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August 4, 2022
In this photo provided by NASA, NASA's Space Launch System (SLS) rocket with the Orion spacecraft aboard is seen atop the mobile launcher at Launch Pad 39B, Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2022, at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla.. NASA's Artemis I flight test is the first integrated test of the agency's deep space exploration systems.
NASA Aims for Saturday Launch of New Moon Rocket
August 31, 2022
BAE Systems’ Combat System Mission Crew Workstation (CSMCW) is now qualified for the P-8A Poseidon Multi-mission Maritime Patrol Aircraft – adding to the aircraft’s mission capability.
BAE Systems’ Workstation Qualified for P-8A Poseidon Aircraft
August 30, 2022
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Gerresheimer Invests Some $94M in U.S. Expansion
August 18, 2022
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Treasury Secretary Janet L. Yellen tours the Ford Rouge Electric Vehicle Center before speaking about the Biden Administration's economic agenda in Dearborn, Mich., Thursday, Sept. 8, 2022.
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States Get Final OK to Build Highway EV Charging Network
In this image made from a NASA livestream, the Double Asteroid Redirection Test spacecraft crashes into an asteroid on Monday, Sept. 26, 2022.
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NASA Spacecraft Crashes Into Asteroid in Defense Test
The NASA moon rocket stands on Pad 39B before a launch attempt for the Artemis 1 mission to orbit the moon at the Kennedy Space Center on Sept. 2, 2022, in Cape Canaveral, Fla.
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Hurricane Forces NASA Moon Rocket to Shelter
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Today in Manufacturing has a new podcast brought to you by the editors of Industrial Media. In each episode, we discuss the five biggest stories in manufacturing, and the implications they have on the industry moving forward.
August 4, 2022
The U.S. Homeland Security Department headquarters in northwest Washington is pictured on Feb. 25, 2015.
Safety
Chinese-Made GPS Tracker Highly Vulnerable
The automotive tracker poses a potential danger to highway safety, national security and supply chains.
July 20, 2022
An Abbott Laboratories manufacturing plant is shown in Sturgis, Mich., on Sept. 23, 2010. Severe weather has forced Abbott Nutrition to pause production at a Michigan baby formula factory that had just restarted. The company said late Wednesday, June 15, 2022 that production for its EleCare specialty formula has stopped, but it has enough supply to meet needs until more formula can be made.
Food & Beverage
Production Resumes at Troubled Baby Formula Factory
Damage from severe thunderstorms forced the plant to halt operations just two weeks after restarting production.
July 11, 2022
The Amazon Spheres on the company's corporate campus are shown near the Space Needle in downtown Seattle, Tuesday, Dec. 7, 2021. Amazon Web Services suffered a major outage Tuesday, the company said, disrupting access to many popular sites.
Operations
Major Outage at Amazon Disrupts Businesses Across the U.S.
The incident impacted everything from auto dealerships to Amazon's e-commerce operation.
December 8, 2021
In this Nov. 10, 2016, file photo, people walk past a Microsoft office in New York. Microsoft on Oct. 7, 2021, says Russia once again accounted for most state-sponsored hacking, with a 58% share of intrusion attempts it detected in the past year. The targets were mostly government agencies — in the United States, followed by Ukraine, Britain and European NATO members.
Software
Microsoft: Russia Behind 58% of Detected State-Backed Hacks
It mostly targeted government agencies and think tanks in the U.S.
October 7, 2021
Ransomware
Software
Iowa Farm Cooperative Hit by Ransomware, Systems Go Offline
The attack hit just as Iowa's corn and soy harvesting is getting under way.
September 21, 2021
This Feb 23, 2019, file photo shows the inside of a computer in Jersey City, N.J. Cybersecurity teams worked feverishly Sunday, July 4, 2021, to stem the impact of the single biggest global ransomware attack on record.
Software
Russia-Based Ransomware Gang Offline, Cause Unclear
The group was responsible for the Memorial Day ransomware attack on the meat processor JBS.
July 14, 2021
Russian President Vladimir Putin attends his annual live call-in show in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, June 30, 2021.
Safety
NSA Discloses Hacking Methods it Says Are Used by Russia
Attacks have been attempted on hundreds of government agencies, energy companies and other organizations.
July 2, 2021
Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco announces the recovery of millions of dollars worth of cryptocurrency from the Colonial Pipeline Co. ransomware attacks as she speaks during a news conference with FBI Deputy Director Paul Abbate and acting U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of California Stephanie Hinds at the Justice Department in Washington, Monday, June 7, 2021.
Operations
US Recovers Most of Ransom Paid After Colonial Pipeline Hack
Colonial officials had paid ransom in bitcoin valued at $4.4 million.
June 8, 2021
In this Oct. 13, 2018, file photo, a sign marks the entrance to the Tesla Gigafactory in Sparks, Nev. A Russian citizen has pleaded guilty to offering a Tesla employee $1 million to get malware into the electric car company's plant in Nevada and enable a ransomware attack. Attorneys representing Egor Igorevich Kriuchkov did not immediately respond Friday, March 19, 2021, to messages about his Thursday plea in U.S. District Court in Reno.
Operations
Russian Pleads Guilty to Tesla Ransomware Plot
He offered a Tesla employee $1 million to cripple the electric car company’s massive electric battery plant in Nevada.
March 19, 2021
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Apple, Google Team Up
They want to track down people who may have been infected by coronavirus carriers.
April 13, 2020
In this June 13, 2019, file photo, Steve Marcinkus, an Investigator with the Office of the City Commissioners, demonstrates the ExpressVote XL voting machine at the Reading Terminal Market in Philadelphia.
Product Development
Voting Machine Reliability Questioned
They are at least twice as expensive as the hand-marked paper ballot option.
February 24, 2020
In this Aug. 11, 2019, file photo an iPhone displays a Facebook page in New Orleans. A Ukrainian security researcher says a database with the names, phone numbers and unique user IDs of more than 267 million Facebook users was exposed on the open internet for at least 10 days this month.
Software
Data on 267M Facebook Users Exposed
A database with names, phone numbers and unique user IDs of more than 267 million Facebook users was found on the open internet.
December 23, 2019
In this March 27, 2019, photo, author Shoshana Zuboff pauses while walking her dog near her home in Maine. Zuboff is the author of 'The Age of Surveillance Capitalism,' a book about how tech companies collect and use personal data.
Software
Meet the Scholar Who Diagnosed 'Surveillance Capitalism'
The unflattering term evokes how companies monetize the details of our lives to make billions.
December 11, 2019
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Software
DOJ Charges 2 Russians in 'Evil Corp.' Cybertheft Ring
Officials say the group developed malware used to steal at least $100 million from banks and other financial institutions.
December 6, 2019