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Pipeline CEO Defends Company’s Cyber Info Sharing – Breaking Defense Breaking Defense
WASHINGTON: Colonial Pipeline CEO and President Joseph Blount defended his company’s actions after it was hacked, saying it “was extremely transparent” in sharing information with the federal government. The acting director of DHS’s cyber arm, Brandon Wales, had told Congress that CISA was not getting the “technical information” it needed to share publicly about the Colonial …
Leading universities launch joint technology licensing program
USC has joined a coalition of leading research universities that aims to boost the transfer of researchers’ patented technologies and inventions to companies. All told, 15 universities are members of the limited liability corporation University Technology Licensing Program (UTLP): USC, Brown, Caltech, Columbia, Cornell, Harvard, Illinois, Michigan, Northwestern, Penn, Princeton, SUNY Binghamton, UC Berkeley, UCLA …
DOJ Agents Shut Down Grass Valley Casino For Violating State Health Order – CBS Sacramento
GRASS VALLEY (CBS13) — The Towers Casino and Card Room in Nevada County says six Department of Justice agents shut them down Tuesday night for violating the state’s public health order. Owner Jamey Robinson says there was no indication from Nevada County Department of Public Health or local law enforcement that she was doing anything …
‘There’s No Fathomable Way I Have Committed Any Crime at All’
It’s not often that you interview a subject who has no interest in being famous. But recently, I did just that when I sat down with Lisa Page the week before Thanksgiving in my hotel room in Washington, D.C. Page, of course, is the former FBI lawyer whose text-message exchanges with agent Peter Strzok that …
50 U.S. states and territories announce broad antitrust investigation of Google
(Drew Angerer/Photographer: Drew Angerer/Getty) Attorneys general for 50 U.S. states and territories on Monday officially announced an antitrust investigation of Google, embarking on a wide-ranging review of a tech giant that Democrats and Republicans said may threaten competition, consumers and the continued growth of the web. Appearing on the steps of the Supreme Court, Texas …
Sprint, T-Mobile receive merger approval from Department of Justice
(Dado Ruvic/Reuters) The $26 billion merger between T-Mobile and Sprint secured final approval on Friday from the Department of Justice, where regulators blessed the combination of the country’s third- and fourth-largest wireless carriers after they agreed to sell off a critical portion of their business to Dish Network. The green-light from the government’s antitrust watchdogs …