US government warns foreign actors with sharp consequences if they meddle in Super TuesdayDOS, DOJ, DOD, DHS, ODNI, FBI, NSA, and CISA issue joint statement ahead of Super Tuesday primary.March 2, 2020 by Catalin Cimpanu in Government: US
US military purchased $32.8m worth of electronics with known security risksList of vulnerable products purchased by the DoD includes Lexmark printers, GoPro cameras, and Lenovo computers.August 4, 2019 by Catalin Cimpanu in Government: US
Trump signs executive order banning US telcos from buying or using foreign gearExecutive order doesn't mention Huawei, but it's a Huawei ban for all intents and purposes.May 15, 2019 by Catalin Cimpanu in Government: US
US launches cyber-attack aimed at Iranian rocket and missile systemsAttack took place last week, after President Trump backed off from using conventional weapons to strike Iran.June 24, 2019 by Catalin Cimpanu in Government: US
911 services down in multiple US statesMost services are now restored. No technical reason for the outage given.September 28, 2020 by Catalin Cimpanu in Government: US
Raytheon engineer arrested for taking US missile defense data to ChinaFBI arrests former Raytheon electric engineer for taking info about US missile defense systems to China and then lying about it.February 2, 2020 by Catalin Cimpanu in Government: US
Political campaign emails contain dark patterns to manipulate donors, votersPrinceton researchers analyzed 100,000 different campaign emails from more than 3,000 political candidates.October 17, 2020 by Catalin Cimpanu in Government: US
CISA and VotingWorks release open source post-election auditing toolNew Arlo open-source tool will help state officials verify electronically-tallied ballots.November 21, 2019 by Catalin Cimpanu in Government: US
US senators want to know how many times they've been hackedTwo senators request US Senate Sergeant at Arms to reveal cyber-attack statistics.March 13, 2019 by Catalin Cimpanu in Government: US
DOJ says it will prioritize the prosecution of coronavirus crimesAttorney General William P. Barr urged the American public to report all cases of COVID-19 scams and fraud.March 20, 2020 by Catalin Cimpanu in Government: US