IPFS News Link • Military Industrial Complex
Cyberthreats turn into megabucks for defense companies
• TONY ROMM and JENNIFER MARTINEZ, PoliticoAs Congress boosts spending on cybersecurity and mulls over new data safety requirements on private industry, some companies stand to get rich.
Lockheed Martin, Boeing, Northrop Grumman and other defense and tech companies have been lobbying Capitol Hill about the growing cyberthreats to national security and corporate America, but they also make millions of dollars each year selling a variety of cybersecurity programs, tools and solutions to government and business.