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vote counts. the departments found those claims were not credible. not credible, as in, there was no foreign interference. the kind trump allies, rudy giuliani, sidney powell and others repeatedly touted on the campaign trail as evidence to fuel their dangerous lie on the legitimacy of the november result. of course, that was just a small part of the disinformation apparatus that trump and his supporters deployed in the weeks and months surrounding the election. there was also the lie ...

Cyber security minister Clare O’Neil has admitted Commonwealth cyber security isn’t where it needs to be and uplifting it will be a priority.

Consultation proposes new cybersecurity legislation for IoT devices, ransomware reporting and amendments to the Security of Critical Infrastructure Act 2018.

Hackers are continuing to target Australia, with the latest attack on a major cancer clinic in Sydney demonstrating that ...

The State Department launched a new bureau that will aim to contend with emerging issues in cybersecurity policy.

A group of bipartisan lawmakers led by House Foreign Affairs Committee ranking member Michael McCaul The Cyber Diplomacy Act, first introduced in 2017, would require the State Department to open a Bureau of International Cyberspace Policy. The head of the new office would be appointed by the president and given the rank of ambassador. The position would report directly to either the Secretary of State or a deputy.  The bureau would be tasked with leading the agency’s cybersecurity efforts, i...

New State Department cyber bureau stirs opposition Maggie Miller © Getty Images New State Department cyber bureau stirs opposition A newly established State Department bureau focused on cybersecurity and emerging technologies could give the Biden administration a launch pad for strengthening ties with allies after a massive Russian hack on the federal government. Yet the office is also facing pushback from both sides of the aisle amid concerns that it was rushed into creation...

This issue, that a, theyre doing it, and b, theyre going to pay a price. i hope that was a turning point in terms of the attention to this being paid by the administration. it has been pretty much radio silence, as you know, since the election. i think that is a turning point. they are doing it, they are taking it more seriously i think, and i hope that will be continuing. but it doesnt reassure you when the first thing that john bolten does is eliminate cyber coordinator in the national securit...

Commission and were going to point out lessons learned and were going to get started, he didnt do that. second, the white house did have under president obama and did have under president bush as well, a white house cyber coordinator who would try to pull together the various parts of the u.s. government that have interests in this. the cyber coordinators job was eliminated by john bolton in the first week or two that he was in office. they have never really given a reason why. that office is go...

We lost a huge opportunity, several of them. first, after the presidential election was over, the president, having received his briefings about the russians could have said i was legitimately elected but we have a big problem here. we cant have foreign countries interfering in our elections, so im starting up a 9/11 kind of commission, going to report out lessons learned and were going to get started. he didnt do that. second, the white house used to have under president obama and a bit under p...