By Peter Elkind, Jack Gillum, ProPublica
Feb 02, 2021
This article was first posted on ProPublica.
As America struggles to assess the damage from the devastating SolarWinds cyberattack discovered in December, ProPublica has learned of a promising defense that could shore up the vulnerability the hackers exploited: a system the federal government funded but has never required its vendors to use.
The massive breach, which U.S. intelligence agencies say was “likely Russian in origin,” penetrated the computer systems of critical federal agencies, including the Department of Homeland Security, the Treasury Department, the National Institutes of Health and the Department of Justice, as well as a number of Fortune 500 corporations. The hackers remained undetected, free to forage, for months.
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Trans-Pacific View author Mercy Kuo regularly engages subject-matter experts, policy practitioners, and strategic thinkers across the globe for their diverse insights into U.S. Asia policy. This conversation with Zachary Shore
– professor of history at the Naval Postgraduate School, a senior fellow at UC Berkeley’s Institute of European Studies, and a National Security Visiting Fellow of Stanford’s Hoover Institution
– is the 257th in “The Trans-Pacific View Insight Series.”
The opinions expressed in this interview belong to the speaker alone and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the Naval Postgraduate School or any other governmental entity.
Following the lead of trailblazers throughout American history, today s Black history-makers are shaping not only today but tomorrow.
From helping to develop a Covid-19 vaccine, to breaking barriers in the White House and in the C-suite, below are 23 Black leaders who are shattering glass ceilings in their wide-ranging roles.
Kamala Harris, 56, first Black, first South Asian American and first woman Vice President
Photo credit: Getty; Photo Illustration: Gene Kim for CNBC Make It
Vice President Kamala Harris.
On Jan. 20, Kamala Harris became the first Black, first South Asian American and first woman Vice President of the United States.
Harris, born in Oakland, California to an Indian mother and Jamaican father, spoke about her mother, Shyamala Gopalan Harris, in her first speech as vice president-elect.
Latest Surface Navy Sleep Policy Aims for Better-Rested, More Alert, Healthier Crews
January 29, 2021 3:38 PM
Cmdr. Jeffrey Servello, executive officer aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Paul Ignatius (DDG-117), conducts a berthing inspection on Sept. 5, 2020. US Navy Photo
The Navy’s surface fleet has a new set of orders that updates a sleep policy to give sailors on watch rotations a bit more sleep and create a culture supporting a more ready, rested and focused seagoing force.
The “Comprehensive Crew Endurance Management Policy,” signed off Dec. 11 by Naval Surface Force Pacific and Naval Surface Force Atlantic, is the first update to the joint instruction issued just months after two 2017 fatal at-sea collisions rocked the Navy.
Dr. Sheetz in the classroom.
Kraig Sheetz, Ph.D., has been tapped to serve as executive vice president of Mount St. Mary’s University.
Since becoming dean of the university’s School of Natural Science and Mathematics in 2018, Sheetz has overseen tremendous growth in the school with the introduction of neuroscience and data science undergraduate majors and an interdisciplinary Master of Science degree and certificate in applied behavior analysis. The school also has received major grants to broaden undergraduate research opportunities and provide transfer pathways for community college students in STEM programs. In addition, Sheetz has introduced a dean’s speaker series and encouraged student success, leading to four prestigious Barry M. Goldwater Scholarships in the past two years and numerous National Security scholars.