Sentences with phrase «said security agencies»

Speaking in a very angry tone, Governor Ifeanyi said security agencies owed Nigerians explanation over the attack.

He said the security agencies were alert and would deal ruthlessly with such deviants, who would also be made to face the full rigours of the law.

Speaking to Government House correspondents after a meeting with Governor Akinwunmi Ambode at Lagos House in Ikeja, Ibrahim said security agencies were working tirelessly to ensure the return of the students and reunite them with their families.

Shettima, however, said security agencies of the Federal Government under President Muhammadu Buhari with the support of youth volunteers, vigilantes and hunters being funded by the Borno State Government had remained gallant and dedicated in their determination to bring the security situation in the State to an end.

The president said the security agencies would not hesitate to deal with those seeking political gains from the abduction.

Addressing Odupong Kpehe branch of the GPRTU in Kasoa on the first day of his four - day campaign tour of the Central Region, Mr. Amissah - Arthur said the security agencies are ready to deal with such people.

Mr. Amissah - Arthur, who is also the Chairman of the Police Council and the Ghana Armed Forces Council said the security agencies are ready to deal with any situation which has the tendency to mar the day.

While soliciting for the support of the parents, Owoseni said security agencies were already in custody of useful leads, adding that there was a strong hope of rescuing the victims.

He said security agencies are facing many attacks because they refused to be partisan in their operation, especially in Taraba State.

The Inspector - General of Police, Hafiz Ringim, has said security agencies would ensure that Saturday's governorship election in Kogi State holds without violence.

Contributing to a discussion on the topic, «social media usage and elections», a cross-section of the youth present at the event said the security agencies may have monitored social media conversations over a period of time and realized that negative comments from the discussions on social media far exceeds the positive leads, hence their contemplation to block social media on election day to prevent violence.

Despite this, Mr. Rawlings said the security agencies owe Ghanaians «the responsibility of keeping the nation safe and secure.

BBC assistant political correspondent Norman Smith said the security agencies often rehearse terror scenarios and they tend to be focused on large transport hubs and major public events.

Not exact matches

Thousands of technology, finance and manufacturing companies are working closely with U.S. national security agencies, providing sensitive information and in return receiving benefits that include access to classified intelligence, four people familiar with the process said.

Keating said the Russian security agency FSB showed him information including «the names, the addresses, the cellphone numbers, the iPad accounts, e-mail, Facebook pages... the fact that he was trying to get involved to go to Palestine and deal with insurgencies there» that apparently led the CIA to add Tamerlan to a terrorist suspect database.

«I've had the opportunity to consult with the senior officials of the security and police agencies of the government of Canada, and on the basis of all available information at the present time there would appear to be no national security connection to this particular incident,» Goodale said.

Christian Leuprecht, a political science professor at RMC and Queen's University, says that unlike other nations» security agencies, which might actively seek to extract information from other states, Canada's intelligence operations focus more often on protecting intellectual property and trade secrets.

The Transportation Security Administration, the federal agency in charge of screening passengers, isn't specifically looking for drugs that are illegal under federal law, a spokesman said.

White House cybersecurity coordinator Rob Joyce will leave his post and return to the National Security Agency, a White House official said on Monday.

Earlier in March, the agency expanded its scrutiny and said it is looking to apply securities laws to everything from cryptocurrency exchanges to digital asset storage companies known as wallets.

Moscow - based cyber security firm Group IB said hackers had exploited code developed by the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) which was leaked and then used in the WannaCry ransomware attack that caused global disruptionsecurity firm Group IB said hackers had exploited code developed by the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) which was leaked and then used in the WannaCry ransomware attack that caused global disruptionSecurity Agency (NSA) which was leaked and then used in the WannaCry ransomware attack that caused global disruption in May.

«They could be pre-positioning for use in times of tension,» said Ciaran Martin, chief executive of the British governments National Cyber Security Centre cyber defense agency, who added that «millions of machines» were targeted.

In Moscow, President Vladimir Putin discussed Britain's «unfriendly and provocative» policy at a session of the national security council, RIA news agency quoted the Kremlin as saying.

In March, the agency said it is looking to apply securities laws to everything from cryptocurrency exchanges to digital asset storage companies known as wallets.

In recent weeks, Mueller's team has interviewed a number of senior officials, including Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats, National Security Agency Director Michael Rogers, and Attorney General Jeff Sessions, as well as Comey, officials said.

As the firestorm over Trump's comment began late last week, the White House and Trump's National Security Council provided no guidance to the State Department about what to say to foreign countries who were incensed, said a U.S. official familiar with the conversations between the White House and other federal agencies.

The federal government has raised the National Terrorism Public Alert level from medium to high based on advice from security and intelligence agencies, but says it was not based on knowledge of a specific attack plan.

«Even the intelligence agency in the Department of Homeland Security said the order would not reduce terrorism,» he said.

Clayton has previously said that the majority of ICOs should be registered with the agency because the coins trade on secondary markets like other securities the SEC regulates.

«DHS has harmed Kaspersky Labs reputation and its commercial operations without any evidence of wrongdoing by the company,» the company's founder, Eugene Kaspersky, said in an open letter to the Homeland Security agency published on Monday.

Painter recommends that Congress pass a law right now that would require that when a President or his businesses have specific matters pending before a federal agency — like, say, an Internal Revenue Service audit, or a case before the National Labor Relations Board or the Securities and Exchange Commission, or a licensing issue before the Federal Communications Commission — that the matter must be decided by a career civil servant, rather than by a political appointee.

Despite acrimonious relations between Russia and the United States in recent years, experts on cyber security in both countries say their law enforcement agencies and private firms had been working together more closely behind the scenes to fight financial fraud and other crimes committed online.

Zwart said that fairly or not, Google has become directly linked to the National Security Agency in many Europeans» minds.

The U.S. Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States, an intra-government agency that scrutinizes foreign groups» purchases of U.S. assets to protect national security interests, rejected the initial application for the Alerian deal, one of the sources said on Tuesday.

David Kennedy, the CEO of TrustedSec who previously specialized in cyber warfare at the National Security Agency, said the sanctions seemed to stem from the Russia investigation, as they target the Internet Research Agency, one of the entities indicted in February.

Earlier in the day, the Securities and Exchange Commission said it will now require digital asset exchanges to register with the agency.

National Security Council staff brought the proposal to the attention of the agency's lawyers, five people said, because they were concerned about the plan and how it was being advanced.

Bitcoin fell Wednesday after the Securities and Exchange Commission said digital asset exchanges must register with the agency.

Bitcoin began heading below the key $ 10,000 level earlier in March after the Securities and Exchange Commission said it will require digital asset exchanges to register with the agency.

Weeks after SEC chairman Jay Clayton said «many» cryptocurrency promoters were not complying with securities laws, the agency has sent out dozens of subpoenas and information requests.

The agency said it plans to keep the data security provision suspended until it is able to «able to act on pending petitions for reconsideration.»

The chief executive of MasterCard Inc., the former head of the National Security Agency and officials from Microsoft and Uber will join a commission to strengthen U.S. cyber defenses, the White House said on Wednesday.

Hart said that the problem of insider threats is as «old as the hills» and that every organization, from big businesses to the National Security Agency, has to deal with the possibility.

The bank said it had agreed to settle the lawsuit with the U.S. Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) after being accused of mis - selling $ 32 billion of mortgage - backed securities before the global financial crisis.

«The expectation that the government is going to protect everyone and go back to everyone is false,» said Nicholas Eftimiades, a retired senior technical officer at the Defense Intelligence Agency who teaches homeland security at Pennsylvania State University in Harrisburg and was himself among the targets.

Beijing this year said it would review all imported security products for potential security flaws following revelations by former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden that U.S. technology companies co-operated with widespread governmentsecurity products for potential security flaws following revelations by former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden that U.S. technology companies co-operated with widespread governmentsecurity flaws following revelations by former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden that U.S. technology companies co-operated with widespread governmentSecurity Agency contractor Edward Snowden that U.S. technology companies co-operated with widespread government spying.

In the same hearing, Comey and National Security Agency Director Mike Rogers added their organizations to the list of many other American and international intelligence agencies over the past week that have said there's no evidence to back the president's wiretapping allegation against former President Barack Obama.

The U.S. National Security Agency ended its daily vacuuming of millions of Americans» phone records on Sunday and will replace the practice with more tightly targeted surveillance methods, the Obama administration said.

Two people briefed on the matter said multiple security agencies were involved in investigating the threats.

Dozens of firms rushed to contain the damage from possible security weak points following the anti-secrecy organization's revelations, although some said they needed more detailed information on what the U.S. intelligence agency was up to before they can thwart suspected, but previously hidden attacks.