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This story is available exclusively to Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. Business Insider The US, Russia, and China are engaged in a fascinating cyber Cold War, top experts tell Insider. From the outside, it may appear the US is losing, but its rivals have deep-seated weaknesses. The US must keep a moral high ground – and a very stealthy profile in undermining its rivals.  At universities in Ch...

After SolarWinds, Companies Turn to Insurers, Not Feds, for Protection Newsweek 3/12/2021 Tom OConnor © Sean Gallup/Getty Images In this photo illustration a young man types on an illuminated computer keyboard typically favored by computer coders on January 25 in Berlin, Germany. 2020 saw a sharp rise in global cybercrime that was in part driven by the jump in online retailing that ensued during national lockdowns as governments sought to rein in the coronavirus pandemic. T...

By Natalie Alms, Justin Katz, Adam Mazmanian Mar 12, 2021   President Joe Biden signed the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan on Thursday. The new paid leave for federal employees and the $1 billion investment in the Technology Modernization Fund and other tech provisions are now law. The House of Representatives and the Biden administration initially urged $9 billion for the TMF, but the price tag was too steep for many on the Senate side. Eventually, lawmakers on the Senate Homeland Security...

It appears that a number of other state-sponsored and rogue hacking groups were tipped off to the vulnerability. Several additional hacking groups have recently been identified as taking advantage of the vulnerability shortly after the patch was released. 

The 117 th Congress kicked off its First Session with, among other initiatives, oversight hearings on the SolarWinds cyber hack. On February 23, the Senate Intelligence Committee held a hearing on the high profile, far-reaching breach; followed by a joint hearing on February 26 in the House of Representatives held by the Oversight and Reform and Homeland Security Committees. At both hearings, Sudhakar Ramakrishna, President and CEO of SolarWinds, Kevin Mandia, CEO of FireEye, and Brad Smith, Pr...

FDLE Commissioner Rick Swearingen A top Florida law enforcement official told Gov. Ron DeSantis and other state leaders Tuesday that "extremely lax" security at a municipal water plant northwest of Tampa allowed hackers to break into its computers to try to poison residents earlier this year. The head of the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, Rick Swearingen, provided the unexpected update on the mysterious sabotage effort during a Cabinet meeting in Tallahassee. The criminal investigation ...

/ Investigators are trying to determine who broke into the computer system of the city of Oldsmars water treatment plant. Rick Swearingen, head of the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, says the water plant wasnt using the security technology that has been widely available for years. A top Florida law enforcement official told Gov. Ron DeSantis and other state leaders Tuesday that "extremely lax" security at a municipal water plant northwest of Tampa allowed hackers to break into its comput...

Quick Hits *** The American Rescue Act as passed by the Senate includes $25 million for the Department of Agriculture to improve the technology behind the delivery of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, modernize benefits transfer and to push for more mobile access. *** Other tech items in the rescue package include $200 million for the U.S. Digital Service and $150 million for the Federal Citizen Services Fund. Posted by FCW Staff on Mar 10, 2021 at 2:34 AM

The 117 th Congress kicked off its First Session with, among other initiatives, oversight hearings on the SolarWinds cyber hack. On February 23, the Senate Intelligence Committee held a hearing on the high profile, far-reaching breach; followed by a joint hearing on February 26 in the House of Representatives held by the Oversight and Reform and Homeland Security Committees. At both hearings, Sudhakar Ramakrishna, President and CEO of SolarWinds, Kevin Mandia, CEO of FireEye, and Brad Smith, Pr...

Bay Area political events: Anti-Asian American violence, Trumpism Chronicle staff report FacebookTwitterEmail Upcoming political events in the Bay Area. Events take place online unless otherwise noted: WEDNESDAY Mental health and equity: A discussion on how the medical community and others can overcome cultural differences and misunderstandings lead to mental heath diagnostic problems and hesitancy to seek treatment among communities of color. Hosted by the Commonwealth Club. 6 p.m. More inform...