via Stars and Stripes The U.S. still is not well equipped to respond to cyberwarfare attacks and is not taking the threat seriously enough. That is the blunt assessment of two key congressmen charged with overseeing the Defense Department’s efforts to protect U.S. computer systems, setting a tone ...
via Federal Times Who’s in charge? That’s the question that emerged from Capitol Hill this week after a series of U.S. congressional hearings addressed the growing problem of cybersecurity. Jurisdictional issues complicate the prevention of and response to cyber attacks inside and outsid...
via the AP U.S. military and law enforcement officials say the government has made significant strides in figuring out who is responsible for complex cyber attacks, a fundamental but elusive first step to determine whether the U.S. should strike back, whom to strike, and how hard. U.S. authorities a...
via NPR In April 2007, the Baltic republic of Estonia became the first country in the world to experience cyberwar. Government, financial and media computer networks were paralyzed by a series of attacks, which authorities ultimately concluded originated in Russia. In the years since that cyberassau...