Carter Takes Blame… Twenty-five years ago today a secret mission to rescue American hostages held in Iran failed before it started as a helicopter crashed into a Hercules C130 transport plane, killing eight U.S. soldiers and wounding four others. The event marked a tragic and embarrassing turn for the United States. President Carter took responsibility for the mission’s failure. He told the nation, “I ordered this rescue mission in order to safeguard American lives and protect America’s national interests, and to reduce the tensions that have been caused among many nations as this crisis has continued.” Fifty-three Americans were taken hostage on Nov. 3, 1979 by Islamic militants. The hostages were released 444 days later, on Inauguration Day 1981, the day that Ronald Reagan took office. For more details, read the Rescue Mission Report, prepared August, 1980. Related content news Google Chrome zero-day jumps onto CISA's known vulnerability list A serious security flaw in Google Chrome, which was discovered under active exploitation in the wild, is a new addition to the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency’s Known Exploited vulnerabilities catalog. By Jon Gold Oct 03, 2023 3 mins Zero-day vulnerability brandpost The advantages and risks of large language models in the cloud Understanding the pros and cons of LLMs in the cloud is a step closer to optimized efficiency—but be mindful of security concerns along the way. By Daniel Prizmant, Senior Principal Researcher at Palo Alto Networks Oct 03, 2023 5 mins Cloud Security news Arm patches bugs in Mali GPUs that affect Android phones and Chromebooks The vulnerability with active exploitations allows local non-privileged users to access freed-up memory for staging new attacks. By Shweta Sharma Oct 03, 2023 3 mins Android Security Vulnerabilities news UK businesses face tightening cybersecurity budgets as incidents spike More than a quarter of UK organisations think their cybersecurity budget is inadequate to protect them from growing threats. By Michael Hill Oct 03, 2023 3 mins CSO and CISO Risk Management Podcasts Videos Resources Events SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER From our editors straight to your inbox Get started by entering your email address below. Please enter a valid email address Subscribe