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Also, Obama calls for IT procurement reform; National parks tread a digital divide; California lawmakers grill officials over botched unemployment website; Too much open government, not enough openness?; Kansas City measures performance through online dashboard; New data shows that 67% of Texas cell-phone 911 calls lack location information; Blog from new FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler; Cassidian Communications, Fleetcom complete P25 installation at Canada’s busiest airport; Johns Hopkins University deploys Tiburon CAD and RMS solutions; FCC acts to stop use of false emergency-alert sounds; FireEye introduces new security solution for data centers; FirstNet hosts tribal outreach workshop; Anritsu achieves LTE-A conformance testing milestone; NATE releases third edition of tower-safety standard; RCA to hold silent auction at annual awards banquet
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Chinese military unit infiltrated Motorola Solutions computers in 2017, U.S. government claims
Members of a signals-intelligence unit of the Chinese military accessed Motorola Solutions’ computer network and downloaded more than 1,000 documents—including competitive intelligence about LMR manufacturer Hytera Communications—in 2017, according to a U.S. government indictment and other legal briefings. In 2017, Jia Wei was a member of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA)—the military of the People’s […]
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Feds probe China-linked attacks on US telecom networks
Federal authorities said they are investigating China-linked attacks on U.S. telecom networks in the wake of reports that hackers conducted a broad espionage campaign, targeting senior elected officials and candidates. “After the FBI identified specific malicious activity targeting the sector, the FBI and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency immediately notified affected companies, rendered technical […]
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Cybersecurity isn't easy when you're trying to be green
Renewable energy companies lag behind their more traditional peers when it comes to the cybersecurity readiness of their infrastructure, raising concerns that attackers targeting critical infrastructure could find easier prey among “green” energy firms. In a study of 250 energy companies worldwide, oil and natural-gas firms scored the highest — with the average company scoring […]
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AT&T CEO shares potential 4.9 GHz vision as FirstNet tops 6.4 million connections
AT&T this week announced that FirstNet supports more than 6.4 million connections for more than 29,000 public-safety agencies, while CEO John Stankey applauded the recent FCC vote granting the FirstNet Authority control over usage of 4.9 GHz spectrum via a sharing agreement with a nationwide band manager. Stankey made the comments during AT&T quarterly conference […]
