Category: National Security

Millions of Genworth Policyholders and California Pensioners Had Data Stolen in Cyberhack

The California Public Employees Retirement System (CalPERS), the nation’s largest public pension fund and insurer, Genworth Financial, admitted that the personal information of millions of account holders was compromised in a major security breach. A third-party file storage vendor, PBI Research Services, was attacked by Russian hackers after going through a loophole in its MOVEit Transfer…


LIVE 12 PM ET: AG Garland Announces Arrests Related to Fentanyl Supply Chain

U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland, joined by Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco and other law enforcement officials, holds a press conference at 12:00 p.m. ET on June 23 announcing arrests to disrupt the fentanyl precursor supply chain. …


LIVE NOW: AG Garland Announces Arrests Related to Fentanyl Supply Chain

U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland, joined by Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco and other law enforcement officials, holds a press conference at 12:00 p.m. ET on June 23 announcing arrests to disrupt the fentanyl precursor supply chain. …


AG Garland Announces Arrests Related to Fentanyl Supply Chain

U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland, joined by Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco and other law enforcement officials, holds a press conference at 12:00 p.m. ET on June 23 announcing arrests to disrupt the fentanyl precursor supply chain. …


LIVE 12:30 PM ET: CDC Panel Meets on COVID-19 Vaccines

A panel of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) meets on COVID-19 vaccines at 12:30 p.m. ET on June 23. Dr. Fiona Havers (CDC/NCIRD), Dr. Romeo Galang (CDC/NCCDPHP), and Dr. Ruth Link-Gelles (CDC/NCIRD) will give updates on COVID-19 epidemiology and vaccine effectiveness. Dr. Jefferson Jones (CDC/NCIRD)…


LIVE NOW: CDC Panel Meets on COVID-19 Vaccines

A panel of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) meets on COVID-19 vaccines at 12:30 p.m. ET on June 23. Dr. Fiona Havers (CDC/NCIRD), Dr. Romeo Galang (CDC/NCCDPHP), and Dr. Ruth Link-Gelles (CDC/NCIRD) will give updates on COVID-19 epidemiology and vaccine effectiveness. Dr. Jefferson Jones (CDC/NCIRD)…


CDC Panel Meets on COVID-19 Vaccines

A panel of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) meets on COVID-19 vaccines at 12:30 p.m. ET on June 23. Dr. Fiona Havers (CDC/NCIRD), Dr. Romeo Galang (CDC/NCCDPHP), and Dr. Ruth Link-Gelles (CDC/NCIRD) will give updates on COVID-19 epidemiology and vaccine effectiveness. Dr. Jefferson Jones (CDC/NCIRD)…


US Coast Guard Ship Transits Taiwan Strait Amid China Tensions

A U.S. coast guard ship transited the Taiwan Strait after Secretary of State Antony Blinken returned from his two-day trip to Beijing, a move the Chinese coast guard claimed has sparked “public speculation.” The legend-class coast guard cutter Stratton conducted “a routine Taiwan Strait transit on June 20” to demonstrate the United States’s commitment to…


Lawmakers Call for Reform in US Classification System

The past several months have seen allegations of mishandling classified documents brought against President Joe Biden, former Vice President Mike Pence, and former President Donald Trump, who was indicted last week by the Department of Justice on charges of doing that and more. In April, Massachusetts Air National Guardsman Jack Teixeira accessed and allegedly leaked…


House Republicans Want to Openly Debate Imposing ‘Oil Naval’ Blockade on China

The House Armed Services Committee has adopted an amendment to the proposed United States’ defense budget calling on the Pentagon to present it with a plan spelling out how it would impose a naval blockade on China. Despite objections from Democrats and reservations voiced by several Republicans about publicly—and potentially, provocatively—discussing what amounts to an…