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EXCLUSIVE: Entire US national security system possibly compromised by year-long cyber-assault

July 21, 2015: Acting OPM director Beth Cobert is shown. (Government Executive Media Group) The prolonged hacking into the White House Office of Personnel Management, which put the personal information of at least some 21.5 million past and current federal…

EXCLUSIVE: Mammoth federal hack part of broader campaign against the U.S., experts say

The spectacular hacking assault on the federal government’s Office of Personnel Management is just part of a broader, systematic campaign against the most valuable U.S. cyber-assets, public and private, that is ongoing and likely includes operations inside classified U.S. government…

Cybersecurity Stocks are in Vogue as Hackers Ratchet up Attacks

Cybersecurity companies are seeing their profiles rise among investors as the scope and breadth of these attacks escalate practically on a daily basis. The latest massive breach to occur was reported Thursday by the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), a…

Quillaja: Coming to your beer, soda and shampoo

Sustainable quillaja harvesting in Chile (Chris Kilham) Two men with chain saws stand in the warm Chilean sun, cutting branches from trees. There are plenty of bees here buzzing around in the central valley, especially in this part where pesticides…

Virtually impossible for top White House, State Department officials to miss Clinton’s private email address: security expert

March 10, 2015: Hillary Rodham Clinton listens during a news conference at United Nations headquarters. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File) A senior information security professional with intimate knowledge of federal systems has raised new security concerns about former Secretary of State…

Obama shows mixed results in delivering on State of the Union promises

Close Guantanamo. End the Iraq war. Tax the rich. Increase nuclear power. Drill for oil in the Atlantic. President Obama called for all these initiatives and more in previous State of the Union speeches. Some came to pass; others did…

Race and freedom: Cliven Bundy, Donald Sterling and Freedom of Speech

Cliven Bundy should be happy for the public revelation of the private comments of fellow racist Donald Sterling; the latter has replaced the former as the person Americans most love to hate. These two bigots recently spewed racial hatred: Bundy…

Will ObamaCare ‘tech surge’ throw good money after bad?

President Obama’s “tech surge” to turn around the failing HealthCare.gov is running into concerns that the administration could be throwing “good money after bad” while complicating an already complicated situation. Tech experts who spoke with FoxNews.com say that, like any…

Tracking Your Taxes: Programs Proven to be Wasteful, but Still There

The Congressional Budget Office and the White House Office of Management and Budget say billions are being wasted on projects that are not needed or duplicative — and experts say one reason the federal budget is out of control is…