“The latest in a series of hijackings of chemical security legislation since 2001 took place at the June 22 mark up of H.R. 901 in Representative Peter King’s (R-N.Y.) Homeland Security Committee. It sounds crazy but King’s bill would extend current law until 2018 even though it prohibits the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) from [...]
“Hackers broke into a Gannett Co database containing personal information about subscribers to publications read by U.S. government officials, military leaders and rank-and-file soldiers, the media company said on Tuesday.” (Source: Cyber attack on Gannett targets U.S. soldiers – baltimoresun.com.)
“The Pakistani branch of the Taliban is threatening to carry out 10 new terror attacks, which will include targets in the U.S. and Europe, to “avenge” the death of Osama bin Laden, one of the group’s leaders said in a video over the weekend. “Soon you will see attacks against America and NATO countries,” Tehrik-e-Taliban [...]
“The credit card company’s website could not be accessed for large parts of the day, security experts said. Twitter user called ‘Ibom Hacktivist’ boasted the attack was for its refusal to process donations for the whistleblowing site WikiLeaks. ‘A grouMasterCard.com DOWN!!!, thats what you get when you mess with @wikileaks @Anon_Central and the enter community [...]
“Two suicide bombers attacked a major hotel frequented by Westerners in Afghanistan’s capital of Kabul late Tuesday, a police source said, and a Reuters witness said gunfire was heard for several minutes after one blast. Gunfire tapered off several minutes after the blast was heard, the Reuters witness said. The police source, who asked not [...]