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Air Force wins cyber war with NSA hackers
Submitted by l33tdawg on Tue, 2013-04-23 06:31
A US Air Force Academy team beat out rivals from other elite military colleges after a three-day simulated cyber "war" against hackers from the National Security Agency that is meant to teach future officers the importance of cybersecurity.
Nearly 60 government experts - sitting under a black skull and crossbones flag - worked around the clock this week to break into computer networks built by students at the Air Force, Army, Navy, Coast Guard and Merchant Marine academies. Two military graduate schools also participated.
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U.S. Should Lead Cybersecurity Efforts, NSA Director Says
Submitted by l33tdawg on Fri, 2012-10-05 10:20
Analyzing and solving the challenge of cybersecurity is critical to the global economy, the National Security Agency director said during the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Cybersecurity Summit here Oct. 4.
U.S. Army Gen. Keith Alexander, who also heads U.S. Cyber Command and the Central Security Service, discussed the costs and consequences of cybersecurity issues on commerce during his keynote address at the summit.
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Whistleblower, Suspected of Leaking Warrantless Spying Program, Sues NSA
Submitted by l33tdawg on Thu, 2012-08-02 11:39
A former congressional staffer and NSA whistleblower who the authorities suspected of exposing the George W. Bush administration’s warrantless wiretapping program is suing the government, saying her constitutional rights are being violated because her computer seized five years ago has never been returned, and the feds have refused to clear her name.
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NSA Chief to Pitch "Common Core Values" to Hackers at DEFCON 20
Submitted by l33tdawg on Wed, 2012-07-25 01:06
Gen. Alexander will not be fair game for fed-spotting contest
The hacker community is the ultimate moral gray. While many hackers engage in malicious activities on a daily basis, and routinely violate U.S. local, state, and federal laws, they also have been vital over the last two decades in protecting consumers. In the 1990s corporations recklessly stored data using poor practices which threatened to allow personal financial information to fall into the hands of truly malicious individuals.
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NSA: It Would Violate Your Privacy to Say if We Spied on You
Submitted by l33tdawg on Tue, 2012-06-19 00:21
The surveillance experts at the National Security Agency won’t tell two powerful United States Senators how many Americans have had their communications picked up by the agency as part of its sweeping new counterterrorism powers. The reason: it would violate your privacy to say so.
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