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September 03, 2016 at 5:00 am | By COREY TAULE Contributing writer In the early evening of Dec. 23, 2015, computer hackers launched three attacks – 30 minutes apart – on power companies in the Ukraine. As helpless power officials watched, unknown assailants seized control of their systems and shut down power to roughly 230,000 […]
In the spring of 2013, somebody (or somebodies) launched a sniper attack on a major transmission substation outside of San Jose, Calif., with a high-powered rifle, blasting off more than 100 rounds at 17 electrical transformers. The April 16 attack on the Pacific Gas and Electric Metcalf Transmission Substation didn’t knock the power out across […]
One lucky Idaho student gets to go to Washington, D.C., in December to light the U.S. Capitol Christmas tree. Idaho Sens. Mike Crapo and Jim Risch are holding a multimedia contest to help determine the winner. A resolution approved by the Idaho Legislature notes that the practice of placing a Christmas tree on the west […]
New thinking on old tech for a secure future By Sens. Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and Angus King (I-Maine) – 09/12/16 06:25 PM EDT In the 2015 novel “Ghost Fleet,” the U.S. is challenged in a future war by a technologically savvy enemy. The enemy exploits cyber vulnerabilities in a U.S. military that has grown overly […]
Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan reminisced Wednesday night about the late Justice Antonin Scalia during an appearance at the University of Arizona’s law school — not with tears, but with laughter. Justice Scalia died in February of this year, leaving a “gaping hole” in the Supreme Court, Kagan said. “When he died, there was this […]
His opponents accuse of him of being “Senator No.” To everyone else, he’s a conservative hero. For the third time since taking office in 2009, Sen. James Risch (R-ID) has compiled the most conservative record in the Senate, according to National Journal. “We’ve got a couple liberal publications and they tell me their heads are […]