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DHS warns Americans to stay alert after Trump-backed strikes hit Iran nuke sites
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DHS warns Americans to stay alert after Trump-backed strikes hit Iran nuke sites

By Kanishka Singh | Reuters via Denver Gazette WASHINGTON (Reuters) -An advisory from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security warned on Sunday of a "heightened threat environment in the United States" following overnight U.S. military strikes on Iran's nuclear sites. Rights advocates have already noted heightened Islamophobia and antisemitism in the U.S. since the start of U.S. ally Israel's war in Gaza following an October 2023 attack by Palestinian militant group Hamas. The DHS issued Sunday's bulletin through its National Terrorism Advisory System and said the ongoing Iran conflict was causing the heightened threat environment. Low-level cyber attacks against U.S. networks by "pro-Iranian hacktivists" are likely, the bulletin said, adding cyber actors affiliated with Iran's...
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Retired military leaders to Congress: Chinese Communist Party threat against Taiwan ‘shrinking our options’
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Retired military leaders to Congress: Chinese Communist Party threat against Taiwan ‘shrinking our options’

By Jack Davis | The Western Journal Protecting Taiwan against a Chinese invasion is an urgent mission that requires the United States to up its game in the Pacific, experts recently told Congress. “America’s ability to defeat a coercive attack conducted by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) against Taiwan continues to shrink,” retired Rear Adm. Mark Montgomery said in his testimony recently during a hearing of the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party. Addressing that requires urgency, said retired Army Gen. Charles Flynn, who until last year commanded U.S. Army forces in the Pacific, according to the Washington Times. “The threat of a Chinese invasion of Taiwan is no longer distant or theoretical,” he said. “The urgency to restore credible deterrence in the Indo...
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Cyberattack on health tech firm cripples U.S. military pharmacies worldwide, some commercial pharmacies
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Cyberattack on health tech firm cripples U.S. military pharmacies worldwide, some commercial pharmacies

By WYATT OLSON | Stars & Stripes A cyberattack Wednesday on one of America’s largest health care technology companies has left U.S. military pharmacies worldwide unable to fill prescriptions, the Defense Health Agency said Thursday. “A reported cyberattack on the nation’s largest commercial prescription processor, Change Healthcare, has affected military clinics and hospitals worldwide,” DHA said in a statement. Change Healthcare disconnected its systems on Wednesday to protect patient information, according to the agency. “This is impacting all military pharmacies worldwide and some retail pharmacies nationally,” DHA said. READ THE FULL STORY AT STARS & STRIPES
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