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Cyber

China’s Cyber Attacks Growing More Sophisticated, DHS Officials Say

By Cal Biesecker

Wednesday, February 6th, 2019

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China’s Cyber Attacks Growing More Sophisticated, DHS Officials Say

Over time China is becoming more sophisticated in its cyber espionage activities, making them more difficult to detect and to able to hit multiple targets using force multiplier effects, cyber security officials with the Department of Homeland Security said on Wednesday. China continues to invest in its cyber espionage activities, which are distributed throughout “numerous” government agencies and society, Rex Booth, an official with the Cyber Threat Risk Analysis team at DHS, said during webinar hosted by the department’s full-time…

Congress

Key Defense Committee Members Face Tight Midterm Races, Including HASC GOP’ers In Virginia

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Budget

Hegseth Pushes For Reconciliation With At Least $350 Billion For Defense ‘Regardless’ Of Midterms Outcome

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Congress

Bipartisan Push in Senate to Hasten Export of 155 mm, GMLRS, HIMARS for Ukraine

A small, bipartisan group of senators is backing the Fast Tracking European Investment in Ukraine’s Defense Act, S. 5175, to hasten the export of allied buys of U.S. munitions for […]