Derek B. Johnson

The deception tech is needed, the government claims, because DOD cybersecurity officials “currently lack the technological platform and capabilities to withstand and gather intelligence from an ongoing cyber-attack." The current response involves turning off connected systems, something that prevents them from learning more about the behaviors of adversaries targeting defense networks.

Prosecutors allege a former NSA employee took copies of classified documents and attempted to sell them to an undercover FBI operative posing as representative for a foreign government.

The activity appears to have been done for espionage purposes and Mandiant believes it has a “nexus to China,” an assessment that was made with only low confidence.

The Ukrainian Ministry of Defense believes that the Russian military will supplement cyberattacks with physical and kinetic strikes against electric facilities.

A nonprofit group is expanding a federally funded program that recruits K-12 students to pursue cybersecurity degrees at Historically Black Colleges and Universities.

Representatives from the water sector testified in front of the House Homeland Security Committee Wednesday, painting a dire picture of utilities across the country with outdated equipment and systems that are increasingly a target for criminal and nation-state hackers.

According to the complaint, the shareholders argue that Twitter knew its security practices were deficient, putting user and advertiser information at risk.

Ride-share company Uber confirmed it was hacked in what appears to be a damaging compromise that includes both internal systems and the company’s accounts for multiple third-party services.

Government efforts are increasingly focused on improving security for the specialized equipment and systems used to run critical services to American society.

Former Twitter CISO Peiter "Mudge" Zatko said the company has seen foreign agents from China, India and Saudi Arabia placed inside the company but does not have the infrastructure in place to track other potential insider threats.