On Wednesday, in a significant development, Russia’s chief of security at FSB Alexander Bortnikov said, Moscow will work together with the United States to locate cyber criminals. The FSB will follow agreements reached by Russian President Vladimir Putin with his U.S. counterpart Joe Biden. The development comes in the wake of the two heads of…
In a statement social media giant Facebook Inc said, it expects to reopen all of its U.S. offices by October 2021, with plans to offer flexible work-related options to employees. Also, starting June 15, it was also on track to reopen most of its U.S. offices at 50% capacity by early September and was opening…
In a significant development, the U.S. Senate voted 68-32 to approve a sweeping legislative package aimed at boosting the country’s ability to compete with China, with the U.S. Congress seeking to take a tough line on Beijing. The bipartisan measure authorizes around $190 billion in provisions to strengthen U.S. technology and research spending; it will…
In a statement US officials said, they are applying more pressure on foreign adversaries and on domestic companies to fight cybercriminals; the Biden Administration is considering all options, including a military ones, to counter the growing threat. The U.S. administration is looking at “all of the options,” to defend the United States against ransomware cyber…
In a statement the U.S. Justice Department said, it had seized two Internet domains names which had been used in spear-phishing attacks that mimicked the email communications from the U.S. Agency for International Development. Armed with a court order, the Justice Department seized two command-and-control (C2) and malware distribution domains on May 28. The domain…
In a statement Canadian Trade Minister Mary Ng said, Toronto has reiterated to Washington that it plans on going ahead with a digital services tax; the potential move is likely to impact U.S. tech giants including Facebook and Alphabet Inc’s Google. Ng made the remarks in bilateral talks with U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai, who has…
Late on Monday, a South Korean newspaper reported, Samsung Electronics Co Ltd is likely to begin the construction of a planned $17 billion U.S. chip plant during the third quarter of this year and has target to begin operations at the plant in 2024. In a report, the Electronic Times reported citing unnamed industry sources, Samsung…
In a statement, Colonial Pipeline said, it has restarted operations in its Line 4 fuel line, which runs from Greensboro, North Carolina, to Woodbine, Maryland, under manual control. The line came under cyber attack which shutdown the pipeline system last week on Friday. In a notice to shippers, Colonial Pipeline said, Line 4 will be…
An auto industry group in the United States has it warned that the shortage in the global semiconductor market is likely to result in 1.28 million fewer vehicles manufactured this year and disrupt production for the coming six months. In a written response to a government-initiated review, the Alliance for Auto Innovation said the U.S.…
In a statement an official from the White House said, two top-level White House aides will host a meeting on the resiliency of the U.S. supply chain midst a broader policy review on the issue. According to Jen Psaki, White House’s press secretary, the meeting would be hosted by President Joe Biden’s top economic aide,…
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