Biden May Use China Rule on Russia if it Invades Ukraine This COULD be a bluff, but the administration may use the foreign direct product rule on Russia, like they did on Huawei, if Russia invades Ukraine. Depending on how it is used, it could have crushing implications on anything in Russia that uses microchips. […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]As Terrorists Blow Up Soft Targets, Sri Lanka Turns Off Social Media As Sri Lanka is dealing with multiple bombs exploding at churches and hotels, the country’s solution to the inevitable use of social media to fan flames and release propaganda, in addition to news is to turn off social media. At the current time, […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]First it was Marriott. The breach of Marriott’s Starwood division systems exposed data on 500 million clients and triggered multiple lawsuits and investigations. That breach was four years in the making and across two different management teams – first at Starwood and then at Marriott. Undetected. This week 1-800-Flowers announced that it too was breached. […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]As a reminder, Cathay Pacific Airlines recently admitted it was hacked and lost data on over 9 million passengers. Information taken includes names, addresses, passport information, birth dates and other information They took a lot of heat for waiting 6 months to tell anyone about it (remember that GDPR requires you to tell the authorities […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]The Federal government has demonstrated its inability to keep its own house in order at the same time that it expects citizens and businesses to trust it with very sensitive information. From the SEC’s EDGAR breach, the OPM breach and others, add the FDIC. The Office of Inspector General (OIG) found that the Federal Deposit […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Whenever I read the news that a data breach has occurred, my first two questions are “how big is it?” and “How long did it go for”. For example, the Omni Hotel chain announced a breach this week and they said it affected 49 out of their 60 hotels, affected 50,000 customer cards, was detected […]
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