Security & Defense

Pentagon cyberdefenses weak, report warns

By Ellen Nakashima, Washington Post

From Ellen Nakashima, Washington Post:  A new report for the Pentagon concludes that the nation’s military is unprepared for a full-scale cyber-conflict with a top-tier adversary and must ramp up its offensive prowess.

China is behind more than 20 serious cyber attacks against Norway

By Nordic Page

Chinese cyberspies have hacked most Washington institutions, experts say

By Craig Timberg and Ellen Nakashima, Washington Post

From Craig Timberg and Ellen Nakashima, Washington Post:  Start asking security experts which powerful Washington institutions have been penetrated by Chinese cyberspies, and this is the usual answer: almost all of them.

Policy making in Washington may be cyber resilient

By Haley Barobour and Ed Rogers, Foreign Policy

From Haley Barobour and Ed Rogers, Foreign Policy:  Last week, we learned that the Chinese government had hacked into the computers of some of Washington’s most prominent organizations

Intelligence officials: Iran greater cyber threat to US infrastructure than China

By Nicole Perloroth, David E. Sanger, and Michael S. Schmidt, New York Times

From Nicole Perloroth, David E. Sanger, and Michael S. Schmidt, New York Times:  American intelligence officials believe that the greater danger to the nation’s infrastructure may not even be China, but Iran

Romania believes rival nation behind “MiniDuke” cyber attack

By Ioana Patran, Reuters

From Ioana Patran, Reuters:  Romania believes another state was behind the "MiniDuke" cyber attack that hit its national security institutions as well as NATO and other European countries, its SRI secret service said on Friday.

NATO Information Office in Moscow marks 12th anniversary

By NATO

From NATO:  A roundtable discussion on the prospects for NATO-Russia partnership was organised on 20 February by the NATO Information Office (NIO) in Moscow to mark the 12th anniversary of the NIO’s inauguration in 2001.