Ron Wyden
American politician and educator (born 1949)
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I think it’s going to be a big lift,
- said Wyden, who addedPoliticopolitico.com/newsletters/insid…
He is just flailing trying to find wins for the election, so put me down as dubious to what he’s talking about,
- Wyden said about TrumpThe Independentindependent.co.uk/news/world…
The FAA’s failure to require the aviation industry to use secure communications is a major threat to US national security, to our economy and the safety of the flying public,
- said Ron Wyden, the US senator for Oregon, who has long campaigned on privacy, surveillance and cyber security issuesGuardiantheguardian.com/us/news…
This sobering report from [the] GAO reveals that the technology used by air traffic controllers to communicate with aircraft is incredibly insecure, can be intercepted, impersonated, and jammed, and that hackers and foreign governments can exploit these vulnerabilities to disrupt air travel and even put passengers at risk.”
- Wyden, who sits on the Senate intelligence committee, addedGuardiantheguardian.com/us/news…
Several India-based cyber-mercenary groups have spent more than 15 years conducting targeted espionage against US citizens, businesses and the lawyers representing them,
- Wyden, Harrigan and Whitehouse wrote to LutnickABP Livenews.abplive.com/news/world…
RFK’s platform is built on lies and grifts that leave a trail of dead children in their wake. There are consequences for lying to Congress.”
- Ron Wyden said in a statementGuardiantheguardian.com/us/news…
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