Brandon Lingle

2 weeks ago | govtech.com | Brandon Lingle

Proposed by Gov. Greg Abbott in his State of the State address in February, the Texas Cyber Command is intended to help protect state entities and infrastructure against cyber attacks. It's being created in partnership with the University of Texas at San Antonio. "We cannot let any more time go by without strongly, robustly, addressing this problem," Abbott said as he declared creation of the command an emergency item for the Legislature.

3 weeks ago | expressnews.com | Brandon Lingle

Elon Musk's government cost-cutting agency has killed nearly $583 million in federal contracts across Texas - and businesses in San Antonio are bearing the brunt. The latest data from the Department of Government Efficiency shows local entities have lost contracts worth $375 million since early this year, about two-thirds of the statewide total. The cuts are part of the Trump administration's effort to reduce government workforce and services.

1 month ago | star-telegram.com | Brandon Lingle

DaVita, an international dialysis firm with a dozen clinics across San Antonio, said Monday a ransomware attack had encrypted parts of its computer network and disrupted its operations. The hack comes as the Trump administration continues its leadership shakeups and worker cuts at federal entities safeguarding the nation's networks, including U.S. Cyber Command, the National Security Agency and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency.

1 month ago | expressnews.com | Brandon Lingle

DaVita, an international dialysis firm with a dozen clinics across San Antonio, said Monday a ransomware attack had encrypted parts of its computer network and disrupted its operations. The hack comes as the Trump administration continues its leadership shakeups and worker cuts at federal entities safeguarding the nation's networks, including U.S. Cyber Command, the National Security Agency and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency.

1 month ago | star-telegram.com | Brandon Lingle

Nearly six years after heavy equipment crushed Paul Janikowski's legs on a Tesla Inc. production line, a judge has found the electric-vehicle maker guilty of serious and willful misconduct for multiple safety lapses that led to the incident. The decision closes a chapter in the former Tesla worker's legal quest after three tons of steel skids caught and dragged him more than 15 feet at the company's Fremont, Calif., plant in November 2019, leaving him seriously injured.