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Twitter botnets are becoming more sophisticated

Twitter accounts are spoofing celebrity accounts, engaging in fraud and using verified profiles that have been hacked, at the same time the United States is warning of Russian disinformation operations using botnets.
Fitbits and fitness-tracking devices banned for deployed troops

Announcement is latest to tighten security as device data exposes vulnerabilities.
Postal Service turns to GDIT for tech modernization help

General Dynamics Information Technology was awarded a nearly $500 million contract to help the U.S. Postal Service modernize its information technology.
Here are the cyber staffing issues facing the Defense Department

The Department of Defense’s 10-year-old cyber war-fighting outfit may need up to 1,000 new, highly specialized employees. As cyberthreats proliferate, can it find them in time?