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Biden-Harris Campaign, Trump Operative Stone Also Target of Hackers
Hackers, possibly from Iran, sent phishing emails to the Biden-Harris campaign and Trump operative Roger Stone hoping to gain access into the systems of both presidential campaigns. It worked with Stone, who ...
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House Passes Privacy-Preserving Bill, but Biden Blasts it
Richi Jennings | | 4th Amendment, adtech, Advertising and AdTech, Biden, Biden administration, Biden-Harris, Congress, congressional legislation, Data Broker, Data broker regulations, Data Brokers, foreign adtech, Fourth Amendment, Fourth Amendment is Not For Sale Act (FANFSA ), H.R. 4639, House of Representatives, Joe Biden, national security, national security policy, President Biden, SB Blogwatch, US Congress, White House
Are you a FANFSA fan? The White House isn’t. It says the bill “threatens national security.” ...
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Biden EO Will Keep China, Russia From Buying Americans’ Sensitive Data
The Biden Administration wants to stop data brokers and other companies from selling sensitive personal data of American citizens to organizations in China, Russia, and other adversarial countries. President Biden on Wednesday ...
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Biden Will Veto Efforts to Spike SEC Breach Disclosure Rule
President Biden is warning Congressional Republicans that he will veto any attempts to overturn the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) new requirement for public companies disclosing cybersecurity incidents. In a brief policy ...
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We Won’t Pay Ransomware Crims — 40 Nations Promise Biden’s WH
Richi Jennings | | Anne Neuberger, Biden, Biden administration, Biden cybersecurity summit, Biden National Cybersecurity Strategy, Biden-Harris, International Counter Ransomware Initiative, International Security, Joe Biden, President Biden, Ransomware, SB Blogwatch, White House
Will CRI pledge work? International Counter Ransomware Initiative (CRI) hopes to pull rug from under scrotes ...
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Ransomware in Schools: White House Wants Action NOW
Richi Jennings | | Alejandro Mayorkas, Biden, Biden administration, Biden cybersecurity summit, Biden National Cybersecurity Strategy, Biden-Harris, Colorado, education, fcc, Federal Communications Commission, High school attacks, Jessica Rosenworcel, Joe Biden, K-12, K-12 Cloud Risks, K-12 Cloud Security, K-12 cybersecurity, K-12 Education, K-12 Schools, Keith Krueger, President Biden, Ransomware, SB Blogwatch, school, Schools, U.S. Federal Communications Commission, White House
Don’t make me tap the sign: Biden administration hosts summit; bangs heads together from government, school districts and industry ...
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FBI/CISA Failed: Biden’s Ransomware Summit Convenes, Impotently
Richi Jennings | | Biden administration, Biden cybersecurity summit, President Biden, Ransomware, SB Blogwatch, the Russians will be selling USB wristbands outside the summit, White House
The International Counter Ransomware Summit is on in D.C., with 36 nations and blocs. But will it amount to anything of substance? ...
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Biden Revs Up US Quantum Plans (Because China)
Richi Jennings | | Biden administration, china, cryptanalytically relevant quantum computer, National Quantum Initiative Advisory Committee, post quantum, President Biden, quantum computing, quantum information science, SB Blogwatch, The white house might as well prioritize research into unicorns
This week, the White House issued a memorandum and executive order that put a shedload of wood behind the quantum-computing arrow ...
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At Request of U.S., Russia Rounds Up 14 REvil Ransomware Affiliates
BrianKrebs | | Andrey Sergeevich Bessonov, Colonial Pipeline, Darkside, Dmitri Alperovitch, FSB, gandcrab, Immersive Labs, Kevin Breen, Ne'er-Do-Well News, NotPetya, President Biden, Ransomware, rEvil, Roman Gennadyevich Muromsky, The Coming Storm, Vladimir Putin
The Russian government said today it arrested 14 people accused of working for "REvil," a particularly aggressive ransomware group that has extorted hundreds of millions of dollars from victim organizations. The Russian ...
Understanding the ‘Improving the Nation’s Cybersecurity’ EO
Ed Bassett | | 2021 Cybersecurity Executive Order, executive order, Improving the Nation's Cybersecurity, President Biden
Recently, President Joe Biden issued an executive order on “Improving the Nation’s Cybersecurity.” The order is timely, as the United States has recently fallen prey to multiple cyberattacks and ransomware attacks, putting ...
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