DHS To Launch New Anti-Cyberattack Center Amid Russian Hacker Concerns
Source: Talking Points Memo/AP
By Associated Press | July 31, 2018 9:53 am
NEW YORK (AP) The Department of Homeland Security is creating a center aimed at guarding energy companies, banks and other industries against cyberattacks.
Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen plans to announce the creation of the National Risk Management Center at a cybersecurity summit Tuesday. DHS says the center will be a collaborative effort between private businesses and government on how to identify potential threats and guard against them.
The center was created as cyberattacks are becoming more sophisticated and concerns grow that they could seriously damage critical infrastructure and affect millions of consumers.
Homeland Security officials said last week that Russian hackers had breached control rooms of major utilities last year. There are also concerns about possible meddling by Russia as midterm elections near.
Read more: https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/homeland-security-center-against-cyberattacks
ck4829
(34,977 posts)The Trump administration doesn't care, imagine if a cybertattack crippled a blue state... the same Republicans who said "Thank God for Russia" for ruining the 2016 election would be just fine with this too.
IronLionZion
(45,258 posts)Maybe she'll partner with Putin to get his input on this effort, and maybe Xi Jinping too.
FreepFryer
(7,077 posts)Iliyah
(25,111 posts)in cahoots with Russia.
djacq
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Hortensis
(58,785 posts)We still have good people in government, and hopefully they'll be between this effort and Nielsen-Trump-Putin.
Bayard
(21,805 posts)I was just about to post the same thing.
It's nice to protect banks and corporations but I see no mention of protecting our voting systems.
When Democrats win majorities we need to prioritize going back to paper ballots, right wingers own the voting machines.
turbinetree
(24,632 posts)instead of a do nothing congress giving out tax breaks to fund and protect this country..............
November 2018 cannot get here fast enough........................vote
watoos
(7,142 posts)Too bad the M$M is right wing, we need to push the narrative for paper ballots. We now have been informed that 50 states were hacked.
There is no proof that votes weren't flipped, no machines were randomly, independently audited. The machine owners claim proprietary rights for their machines' software. We need to get rid of all voting machines, and fast.
turbinetree
(24,632 posts)this is a no brainier........................they want a free press, well if the head of the crime family wants to take you down, then you should be screaming for and about a fair voting system, were kinda tied together............with Paper ballots, elections do not have to be called until DEC.............................Brad Friedman and Greg Palast have been all over this crap....................see them on tv lately..............................nope not until after the election...........................go figure
http://bradblog.com/?cat=10
http://bradblog.com/?p=12238
https://www.gregpalast.com/
November 2018 cannot get here fast enough.......................vote
sinkingfeeling
(51,276 posts)elmac
(4,642 posts)it won't be funded properly and may be up and running by 2020.