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FEATURE-'Irrational' hackers are growing U.S. security fear
Reuters* Aging control systems vulnerable to attack-experts * Infrastructure malfunctions loom as hackers probe networks * U.S. power grid target of daily cyber attacks By Jim Finkle May 22 (Reuters) - Cybersecurity researcher HD Moore discovered he could...Tags: Computing and Information Technology Industry, National Security Agency, U.S. Senate, Boston Marathon Bombing (2013), Timothy McVeigh
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'Irrational' hackers are growing U.S. security fear
Reuters(Reuters) - Cybersecurity researcher HD Moore discovered he could use the Internet to access the controls of some 30 pipeline sensors around the country that were not password protected. A hacking expert who helps companies uncover network...Tags: Computing and Information Technology Industry, National Security Agency, U.S. Senate, Boston Marathon Bombing (2013), New Products
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Some U.S. power companies say they face constant cyber attacks
ReutersBOSTON (Reuters) - Several U.S. power utilities say they face constant cyber attacks on critical systems, according to a report by two Democratic lawmakers amid warnings from the Obama administration that foreign hackers are seeking to attack the electric...Tags: U.S. Senate, U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce, Computer Crime, U.S. House of Representatives, Henry A Waxman
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Some U.S. utilities say they're under constant cyber attack
ReutersWASHINGTON/BOSTON (Reuters) - Several power utilities say they face a barrage of cyber attacks on their critical systems, a report by two Democratic lawmakers found echoing warnings from the Obama administration that foreign hackers were trying to bring...Tags: Computing and Information Technology Industry, Barack Obama, U.S. Senate, U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce, Computer Crime
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New fracking rules attempt to placate opposing camps
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration on Thursday unveiled a new proposal for regulating hydraulic fracturing on federal lands, rolling back some measures from its original, abandoned draft as it sought to ease concerns the rules would be too...Tags: Energy Resources, Litigation and Regulation, Washington, DC, John Hoeven, Tom Corbett
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10 Things to Know for Today
Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today: 1. THOUSANDS RALLY FOR LABOR REFORMS The workers paraded through Dhaka, Bangladesh, to demand safety at work after a garment factory building...Tags: Food and Drug Administration, Kelly Ayotte, John Kerry
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Massachusetts Senate race pits Democrat Markey vs. Republican Gomez
This post has been updated, as indicated below.WASHINGTON – The race to replace John F. Kerry in the U.S. Senate will offer Massachusetts voters a familiar choice: a longtime Democratic officeholder against a fresh-faced Republican. Democratic Rep. Edward J. Markey and Republican businessman...Tags: The Boston Globe, U.S. Senate, Elizabeth Warren, Elections, Republican Party
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Massachusetts voters head to the polls for Senate primary
SOMERVILLE, Mass. – Stephen Lynch was in a hurry on Friday morning, first to a pair of diners along Broadway, then down the street to a firehouse. By day’s end, he’d hit 18 stops in six cities and towns in the Boston area, as he worked...
Tags: The Boston Globe, U.S. Senate, Karl Rove, Mo Cowan, Boston Marathon Bombing (2013)
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Knives on a plane?
Once in a while, a government agency adopts a policy that is logical, hardheaded, based on experience and unswayed by cheap sentiment. This may be surprising enough to make you reconsider your view of bureaucrats. But not to worry: It usually doesn't...
Tags: Transportation Security Administration, U.S. Congress, Terrorism, The Wall Street Journal, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Latest South Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment
INDIAN CHILD WELFARE DEBATE Dakotas tribe displeased with planned summit FORT YATES, N.D. (AP) — Members of the Standing Rock Sioux tribal council have written a letter to a U.S. Congressman detailing their displeasure with a planned summit on...Tags: Trials, Accidental Death, Judges, Ethanol, Air and Space Accidents
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Coast Guard finds evidence of safety violations on Shell rig
The U.S. Coast Guard has found evidence of multiple safety and environmental violations in Shell Alaska's Noble Discoverer Arctic drilling rig and forwarded it to the U.S. Justice Department for a decision about possible civil or criminal penalties,...Tags: U.S. Department of Justice, Environmental Pollution, Energy Resources, U.S. Coast Guard, Environmental Issues
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San Onofre: Edison denies it was aware of plant defects
L.A. NOWSouthern California Edison, the operator of the troubled San Onofre nuclear power plant, pushed back against two lawmakers who said that the utility company was aware of defects in the plant's replacement steam generators before installing them. Sen....
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