March 29, 2024

Penn State Finds Chinese Hackers & Goes Off-Line

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Bloomberg reports, Penn State University, which develops sensitive technology for the US Navy, discovered Chinese hackers deeply embedded in the colleges’ engineering computer network, forcing them to be taken offline.

Three bills through the House and Senate seek a greater sharing of cybersecurity threat information, reports the New York Times. These bills could make American networks less vulnerable, but at a cost to individual privacy.

It isn’t the number of ships, it’s their cumulative weight that makes the US Navy the largest in the world. We Are the Mighty reports on the size of the 10 largest military forces in the world.

Tensions rise over report that US would send surveillance aircraft and naval vessels to within 12 nautical miles of Chinese-occupied features in the disputed Spratly Islands, says IHS Janes 360. The Aviationist reports the US to base B-1 bombers and surveillance planes in Australia, putting pressure on China amid growing tensions over the South China Sea.

The Aviationist seeks details about an Air Force photo of an A-10 Wharthog from Warfield Air National Guard Base, Middle River, MD, landing on an unprepared runway.

DoD Buzz reports, the Senate Armed Services Committee approved a version of FY16’s National Defense Authorization Act with $355 million to keep the A-10 flying next year. Both chambers of Congress want to add more funding to keep the program in the air despite Pentagon attempts to phase out the A-10 aircraft out and shift personnel to the JSF.

Also added to the House’s 2016 Defense Authorization Bill, reports Defense News, is $60 million in underwater technologies.

Congressman Steny Hoyer cited 34 years of bipartisan support for the the defense authorization bill, until his vote this year against GOP National Defense Authorization Bill, criticizing its gimmickry and ultimate budget uncertainty for military and civilian personnel of the DoD. Navy Secretary Ray Mabus, the week before, presented Congressman Hoyer with the highest Navy award given a civilian not employed by the Navy.

Stars and Stripes reports, the Navy has taken disciplinary action against the three civilian security workers on duty last year at Norfolk Naval Station when an intruder got on base and killed a sailor aboard the destroyer Mahan.

 

 

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