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Jimmie Breslin borrowed a line from manager Casey Stengel to title his chronicle of the worst team in baseball history, the 1962 Mets. Stengel plaintively […] More

Imagine this:  a private company discovers that detailed personal identifying information—including Social Security numbers, dates of birth, passport data, foreign travel histories, and other sensitive […] More

By now you’ve probably heard about the two cybersecurity professionals who hacked a Jeep while it was in motion.  Earlier this month, hackers at Def Con, a […] More

The Cipher Brief sat down with Michael Chertoff at the Aspen Security Conference to discuss emerging issues in cybersecurity. He feels that businesses and the […] More

Last week, The Cipher Brief sat down with Jaime Suchlicki, the Director of the Institute for Cuban and Cuban-American Studies at the University of Miami, […] More

Last week, The Cipher Brief sat down with Kirby Jones, the President of Alamar Associates, a company that has consulted on trade and business with […] More

Progress on the creation of a new relationship between the United States and Cuba has been remarkably brisk over the past eight months, but, at […] More

Tonight, Republican candidates will take the stage for the first GOP Presidential debate.  We’ve heard a lot about jobs, immigration and the economy – but […] More

It’s Day 3 of Black Hat 2015, a major conference for cybersecurity professionals.  With over 9,000 attendees expected, the conference addresses major issues facing top information security […] More

Got a secret, can you keep it?  “Dead drop” – Noun.  A location to secretly pass information without a face-to-face meeting. “The Cipher Brief has […] More

As part of the Iran deal, international sanctions prohibiting Iran from purchasing and selling conventional arms and ballistic missile systems will be lifted in the […] More

Territorial claims in the South China Sea have been contentious for centuries, but recent land reclamation attempts by China have made it a global security […] More

Despite all the debate on the merits of the Iran nuclear deal, one thing is abundantly clear: the Middle East is changing in ways that […] More

President Obama departed this week for his first trip to Kenya since taking office.  He will meet with the Kenyan President, Uhuru Kenyatta, and attend […] More

Today, the United States reopens its embassy in Havana, Cuba and formally re-establishes diplomatic relations.  The embassy will primarily perform standard functions such as issuing visas […] More

The painting is compelling.  The spy looks tense, perhaps a bit rushed.  He casts a sidelong glance at the clock on the table as he […] More

Social media offers valuable information that can improve day-to-day operations and strategic planning for businesses and governments.  The ease of accessing social media, however, belies […] More

Ten years ago, four homegrown militants, some of who trained in Pakistan, launched devastating terror attacks in London. Today, the Islamic State of Iraq and […] More