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National Security and Foreign Affairs

May 5, 2017

Hackers have exploited the Signaling System #7 international telecommunications signaling protocol as part of a two-stage attack designed to drain money from people's online bank accounts.


May 4, 2017

Tax Refunds Have Hackers Working Hard For Your Money

Hackers have taken advantage of a known security vulnerability in mobile networks that allowed them to intercept two-factor authentication messages to hijack user login information and drain bank accounts.


May 4, 2017

We've known for years that a key protocol that allows global cellular networks to communicate with each other had vulnerabilities -- and nobody really took it that seriously.


May 1, 2017

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

WashingtonToday, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D | Los Angeles County) issued the following statement regarding the disturbing and provocative moves recently made by the Trump Administration regarding North Korea.


April 21, 2017

A recent airstrike by the U.S.-led coalition in Iraq is believed to have caused more than 270 civilian deaths, a tragedy that provoked an international outpouring of grief and outrage.


April 20, 2017

On the way to this week's visit to Saudi Arabia, Secretary of Defense James Mattis was asked what the Trump administration would do to bolster its ally in the war in Yemen.

His answer was surprising.


April 20, 2017

Democrats are warning that President Donald Trump has a credibility problem as his administration grapples with the prospect of a new North Korean nuclear test.