Vice President Kamala Harris, Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo, and Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland announced today at the White House the availability of nearly $1 billion in U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) grants to expand broadband access and adoption on Tribal land. The leaders called for significant broadband investments in the American Jobs Plan to make affordable high-speed internet available to all Americans. Secretary Haaland joined the announcement remotely.
The Tribal Broadband Connectivity Program was established by the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021. Grants will be made available to eligible Native American, Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian entities for broadband deployment as well as for digital inclusion, workforce development, telehealth and distance learning.
SolarWinds hackers Nobelium targeting government agencies, NGOs and think tanks
About 3,000 email accounts at more than 150 different organisations were targeted in the latest attacks from Nobelium
Russian threat group Nobelium starts targeting government agencies, think tanks following SolarWinds attacks
The cyber actors behind the massive SolarWinds hack identified last year have been targeting government agencies, NGOs, think tanks, and consultants in multiple countries, Microsoft has warned.
Researchers at the Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center (MSTIC) recently observed a new wave of cyber attacks from the Nobelium group.Nobelium (also known as UNC2452, Dark Halo, SolarStorm, and StellarParticle) is believed to be a Russian government-sponsored threat group.
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Following a series of cyberattacks that exposed vulnerabilities in the United States critical infrastructure, President Joe Biden signed an executive order May 12 aimed at bolstering defenses and transparency, including development of a Cyber Safety Review Board (CSRB) to assess major intrusions.
The recent Colonial Pipeline attack and SolarWinds supply chain hack illustrate that software procurement and distribution is a major vulnerability, according to a senior White House official. We routinely install software with significant vulnerabilities into some of our most critical systems and infrastructure, they said in a Wednesday evening briefing with reporters.
To address this, the executive order requires the use of a Software Bill of Materials (SBOM) in government procurements, to allow for more efficient tracking of known vulnerabilities. The Edison Electric Institute (EEI), which represents investor-owned utilities, and the North American Transmission Forum (
FARMINGTON When the coronavirus pandemic forced a majority of residents on the Navajo Nation to rely on the internet for work and school, it revealed the digital gap.
COVID-19 called attention to deficiencies in infrastructure and in high-speed internet service within the Navajo Nation, tribal President Jonathan Nez said during a roundtable discussion on May 6 with federal and state officials.
The Navajo Nation is 27,000 square miles, roughly equal to the size of West Virginia, and its vastness and terrain are among the obstacles to expansion of broadband access, Nez explained to the panel. The lack of electrical infrastructure, the existence of many dark zones with no cellular service, the lack of fiber and few broadband service providers all lead to limited and expensive broadband services for our households, schools, businesses, government offices and health care facilities, he said.