The federal government has a fundamental responsibility to provide for the nation’s defense. Until recently, the government has fulfilled that role almost exclusively through nuclear deterrence and conventional military forces. But a new type of warfare—in cyberspace—is emerging as a top threat to America. In recent years, foreign actors have used sophisticated technologies to acquire…
DetailsOfficials and business leaders in Maryland are backing a proposal to elevate U.S. Cyber Command to a unified combatant command — one of 10 charged with carrying out missions around the world — a move they hope will bring prestige and more jobs to the state. Rep. C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger praised the idea on the…
DetailsRussian police have arrested 50 members of an alleged cyber-crime ring that stole more than 3 billion rubles ($45 million) from banks, the country’s biggest ever crackdown on financial hackers. The gang used malware to create networks of infected computers to launch 18 targeted attacks against Russian banks and state entities over the past year,…
DetailsMay 31 — The government doesn’t need to get a search warrant before it grabs cell tower records kept by mobile phone companies that can be used to track a user’s location, an en banc panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit ruled May 31 by a 12-3 vote (United States…
DetailsNEWARK, N.J. – Two men today admitted their roles in a computer hacking and identity theft scheme that hijacked customer email accounts, stole personally identifiable information (PII) from millions of people, and generated more than $2 million in illegal profits, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced. Tomasz Chmielarz, 33, of Rutherford, New Jersey, pleaded guilty…
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