White House ‘Cyber Czar’ Resigns; Let’s Not Replace Her. | Danger Room | Wired.com

White House ‘Cyber Czar’ Resigns; Let’s Not Replace Her. | Danger Room | Wired.com: "A “czar” position is the exact opposite of what we need to successfully defeat cyber space adversaries. The botnet that denies service to your governmental web sites might have been assembled by a Brazilian, who borrowed code from an Israeli, who launders his money through a Russian. None of them have met in person, and next month they may all switch roles - and throw in some Americans and Chinese to boot - for a totally different attack. A cyber czar is fighting a network with an org chart."

Federal Web sites knocked out by cyber attack

Federal Web sites knocked out by cyber attack:

(AP) - A widespread and unusually resilient computer attack that began July 4 knocked out the Web sites of several government agencies, including some that are responsible for fighting cyber crime, The Associated Press has learned.

The Treasury Department, Secret Service, Federal Trade Commission and Transportation Department Web sites were all down at varying points over the holiday weekend and into this week, according to officials"

Forty-Fourth Estate blog - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

Perhaps if Joe Biden and his Administration "had a clue"...they'd realize a better internet connection just "ain't gonna cut it" right now in peoples lives...they are trying to SURVIVE!!!!!!!!!

Biden fails to draw crowd in Erie

Wattsburg, Pa. — Vice President Joe Biden visited a small town on the outskirts of Erie today to talk to rural folks about federal stimulus money that can be used to expand broadband access to the Internet for rural areas that typically have poor connections.

Apparently stimulus money and broadband are not all that interesting to the local folk here: Only around 100 or so people have showed up so far to hear Biden talk at noon at Seneca High School off Route 8 in Wattsburg.

The room looked so sparse that about 30 or so chairs were removed by volunteers to give the illusion of a full house.

The effect didn't exactly work."

Privacy may be a victim in cyberdefense plan

WASHINGTON - A plan to create a new Pentagon cybercommand is raising significant privacy and diplomatic concerns, as the Obama administration moves ahead on efforts to protect the nation from cyberattack and to prepare for possible offensive operations against adversaries’ computer networks... The cybersecurity effort, Mr. Obama said at the White House last month, “will not — I repeat, will not — include monitoring private sector networks or Internet traffic.”

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Hacker named to Homeland Security Advisory Council | Tech News on ZDNet

Hacker named to Homeland Security Advisory Council | Tech News on ZDNet: "Moss, who is genuinely humble, said he was 'fantastically honored and excited to contribute' to the HSAC and not concerned with losing any street cred among what some would call his fan base. He did concede that his new position would give him an unfair advantage in Defcon's 'Spot The Fed' contest in which people win prizes for successfully outing undercover government agents."

GPS satellites not 'falling out of the sky': Air Force

GPS satellites not 'falling out of the sky': Air Force: "In keeping with its high-tech mission, Colonel Dave Buckman, a spokesman for Air Force Space Command, which is based at Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado, took to micro-blogging service Twitter to allay any fears.
'No, GPS will not go down,' Buckman said in a Twitter message. 'GPS isn't falling out of the sky.'"

Obama Unveils Plans to Protect US Computers

VOA News - Obama Unveils Plans to Protect US Computers: "U.S. President Barack Obama is taking steps he says will better protect the safety of America's computer systems. The president will appoint a special assistant to oversee the cyber security efforts.

President Obama says the threat posed by computers is real. 'Indeed, in today's world, acts of terror could come not only from a few extremists in suicide vests, but from a few keystrokes on the computer, a weapon of mass disruption' he said."