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Cyber soldiers may get more love after hacked Colonial Pipeline
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National Guard soldiers participate in Cyber Shield 20 at Fort Indiantown Gap, Pennsylvania, Sept. 20, 2020. The exercise tested soldiers network defense skills. (Lt. Col. Angela King-Sweigart/Army)
Army secretary nominee Christine Wormuth said she’d explore a proposed cyber reserve force, improve Army recruiting efforts aimed at tech-savvy Americans and deal with Army modernization programs that were vulnerable to cyber threats in recent evaluations.
The slate of promises during Wormuth’s nomination hearing Thursday came amid a recent ransomware attack that sparked gasoline shortages along the Eastern Seaboard.
The hack targeting the Colonial Pipeline also triggered a wave of panic-buying at gas stations around the country, including on military bases in the South. ....

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