(Juneau) In response to an NBC TV story that Russia ‘compromised’ seven states prior to 2016 election, Alaska Division of Elections Director Josie Bahnke stated: “In September 2017, representatives from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) officially informed our division that Russian cyber actors made a failed attempt to access the division’s public information […]
In a series of tweets Friday, President-elect Donald Trump promised a report on allegations of Russian hacking within 90 days. Citing Russian claims that they have no information, Trump accuses “sleazebag political operatives,” “political opponents,” and “Intelligence” of making up and releasing reports containing compromising information about him. It now turns out that the phony […]
In response to Russia’s interference and hacking of our recent presidential elections in November, as well as the harrrasment of our diplomats in Moscow, President Obama struck back with additional sanctions against the Asian giant. “Today, I have ordered a number of actions in response to the Russian government’s aggressive harassment of U.S. officials and […]
Representatives from Israel and the United States signed an agreement for a real-time information-sharing platform to thwart cyber security threats on Tuesday, June 21, 2016. The occasion was Cyber Week, the Sixth Annual International Cybersecurity Conference held at Tel Aviv University. The conference is organized by TAU’sBlavatnik Interdisciplinary Cyber Research Center, the Israeli National Cyber […]