FRANKFURT—Airlines cancelled hundreds of flights to and from German airports on Monday as security workers went on strike amid a wage dispute. Security workers staged a full-day walkout at six airports including Duesseldorf, Cologne/Bonn and Berlin on Monday, and one-day strikes have also been called for other airports on Tuesday including Frankfurt and Hamburg. The…
Hundreds of Flights Cancelled in Germany as Security Staff Strike Over Pay
Man Fatally Shoots Texas Officer Working Security at Mall
HOUSTON—A Texas deputy constable working an off-duty security job at a Houston mall was fatally shot by a man who gained control of the officer’s own gun, police said. The suspect was shot by police and died at a hospital. Deputy Neil Adams was working a second job Thursday afternoon at PlazAmericas mall in Houston…
Security Committee Finds Gaps in Federal Cyberdefences That Place Vital Data at Risk
OTTAWA—The committee of MPs and senators which oversees federal security policy has uncovered gaps in Canada’s cyberdefences that could leave many agencies vulnerable to state-sponsored hackers from countries like China and Russia. In a new report, the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians says cyberthreats to government systems and networks are a significant risk…
TikTok Users Are Feeding Data to CCP Intelligence Agencies, Cyber Experts Warn
If you use TikTok, you may be feeding information to Chinese Communist Party (CCP) intelligence services. That’s a warning from cyber security expert Casey Fleming, CEO of strategic advisory firm BlackOps Partners. In a recent interview with Epoch TV’s “Wide Angle” program, Fleming explained the dangers posed by foreign-controlled cell-phone applications like TikTok, which is…
Lithuania Seeks Permanent US Troop Deployment in Face of Russian Build-Up
RUKLA, Lithuani—Lithuania will ask the United States to permanently station troops in the country to help boost security, the Baltic nation’s president said on Wednesday. Gitanas Nauseda spoke after welcoming new rotation of German-led international NATO battle group, deployed in 2017 and soon to include 350 additional German troops in response to Russia massing its…
Did Democrats’ Secret Deals with Ukraine Put America on Road to Conflict with Russia?
The Biden administration says that the hundreds of thousands of Russian troops on Ukraine’s border are a threat to NATO and European security. But what if those massed Russian forces represent Moscow’s defensive posture? For nearly a decade Joe Biden and the party he leads saw Ukraine as an instrument to destabilize the Russian government…
Twitter Says Two Security Team Leaders Leaving Company
Twitter Inc. said on Friday its head of security is no longer at the company and its chief information security officer will depart in the coming weeks. The shakeup comes after Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey stepped down as chief executive in November, handing the reins to top deputy Parag Agrawal, who has since reorganized the…
Ford, ADT Form Venture to Make Vehicle Security Products
DETROIT—Ford and security company ADT have formed a joint venture that will help businesses protect vehicles and expensive equipment they carry from theft. The first product from the venture called Canopy is a system that uses cameras, radar, global positioning and artificial intelligence to spot a potential thief and notify ADT, which will monitor the…
Japan-Taiwan-US Trilateral Defense Against China’s Threats
News Analysis Japan now sees the defense of Taiwan as integral to the security of Japan and is intensifying its security engagement with Taiwan through its U.S. alliance. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Jan. 6 met with Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, Japanese Foreign Minister Hayashi Yoshimasa, and Japanese Defense Minister Kishi Nobuo to discuss…
White House Will Meet Executives From Apple, Amazon, IBM to Discuss Software Security
January 13, 2022
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The White House will meet executives from leading tech firms, including Alphabet-owned Google, Apple Inc., and Amazon.com Inc., on Thursday to discuss software security after the United States suffered several major cyberattacks last year. In December, White House National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan sent a letter to chief executives of tech firms after the discovery…
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