The Internal Revenue Service’s electronic system that allows Americans to submit their tax returns online has partly failed Tuesday, complicating filing for the millions of taxpayers attempting to meet the government’s midnight deadline. “On my way over here this morning, I was told a number of systems are down at the moment,” IRS Acting Commissioner […]
After the U.S. pulled out of the nuclear deal, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen testified before Congress that the U.S. was “anticipating it’s a possibility” that Iran would increase cyberattacks in the coming weeks and months and that the U.S. “will be prepared.” Nielsen said the […]
The control room at the Browns Ferry nuclear reactor. These systems are robustly isolated from the outside world and the Internet. They cannot be hacked..Archives of Les Corrice According to an alert from the United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team yesterday, Russia has hacked into many of our government entities and domestic companies in the energy, […]
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnellAddison (Mitch) Mitchell McConnellDoug Jones walks tightrope on Supreme Court nomineeKavanaugh gets questionnaires for confirmation hearingDem infighting erupts over Supreme Court pickMORE (R-Ky.) on Monday said that Russia is not a friend of the U.S. and that he supports the intelligence community’s finding that Moscow meddled in the 2016 election. “I have […]
Given the times we live in, the internet has become an all-consuming part of our life. From socialising to shopping to paying bills, we do everything online. Thanks to our smartphones, we are permanently logged in to our email and social media accounts. As much as we like being connected 24×7 to the digital world, […]
Georgia is one of five states that still relies entirely on paperless voting machines, even as most others have switched to scanned-in paper ballots. | Tami Chappell/AFP/Getty Images Voting machine errors already roil Texas and Georgia races The errors would appear to work to the advantage of Republican Texas Sen. Ted Cruz over Democratic challenger […]
Washington (CNN)US Cyber Command chief Adm. Mike Rogers told lawmakers on Tuesday that he has not been granted the authority by President Donald Trump to disrupt Russian election hacking operations where they originate. Asked by Democratic Sen. Jack Reed if he has been directed by the President, through the defense secretary, to confront Russian cyber […]
The White House has now decided that staffers and guests will no longer be able to use personal cell phones in the West Wing. The announcement came right after a book came out against the Trump Administration in January which was rumored to be a tell-all book of the inner-workings of the Trump Administration. One […]
Image copyrightDutch Defence MinistryImage caption The four Russians travelled on diplomatic passports Dutch security services expelled four Russians over a cyber attack plot targeting the global chemical weapons watchdog, officials said. The operation by Russia’s GRU military intelligence allegedly targeted the Organisation for the Prevention of Chemical Weapons in The Hague in April. The OPCW […]
People with cellphones will receive a message like this one on Wednesday. FEMA hide caption toggle caption FEMA People with cellphones will receive a message like this one on Wednesday. FEMA Wednesday afternoon, at exactly 2:18 p.m. ET, you can expect to get a text headlined “Presidential Alert” on your cellphone. But it’s not exactly […]