Each year, there are fewer and fewer veterans of WWII. My dad was a veteran of that war. He died many years ago, and sometimes I still think about how he never really talked to me about it. Oh, he told me an amusing story or two from his basic training days at Fort Dix,…
Biden Administration to Support Controversial UN Cyber Treaty
Jamie Tarabay reports: The Biden administration plans to support a controversial cybercrime treaty at the United Nations this week despite concerns that it could be misused by authoritarian regimes, according to senior government officials. The agreement would be the first legally binding UN agreement on cybersecurity and could become a global legal framework for countries to cooperate…
It’s the Senate’s last chance to pass the bipartisan PRESS Act: Get Busy!
Zack Whittaker reports: Folks in America: Your senators only have a few weeks left to pass the PRESS Act, a federal “shield” bill that the House passed with unanimous, bipartisan support in January but has been waiting in the Senate for a final vote ever since. The PRESS Act, if passed into law, would enshrine nationwide protections for journalists across…
Ransomware attack on Bucharest: data of hundreds of thousands of citizens involved
The following is an automated machine translation. Matthew Garvey reports: The data of approximately 200,000 citizens of Sector 5 (such as CNP, first and last name, address, among others) were put up for sale by the hackers who launched a cyber attack on the City Hall at the end of October. The attackers also gained…
NIST publishes guide on due diligence for cyber supply chain risk management
Add this to the list of things I missed last week. Nathan Salminen and Ryan Campbell write: Last week, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) released a “quick-start guide” to facilitate due diligence assessments from a cyber supply chain risk management perspective. The guide helps companies navigate due diligence under the agency’s Special…
Remarks at a UN Security Council Briefing on Ransomware Attacks against Hospitals and Other Healthcare Facilities and Services
Anne Neuberger Deputy National Security Advisor of the United States New York, New York November 8, 2024 AS DELIVERED Thank you, Mr. President. Good morning. My name is Anne Neuberger and since 2021, I have had the privilege of coordinating the United States’ national security policy on cyber and emerging technologies. I am honored to…