Seek Expanded Authority for DHS By Kenneth Corbin March 28, 2012 — CIO — Federal cybersecurity officials on Wednesday gave lawmakers a sobering warning about the vulnerabilities of critical information technology systems across the public and private sectors, describing a laundry list of threats and the challenge of keeping up …
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Mark Bowden Huge Story, Most Readers are Not Getting the Point,March 19, 2012 I’ve been a fan of Mark Bowden’s since I was asked to investigate how he got parts of his story for Killing Pablo: The Hunt for the World’s Greatest Outlaw. Speaking with him directly, already knowing he was a gifted writer, I …
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You Don’t Need a Cyber Attack to Take Down The North American Power Grid The Obama administration simulated a cyber attack on New York City’s power supply in a Senate demonstration aimed at winning support for legislation to boost the nation’s computer defenses. Senators from both parties gathered behind closed doors in the Capitol Wednesday …
Australian spies buying computer bugs: sources Cynthia Karena Sydney Morning Herald, 8 March 2012 Cyber criminals are not the only ones buying software flaws, say sources. The Australian government is buying computer security weaknesses found by hackers before they are sold on the black market, as part of its defence strategy, claim those at the …
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Top LulzSec hacker was FBI informant Leader of Anonymous-linked group helped investigators to identify fellow hackers, as five others charged in New York. Read full story. Phi Beta Iota: The “estimates” of damages continue to be grotesquely inflated. The various governments continue to focus on enforcing archaic laws rather than demanding the upgrade of archaic …
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Surprise, surprise…..such a disaster it could be a blessing in disguise…his replacement? General Flynn, the individual who said intel in Afghanistan was a failure…..and it is. DNI Jim Clapper Out in Fall? Rumor Mill Says Maybe Colin Clark WASHINGTON: Jim Clapper, the first Director of National Intelligence to order budget cuts across the intelligence community, …
NASA lost ‘full control’ to hackers, pwned 13 times last year Houston still has a problem with security By John Leyden The Register, 5 March 2012 Cybercrooks broke into NASA’s computer systems 13 times last year gaining “full functional control” of important systems in the worse cases, according to the testimony before the US Congress …
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