Thai junta leader defends crackdown on social media

Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Thailand’s junta leader on Friday defended his government’s increasing crackdown on social media dissidents, while promising to restore democracy which he suspended in a coup two years ago. Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha said Thailand is in a transition toward “a strong…

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TSA defends actions on ‘odd watch’ in Oakland

Mark Rockwell Top Priority Sector:  airport_aviation_security Image Caption:  McGann’s watch The TSA has provided pictures of the wristwatch at the heart of a spreading Internet controversy over its screening procedures. Homepage position:  10 read more View full post on Government Security News View full post on The Cyber Wars

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TSA fires officer, defends workers after iPad theft report

Mark Rockwell Top Priority Sector:  airport_aviation_security Image Caption:  iPad A high-profile broadcast news report about thefts of passengers’ items by TSA employees prompted the agency to fire back that the vast majority of its employees are dedicated professionals and to fire a Florida-based agent. Homepage position:  10 read more View…

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RSA crypto researcher defends report

Cryptography researcher Arjen Lenstra has this week responded to criticism of a paper he co-authored that claimed to uncover weaknesses within the implementation of the RSA encryption system. RSA, a division of IT giant EMC, says that there’s nothing wrong with the RSA algorithm, it’s an implementation issue mainly with…

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Neb. AG defends purchase of lethal injection drug

By Grant Schulte Associated Press LINCOLN, Neb. — Nebraska Attorney General Jon Bruning produced documents Monday that he said contradicted claims that state officials had been conned into buying stolen doses of an execution drug. The Nebraska Department of Correctional Services announced in November that it had obtained sodium thiopental,…

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