This idea is a little light on details. Congressman Mike Waltz (R-FL), the administration’s pick for national security advisor said that our prioritizing cyber defense is not working. We have, over the years, improved defenses, but it is not enough. He said that we need to go on offense and impose higher costs and consequences […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]After the entire US Senate was briefed this week about the Chinese attack called Salt Typhoon on US and other telecom and Internet carriers, the feds are trying to figure out what to do. This is going to be the job of the next administration because I doubt Congress can create a solution in the […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]The United States has historically had a “challenging” supply chain. It has, for at least decades, depended on supplies from counties that are either not stable or not friendly or neither. While we have worked to try to REDUCE that dependency, we are very far from eliminating it. Yesterday the President ratcheted up the curbs […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]The US has been trying to reign in China’s thefts of intellectual property and other bad behavior by putting tech sanctions on them. The next president wants to increase sanctions on China. Will it work? Huawei, China’s leading phone maker was seriously impacted over the last 2-3 years over the restriction of US made chips. […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Texas AG Sue TikTok Under SCOPE Act The Securing Children Online Through Parental Empowerment (SCOPE) Act is designed to protect kids online. The Texas AG claims that TikTok failed to comply with the parental verification requirement, unlawful sharing, disclosing or selling of a minor’s PII and failure to create and provide parental tools. While this […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]I bet this shows up as a surprise to exactly no one. There are at least 600 undersea fiber lines that connect the world. While these two going away at roughly the same time is annoying, the Internet is quite resilient. However, depending on WHICH fiber lines are cut, the problems can be more severe. […]
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