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US Indo-Pacific Command seeks extra $274 million for cyber
INDOPACOM's $3.5 billion unfunded priorities list includes requests for “offensive cyber access and effects" and "cybersecurity and network defenses.”
‘Special pay’ keeps Pentagon’s cyber experts from jumping ship
Services “spent at least $160 million on cyber retention bonuses annually” from fiscal 2017 to 2021, the Government Accountability Office said.
Florida city pays $600,000 ransom to save computer records
The Riviera Beach City Council voted unanimously this week to pay the hackers' demands, believing the Palm Beach suburb had no choice if it wanted to retrieve its records, which the hackers encrypted.
Hacker wanted more than $100K to restore city computers
The Kennebec Journal reports that city officials prevented the attack from spreading by literally pulling cables from computers and devices.
Report: Internet ‘noise’ can mask increasing dangers to federal networks
A complex mix of traffic and services on federal networks provides hackers with an increasing number of exploitable opportunities as the government migrates to the cloud, a Cisco report found.
By Jessie Bur