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Acting DHS secretary says he expects Russia to attempt to interfere in 2020 elections

17

Jan

2020

Acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf said Friday that his agency “fully expects” Russia to attempt to interfere in U.S. elections in 2020. “As we saw in 2016, we fully expect Russia to attempt to interfere in the 2020 elections to sow public discord and undermine our democratic institutions,” Wolf said during an event hosted […]

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Russians Hack FBI Comms System

24

Sep

2019

American officials discovered that the Russians had dramatically improved their ability to decrypt certain types of secure communications and had successfully tracked devices used by elite FBI surveillance teams. Officials also feared that the Russians may have devised other ways to monitor U.S. intelligence communications, including hacking into computers not connected to the internet. Senior […]

Category Cyber warfare Cyber-crime Tracking Written by Schneier 0 Comments

Cell Phone Security and Heads of State

30

Oct

2018

Earlier this week, the New York Times reported that the Russians and the Chinese were eavesdropping on President Donald Trump’s personal cell phone and using the information gleaned to better influence his behavior. This should surprise no one. Security experts have been talking about the potential security vulnerabilities in Trump’s cell phone use since he […]

Category Mobile Mobile security Privacy protection Written by Schneier 0 Comments

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