Opinion | 8 Pieces of Free Advice for Trump’s National Security Team
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Opinion | 8 Pieces of Free Advice for Trump’s National Security Team

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines This may be presumptuous, but it strikes me that the new administration’s national security team could use some advice. I have worked with senior leaders through many administrations from both parties. I’ve seen firsthand how highly capable and skilled professionals have conducted themselves…

Opinion | Foreign Spies to Team Trump: 👊🇺🇸🔥
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Opinion | Foreign Spies to Team Trump: 👊🇺🇸🔥

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines So-called zero-click spyware is now sold to regimes and corporations around the globe. Apple has notified users in 150 countries that they’ve been targeted. A program from a single Israeli spyware maker, the NSO Group, has been deployed in Saudi Arabia, Spain, Hungary,…

Opinion | If Pete Hegseth Had Any Honor, He Would Resign
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Opinion | If Pete Hegseth Had Any Honor, He Would Resign

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines I don’t know how Pete Hegseth can look service members in the eye. He’s just blown his credibility as a military leader. On Monday, The Atlantic’s Jeffrey Goldberg published one of the most extraordinary stories I’ve ever read. President Trump’s national security adviser,…

How the Crypto Exchange Bybit Lost .5 Billion to North Korean Hackers
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How the Crypto Exchange Bybit Lost $1.5 Billion to North Korean Hackers

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines On the night of Feb. 21, Ben Zhou, the chief executive of the cryptocurrency exchange Bybit, logged on to his computer to approve what appeared to be a routine transaction. His company was moving a large amount of Ether, a popular digital currency,…

Top Social Security Official Leaves After Musk Team Seeks Data Access
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Top Social Security Official Leaves After Musk Team Seeks Data Access

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The top official at the Social Security Administration stepped down this weekend after members of Elon Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency sought access to sensitive personal data about millions of Americans held by the agency, according to people familiar with the matter….

Musk Team’s Treasury Access Raises Security Fears, Despite Judge’s Ordered Halt
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Musk Team’s Treasury Access Raises Security Fears, Despite Judge’s Ordered Halt

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines A federal judge’s order that Elon Musk’s team temporarily cease boring into the Treasury Department’s payment systems raises a far larger question: whether what Elon Musk has labeled the Department of Government Efficiency is creating a major cyber and national security vulnerability. The…

TikTok to ‘Go Dark’ on Sunday for Its 170 Million American Users
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TikTok to ‘Go Dark’ on Sunday for Its 170 Million American Users

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines TikTok said late Friday that its service would “go dark” for its 170 million American users on Sunday in the face of a federal ban over fears that its Chinese ownership poses a threat to the United States’ national security. The company said…