In 2003 California passed Senate Bill 1386 (SB-1386). It was the first online privacy law in the U.S. What followed, over the next 17 years, was that every state in the nation implemented a law, generally modeled after SB-1386. In 2018 California, sort of with a gun to its head, passed CCPA. Again a first […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]TikTok Ban – Remember That? Well now that the election is over – at least the voting part – we can get back to the important stuff like whether our kids can create 30 second dance videos on TikTok. The President signed a memo a couple of months ago to add trade pressure on China […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Louisiana National Guard Called in to Help Local Election Officials According to tips, the state of Louisiana had to call out the National Guard after some number of small government offices across the state were hit by ransomware. Experts say the tools have the hallmarks of the North Koreans, so all of the major attackers […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Iran or Russia – Who Should We Worry About? The FBI and the US government’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency on Thursday issued a joint warning that a Kremlin hacking crew is probing or breaking into systems belonging to the US government and aviation industry. The joint advisory states that the team, known as Energetic Bear among […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]In a fight the likes of which we have not seen since the battle between Microsoft and the DoJ that ended around 20 years ago, the Justice Department sued Google this week, accusing it of using its market dominance to hobble its rivals. Just to be clear from the beginning, I am not a huge […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Update Oct 23 – As this saga continues, Homeland Security says that this email campaign is being waged by Iran. Director of National Intelligence called a hasty news conference with DHS and said that their analysis says this is the work of Iran, who, after all, is not on great terms with this administration. Iran, […]
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