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Pentagon’s secret communications network to get upgrade from Booz Allen
“DISA has made clear that we will not forget that the ‘fight’ is fought on SIPRNet,” said Christopher Barnhurst, the agency’s deputy director.
FBI: No link found between cyberattack and Navy base attack
City officials became aware of the attack at about 1:30 a.m. Saturday, many hours after the shooting.
Could hackers gain a global ‘kill click’?
Congress is worried that it's not clear who is securing certain internet cables.
By Andrew Eversden
When it comes to ransomware, the best play is not to pay
As ransomware attacks against state and local governments increase, new Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency guidance addresses how to limit damage and recover from an incident.
By Andrew Eversden
A Customs subcontractor was compromised. Was your info?
A “malicious cyberattack” on an unidentified U.S. Customs and Border Protection subcontractor compromised a number of traveler and license plate photos.
By Andrew Eversden
Hackers seek ransoms from Baltimore and communities across the US
An increase in attacks means every user of technology must consider not only threats and vulnerabilities, but also operational processes, potential points of failure and how they use technology on a daily basis.
By Richard Forno, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Cyberattack cripples Baltimore’s government computer servers
The Tuesday problems come just over a year since another ransomware attack hit Baltimore's 911 dispatch system, prompting a worrisome 17-hour shutdown of automated emergency dispatching.
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.
How the world’s first cyberattack set the stage for modern cybersecurity challenges
Back in November 1988, Robert Tappan Morris, son of the famous cryptographer Robert Morris Sr., was a 20-something graduate student at Cornell who wanted to know how big the internet was – that is, how many devices were connected to it. So he wrote a program that would travel from computer to computer and ask each machine to send a signal back to a control server, which would keep count.
By Scott Shackelford, Indiana University via AP
Pentagon teams prep for possible hack on Election Day
The Pentagon will have officials on standby in case of a late-breaking cyber incident during the mid-term elections.
By Justin Lynch
The voting day crisis election officials fear
Hacking of the unofficial results could lead to confusion and mistrust of the final result, according to election officials.
By Justin Lynch