State feels safe from vote hacks: No link to internet

Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans The state’s top election official dismissed the possibility of computer hackers tampering with the November elections amid rising national concerns of cyber threats to voting integrity. Secretary of the State Denise W. Merrill and a top computer expert from University The…

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U.S. Considers Sanctions Against Russia in Response to Hacks of Democratic Groups

Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans WASHINGTON—U.S. officials are discussing whether to respond to computer breaches of Democratic Party organizations with economic sanctions against Russia, but they haven’t reached a decision about how to proceed, according to several people familiar with the matter. Levying sanctions would The…

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How biometrics can ‘exterminate’ harmful hacks

Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans There are some interesting parallels between one of the oldest scourges that plagues man, and one of the newest weapons used by cyber-criminals to steal money, passwords, and other resources off computers and mobile devices. Both are hard to catch, requiring…

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When Kim Jong Un Hacks Your Bank

Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Investigators believe they’ve found the culprit behind cyberattacks on banks in Asia: Kim Jong Un. Having long used counterfeiting, drug trafficking, gun running and slave labor to gain hard currency, North Korea’s dictator may have pulled off the first state-backed digital…

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