by Noah Shachtman | Nov 27, 2012 | Monitor
American officials are blaming Iran for recent attacks on the servers of western banks. But the hackers taking credit for the sophisticated distributed denial-of-service strikes say they pulled off the bank jobs without any government help.
by William Chodkowski | Nov 15, 2012 | Monitor
Despite the efforts of the administration and a slew of well-respected bipartisan officials including JCS Chairman Martin Dempsey, NSA director Keith Alexander, former DNI Mike McConnell, and former DHS secretary Michael Chertoff, the Senate failed yesterday to pass...
by Noah Shachtman | Oct 12, 2012 | Monitor
Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta addresses the Business Executives for National Security dinner in New York City. Photo: DoD It was billed as the first major address by an American Secretary of Defense on cybersecurity — complete with newly declassified...
by Noah Shachtman | Aug 21, 2012 | Monitor
Col. Todd Wood (right), commander of 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, briefs National Security Agency director Gen. Keith Alexander at Forward Operating Base Masum Ghar in Kandahar Province, Afghanistan. Photo: Sgt. Michael Blalack/U.S. Army...
by Michael Daniel | Aug 1, 2012 | Monitor
As I reach the end of my first two months as Cybersecurity Coordinator, I wanted to highlight a few of the Administration’s recent accomplishments working in partnership with the private sector, and also preview some of our future activities. Some of the...
