JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri lawmakers were working to pass a roughly $51 billion state budget Friday that boosts funding for education and infrastructure projects around the state. The House faced a 6 p.m. Friday deadline, set by the state constitution, to give final approval to the budget for the fiscal year that starts […]
A version of this story appeared in the daily Threat Status newsletter from The Washington Times. Click here to receive Threat Status delivered directly to your inbox each weekday. President Biden on Tuesday signed a national security memorandum laying out an updated, government-wide plan to protect critical American infrastructure in the face of growing cyberthreats […]
Last May I wrote about a group of Chinese hackers who’d been identified by Microsoft after malware was discovered in telecom systems on the island of Guam. Microsoft named the hacking group “Volt Typhoon.” Microsoft called the hacking group “Volt Typhoon” and said that it was part of a state-sponsored Chinese effort aimed at not […]
Last January, a hacker group associated with the Russian government hacked into the water system of a small town in Texas. Two other small Texas towns reported attempts to penetrate their water systems. The attack caused the water tank in Muleshoe, Texas, to overflow. The FBI is investigating all […]
The U.S. government imposed new economic sanctions Monday on a Chinese company linked to Beijing’s Ministry of State Security spy service, accusing the firm of conducting cyberattacks against critical U.S. infrastructure, the Treasury Department announced. In a related action, the Justice Department indicted seven Chinese state-linked hackers who were charged with targeting senior U.S. officials, […]
Safety experts are grappling with an array of infrastructure burdens and other potential dangers associated with electric vehicles, which can weigh up to 50% more than traditional automobiles thanks to their heavy, lithium-ion batteries. Heavier electric vehicles cause damage to roads, bridges and parking garages and some can easily plow through highway safety guardrails while […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Chinese government hackers are busily targeting water treatment plants, the electrical grid, transportation systems and other critical infrastructure inside the United States, FBI Director Christopher A. Wray will tell House lawmakers on Wednesday in a fresh warning from Washington about Beijing’s global ambitions. Wray will say that there’s been “far too little […]
The last time President Joe Biden visited Superior, Wisconsin, he warned of the danger posed by the deteriorating John A. Blatnik Memorial Bridge – pointing out the decades-old corrosion that had weakened the overpass connecting the two port cities in Wisconsin and Minnesota and vowing to fix it. Biden is returning to that bridge at […]
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