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DOD chief in Silicon Valley amid cyber warfare boost – The Hill

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DOD chief in Silicon Valley amid cyber warfare boost
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Carter on Monday acknowledged that the military had recently launched an aggressive cyber war campaign against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) that is targeting the terrorist group's ability to communicate digitally and disseminate propaganda.
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NSA asks Silicon Valley to help fight cybercrime, terrorism

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SAN FRANCISCO — The NSA is too big and slow to effectively fight ingenious cyber attacks without the help of Silicon Valley tech expertise, so it’s time to patch up relations between the two, the head of the NSA told a gathering of tens of thousands at RSA Conference 2016.

Attacks like the one that took down the Ukraine power grid last year can happen here – it’s just a matter of time, says Adm. Mike Rogers, director of the NSA.

Before that happens, NSA and private security experts need to come together, plan responses and practice them.

Rogers calls for the NSA and Silicon Valley to change what they’re saying to each other in order to come up with answers that best serve the country and figure out “what to do when we get penetrated,” which is just a matter of time. “We spend a lot of time right now talking about what we can’t do.”

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White House hopes for ‘common ground’ in Silicon Valley meeting

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The White House hopes a Friday summit between senior government officials and Silicon Valley tech leaders will find common ground on ways to work together to combat extremism and radicalization.

Government officials will seek to convince tech executives that they need to heed President Barack Obama’s call to action and step up to help the U.S. in its fight against militants. But some tech executives are still wary of assisting the government after former National Security Agency (NSA) contractor Edward Snowden leaked information about U.S. spying back in 2013.

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Anonymous and ISIS engaged in bitter cyber warfare – Silicon Republic – Siliconrepublic.com

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Anonymous and ISIS engaged in bitter cyber warfare – Silicon Republic
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The internet is now a war zone between the collection of hackers known as Anonymous and ISIS (Islamic State) sympathisers on social media to discredit them. While Anonymous and ISIS have been engaged in attacks on a personal level before, it now …

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