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Sep 7 9 tweets 6 min read
The future US gvt #cyber workforce could be in trouble - "We have a dearth of talent in the US" @NSAGov Deputy Director George Barnes tells @BillingtonCyber
"Nations in the #FarEast - we need them, they need us" per @NSAGov's Barnes on partnerships w/other nations re #cybersecurity
#Election2022 - "We are preparing & we're not doing it alone" per @NSAGov's Deputy Dir George Barnes

"Each time we are refining our formula" across the US gvt, he says "...getting better"
US approach to #election #cybersecurity - get insight, defend & impose cost, per @NSAGov's Barnes
#Russia #China, others, still looking for US tech - "If they can't buy it, they try to acquire it" per @NSAGov's Barnes

China "pursuing the highest technology they can get a hold of..."
"The scale of their pursuit is scary, is daunting" per @NSAGov's Barnes on #China

But he says #Beijing still cannot match US
"The thing that keeps me up at night is the lack of preparedness" per @NSAGov's Barnes on #cybersecurity

Says NSA working with key sectors to sensitive leaders to have the right "paranoia" to take proper precautions
What gets US in trouble? "It's not the high end stuff" per @NSAGov's Barnes

Says a lot of problems come because of failures in basic #cyber hygiene
"Unfortunately, all the basics have not been followed" per @NSAGov's Barnes

"We have to work with...the private sector to establish the standards" he adds, not critical infrastructure run by the pvt sector

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More from @jseldin

Sep 9
New: #Ukraine bracing for new round of #Russia|n cyber attacks targeting its energy, financial sectors, Deputy Minister of Digital Transformation Georgii Dubynskyi tells reporters
"We saw this scenario before-before the winter they [#Russia] are trying to find a way how to undermine, how to defeat our energy system & how to make circumstances even more severe for Ukrainians" per Dubynskyi
#Russia also trying to employ "precision" #cyberattacks

"Using social engineering & using some traitors...so it's also possible #hybrid attacks as well" per Dubynskyi
Read 11 tweets
Sep 9
#Russia-#Ukraine - "This is the world's 1st #cyber war" #Ukraine Minister of Digital Transformation @FedorovMykhailo tells @BillingtonCyber via prerecorded video

"We repel 99% of #Russia|n attacks on a daily basis" he says
#Ukraine has a vision for an "army of drones" - "Drones are a game-changer" per @FedorovMykhailo

Fedorov says future wars will be fought more with drones than w/people
"#Ukraine has proved to be one of the world's strongest #cyber states" per @FedorovMykhailo, while also asking for continued support in a prerecorded video presentation for @BillingtonCyber
Read 14 tweets
Sep 8
#Election2022 interference not just virtual anymore - "What we're starting to see is potentially physical security issues" at the polling place even, @CISAgov's @KimWyman12 tells @BillingtonCyber
#Election2022 facing supply shortage challenges

"Paper of that sort [used for US elections] is in high demand worldwide...capacity is low" per @smartmatic Dir of Global Services, Certification
.@smartmatic's Smith also worried about #disinformation
Read 10 tweets
Sep 8
NEW: Pentagon has more work to do to better respond to #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine, per new @USGAO National Security Snapshot

@DeptofDefense "could better plan & prioritize European posture & deterrence through the European Deterrence Initiative..."
"... including estimating long-term costs to sustain prepositioned equipment and other infrastructure
projects" per @USGAO
Other areas @DeptofDefense could improve, per @USGAO:

"DOD does not have effective metrics to measure readiness in each of the five warfighting domains"

and

"DOD could improve leadership and integration of information operations across the department"
Read 5 tweets
Sep 8
Multiple #Iran cyber actors behind mid-July #cyberattack on #Albania, per @Microsoft Security Threat Intelligence

"Microsoft assessed with high confidence that multiple Iranian actors participated in this attack—with different actors responsible for distinct phases"
Per @Microsoft:

- DEV-0842 deployed the ransomware and wiper malware
- DEV-0861 gained initial access and exfiltrated data
- DEV-0166 exfiltrated data
- DEV-0133 probed victim infrastructure

#Iran-#Albania
"The actors involved in gaining initial access and exfiltrating data in the attack are linked to EUROPIUM, which has been publicly linked to #Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS)" per @Microsoft
Read 5 tweets
Sep 8
"We're now six months into a very tough slog of a war" per @CIA's Burns

"I would not underestimate the capacity or the courage of the #Ukrainians right now..."
"#Putin's bet, I think, is that he's going to be tougher than the #Ukrainians & the #Europeans & the Americans...Europeans facing what's going to be a difficult winter with high energy prices are going to lose resolve" per @CIA's Burns
"#Putin is as wrong about that bet as he was profoundly wrong in his assumptions going back to last February abt the Ukrainian will to resist & the will of the West, of the United States & all of our partners to support the Ukrainians" per @CIA's Burns
Read 6 tweets

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