Flights halted at US airports as watchdog warns over hacking threat

Senator Ron Wyden calls for swift action after GAO report finds systems guiding US aircraft vulnerable to interference…

 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/21/airports-flight-ground-stop-hacking-threat

 

Five claims the president made in primetime address not backed up by evidence

…The Department of Homeland Security did not reveal its methodology for identifying the noncitizens and how confident they were in their assessment. The tool the Department of Homeland Security uses to flag noncitizens on the voter rolls is known to be inaccurate. 

Letters from the Department of Homeland Security sent on Thursday to Nevada and Pennsylvania obtained by the Guardian also suggest that the government is much less certain that the people identified are actually noncitizens. The Nevada letter says the department identified as many as 15,903 noncitizens who were registered to vote, including 8,576 whose name, date of birth, address and social security number matched that of a noncitizen in its files. It did not say how it flagged the remaining potential noncitizens. .

“These numbers are wildly speculative at best and the Department of Homeland Security hasn’t shared anything that backs it up,” Cisco Aguilar, the Democratic Nevada secretary of state, said in a statement…

 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/17/trump-claims-primetime-address

 

Check Kiting (Andrew McCabe and Allison Gill; Jack: A Special Counsel podcast, Episode #106)

This week:

• Jack Smith files a second motion to dismiss the coup case in DC to be extra thorough; 
• Fani Willis is ordered to release any communications she had with Jack Smith after Judicial Watch wins a default judgment; 
• in light of Chinese hacking, the FBI urges people to use encrypted communications; 
• Andy has thoughts about Kash Patel; 
• plus listener questions.

Interview: 

https://www.podbean.com/ew/dir-t2aq6-22a87ad8

China’s cyber intrusions have hit ports and utilities, officials say - The Washington Post

China "is sitting on a stockpile of strategic" vulnerabilities, or undisclosed security flaws it can use in stealthy attacks, Adamski said last month at the CyberWarCon conference in Washington. "This is a fight for our critical infrastructure. We have to make it harder for them."…

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/12/11/china-hacking-hawaii-pacific-taiwan-conflict/

Iranians hacked election results computer in 2020, but were blocked - The Washington Post

Cyber Command cooperation with DHS prevented intruders from muddying results, senior commander tells conference…

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/04/24/election-2020-iran-hacking/

Revealed: the hacking and disinformation team meddling in elections

• 'Team Jorge' unit exposed by undercover investigation
• Group sells hacking services and access to vast army of fake social media profiles
• Evidence unit behind disinformation campaigns across world
• Mastermind Tal Hanan claims covert involvement in 33 presidential elections

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/feb/15/revealed-disinformation-team-jorge-claim-meddling-elections-tal-hanan

Reality Winner says she leaked file on Russia election hacking because ‘public was being lied to’ | Reality Winner | The Guardian

Working for NSA contractor Pluribus International Corporation, Winner printed the document – labeled "TOP SECRET" – that explained how Russian military intelligence officials hacked at least one supplier of voting software and tried to break into more than 100 local election systems before the polls closed in 2016…

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/jul/25/reality-winner-leaked-file-on-russia-election-hacking-because-public-was-being-lied-to

Pipedream Malware: Feds Uncover Major ICS Hacking Tool | WIRED

The malware toolkit, known as Pipedream, is perhaps the most versatile tool ever made to target critical infrastructure like power grids and oil refineries...

https://www.wired.com/story/pipedream-ics-malware/

US charges four Russian hackers over cyber-attacks on global energy sector | Russia | The Guardian

Quartet accused in two major hacking campaigns between 2012 and 2018, indictment unsealed by justice department reads…

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/mar/24/us-charges-russian-hackers-cyber-attacks

Trump accidentally proves — again — that Republican defenses of his Ukraine/2016 request are empty - The Washington Post

Six months later, the president is still completely wrong about the Democratic National Committee hacking....
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/11/22/trump-accidentally-proves-again-that-republican-defenses-his-ukraine-request-are-empty/