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Pentagon

Carter Says DoD Fought Off Russian Hackers Earlier This Year

Pat Host

Thursday, April 23rd, 2015

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Carter Says DoD Fought Off Russian Hackers Earlier This Year

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The Defense Department earlier this year fought off Russian hackers who accessed an unclassified network, Defense Secretary Ashton Carter said Thursday.Carter said the hackers discovered an old vulnerability in a legacy network that had been patched. Carter said DoD identified the compromise and had incident responders hunting down intruders within 24 hours. “I still worry about what we don’t know because this is only one attack we found,” Carter told an audience during a speech at Stanford University in Palo…

Congress

Kaine On Iranian Girls School Strike: “You Can Be Sure We’re Gonna Get The Answer To That One”

Sen. Timothy Kaine (D-Va.), the ranking member of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) seapower panel, pledged on Tuesday that the Senate will get to the bottom of what happened […]

Congress

‘Right To Repair’ Reform In SASC’s FY ‘27 NDAA Sets “Government-Purpose Rights’ As Default

The “Right to Repair” provision secured in the Senate Armed Services Committee’s (SASC) version of the next defense policy bill would establish “government-purpose rights” as a default, requiring defense contractors […]

Advanced / Transformational Technology

Pentagon May Make ‘Tradeoffs’ For Low-Cost Autonomous Tech Without Reconciliation Funds, CTO Says

The Pentagon’s chief technology officer has said the department may need to make “tradeoffs” on certain capability priorities if Congress doesn’t pass a reconciliation with $350 billion in requested defense […]

Congress

SASC’s FY ‘27 NDAA Sticks With Army’s Plan For Legacy Aviation Procurement Cuts

The Senate Armed Services Committee’s (SASC) version of the next defense policy sticks to the Army’s proposed plan to cut procurement of its legacy aviation fleet, and does not authorize […]