"The Pentagon announced Thursday it is grounding its entire fleet of F-35s, just days after the first crash of an F-35B led investigators to suspect there is a widespread problem with the advanced …
Microsoft to Host the Government’s Classified Data Early Next Year
"Microsoft is making moves to target a growing multibillion market: hosting, storing and running the U.S. government’s most sensitive classified secrets and data. On Tuesday, the software giant …
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Google+ Shutting Down After Bug Leaks Info of 500k Accounts
"Google has announced that they are closing the consumer functionality of Google+ due lack of adoption and an API bug that leaked the personal information of up to 500,000 Google+ accounts. While no …
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America sold $55.6 billion in weapons abroad in FY18 — a 33 percent jump
The U.S. has confirmed $55.6 billion in foreign military sales for fiscal year 2018, a 33% increase over 2017’s sales of $41.9 billion. The head of the Defense Security Cooperation Agency announced …
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Why the Department of Energy is worried about wind turbine hacking
Following Russian penetration of the U.S. power grid at a number of locations and levels, the U.S. is ramping up its cybersecurity technology for companies delivering energy around the country. As …
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U.S. indicts Russians in hacking of nuclear company Westinghouse
The US has charged seven Russian intelligence officers over a plot to hack computers and steal data from a nuclear energy company, anti-doping watchdogs, and sporting federations. These charges came …
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The Heritage Foundation’s 2019 Assessment of Military Strength
Touted as the only non-governmental assessment of military strength, The Heritage Foundation think tank has released its 2019 index. Tracking a wide variety of sectors and areas ranging from …
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Employees Share Average of 6 Passwords With Co-Workers
A recent study by LastPass measured that the average employee shares 6 passwords with their coworkers. Workers are also still regularly re-using passwords across work and private domains, as well as …
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State Department: Don’t forget about threat of nuclear terrorism
National security threats can often look like fads, where everybody’s attention is focused on the threat sector or buzzword of the day, whether “communism,” nuclear proliferation, overpopulation, …
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NSA employee who brought hacking tools home sentenced to 66 months in prison
A 68-year-old NSA employee has been sentences to 66 months in prison after taking home highly sensitive hacking tools between 2010 and 2015 in order to have more time to study them, win better …
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