"More than a year later, state and federal officials don't know where the plutonium – one of the most valuable and dangerous substances on earth – is. Nor has the cesium been recovered."
"RDP administrators have been slow to adopt techniques like two-factor authentication and rate-limiting, which could prevent attacks like this one."
"The hacker told Recorded Future that he frequently 'entertains' himself by watching live streams of sensitive footage from airplanes and border surveillance cameras."
"The 'lesson' Finley learned here is pretty clear. Power usually wins."
"When it was released back in 2015, one of the main perks of Windows 10 was the improved security features that made it harder for rootkits to get a foothold on Microsoft's new OS."
"The FBI recommended that all owners of consumer-grade routers, switches, and network-attached storage devices reboot their devices. While the advice likely disrupted VPNFilter’s advance and bought infected users time, it may also have created the mistaken belief that rebooting alone was enough to fully remove VPNFilter from infected devices."
"The attacks work because of weaknesses built into the LTE standard itself. The most crucial weakness is a form of encryption that doesn’t protect the integrity of the data."
"They were concerned that the Trump administration’s crackdown on immigration was preventing them from carrying out the agency’s other duties."
"The TSA is effective at violating our liberty, but it is ineffective at protecting our security."
"ICE came into existence in the early 2000s, when the federal government was reorganized and the Department of Homeland Security was created — so it’s a relatively new branch of the federal government. Its creation led to more deportations, which escalated during the Obama administration, especially during his first term."