Hackers Breached High-tech Jet Fighter Program in Pentagon, Are we to believe ‘No data Compromised’!

May 6th, 2009 Audit: air traffic systems vulnerable to attackWASHINGTON — The nation's air traffic control systems are vulnerable to cyber attacks, and support systems have been breached in recent months allowing hackers access to personnel records and network servers, according to a government audit. The Transportation Department's inspector general concluded that although most of the attacks disrupted only support systems, they could spread to the operational systems that control communications, surveillance and flight information used to separate aircraft.

April 22nd, 2009 WASHINGTON - The United States will create a new military command to coordinate the defence of Pentagon computer networks and improve offensive capabilities in cyberwarfare, the Wall Street Journal has reported. The initiative will reshape the military's efforts to protect its networks from attacks by hackers, especially those from countries such as China and Russia, the influential daily said citing unnamed 'current and former officials familiar with the plans.' The new command will be unveiled within the next few weeks, it said citing Pentagon officials.

July 17th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Scientists at US DOE's (Department of Energy's) Argonne National Laboratory have devised a program that allows for Cyber Security defense systems to communicate when attacked and transmit that information to cyber systems at other institutions in the hopes of strengthening the overall cyber security posture of the complex. "The Federated Model for Cyber Security acts as a virtual neighborhood watch program.

October 9th, 2009 WASHINGTON - A new study has suggested that the US must focus its efforts on defending its critical networks from cyber attack because it will be difficult to prevent cyber attacks on critical civilian and military computer networks by threatening to punish attackers. "Adversaries in future wars are likely to go after each other's information systems using computer hacking," said Martin C.

May 29th, 2009 Obama setting up better security for computersWASHINGTON — America has for too long failed to adequately protect the security of its computer networks, President Barack Obama said Friday, announcing he will name a new cyber czar to take on the job. Surrounded by a host of government officials, aides and corporate executives, Obama said this is a "transformational moment" for the country, where computer networks are probed and attacked millions of times a day.

July 8th, 2009 Federal Web sites knocked out by cyber attackWASHINGTON — The Associated Press has learned that a widespread computer attack that began July 4 knocked out the Web sites of several government agencies, including some that are responsible for fighting cyber crime. Officials say the Treasury Department, Secret Service, Federal Trade Commission and the Transportation Department's Web sites were all down at varying points over the weekend and into this week.

March 30th, 2009 WASHINGTON - A Chinese cyber-espionage network used sophisticated social and computer engineering techniques to trick the Dalai Lama's office into downloading malicious software, according to a cyber security expert. Researchers, based at the Munk Center for International Studies at the University of Toronto in Canada, Sunday reported that the spy ring had infiltrated computers and stolen documents from hundreds of government and private offices around the world, including those of the Indian embassy in Washington.

September 18th, 2009 Govt review: No privacy problems in cyber securityWASHINGTON — The Justice Department has concluded that a beefed-up surveillance program that monitors federal employees' Internet traffic does not violate their rights or those of private citizens who communicate with them. But the review of the Einstein 2 program was limited and leaves important questions unanswered, said the vice president of an Internet freedom watchdog group.

September 30th, 2009 Secret Service probing Facebook poll on ObamaWASHINGTON — The U.S. Secret Service is investigating an online survey that asked whether people thought President Barack Obama should be assassinated, officials said Monday.

May 30th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Computer hacking is becoming a growing threat and the US Department of Homeland Security sees it as a future battleground. To counter this new menace, the department has instructed the Air Force Office of Special Investigations to launch a cyber war against hackers seeking to disrupt and destroy vital U.S.

September 26th, 2009 How much government control of Web in cybercrisis?WASHINGTON — There's no kill switch for the Internet, no secret on-off button in an Oval Office drawer. Yet when a Senate committee was exploring ways to secure computer networks, a provision to give the president the power to shut down Internet traffic to compromised Web sites in an emergency set off alarms.

September 26th, 2009 What's government's role in making the Web secure?WASHINGTON — There is no kill switch for the Internet, no secret on-off button in an Oval Office drawer. Yet when a Senate committee was exploring ways to secure computer networks, a provision to give the president the power to shut down Internet traffic to compromised Web sites in an emergency set off alarms.

September 29th, 2009 WASHINGTON - The U.S. Secret Service is investigating a poll posted on the social networking site Facebook that asks if President Barack Obama should be assassinated.

January 29th, 2009 I know that iPhone is nout just a phone for many of you. Its a storage place for sensitive information as well as passwords for your accounts.

February 17th, 2005 ChoicePoint is working with the California authorities on this, assuming that the impact is on Californian residents only. However security experts diasgree.