WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles) introduced the Improving Contractor Cybersecurity Act, legislation that would amend the federal contracts title to require vendors that wish to do business with the United States Government…
Rep. Ted Lieu, D-Calif., will announce Tuesday a bill that would require all federal contractors to have a vulnerability disclosure program. The Improving Contractor Cybersecurity Act draws inspiration from the Department of Homeland Security’s…
The world’s largest meat supplier has been hit by a cyberattack, with hackers shutting down internal computer systems and forcing the company to suspend parts of its operations in Canada and Australia. JBS, a Brazilian meat company which operates in…
‘Nothing is safe’ The one-two punch of the recent cyberattacks “shows that nothing is safe,” said former senior Department of Homeland Security official Paul Rosenzweig. “Not the meatpacking industry, not the chemical industry, not the wastewater…
Paul Rosenzweig, a former senior Department of Homeland Security official, told USA Today that the attacks on an oil pipeline and then a meat supplier ‘shows that nothing is safe.’ ‘Not the meatpacking industry, not the chemical industry, not the…
UPDATE: JBS USA, the world’s largest meat supplier, has reportedly shut down its five biggest U.S. plants in the wake of a cyberattack. JBS USA, the world’s largest meat supplier, says it was the target of an “organized cybersecurity attack.” In a…
