Strange
that they could expend so much effort to “clear” their executives
and so little effort to manage their security.
… At the
time, Equifax
claimed that its executives had no idea about the massive data
breach when they sold their stock. Today, the credit reporting
company released further details about its internal investigation
that cleared all four executives of any wrongdoing.
The
report, prepared by a board-appointed special committee,
concludes that “none of the four executives had knowledge of the
incident when their trades were made, that preclearance for the four
trades was appropriately obtained, that each of the four trades at
issue comported with Company policy, and that none of the four
executives engaged in insider trading.” The
committee says it reviewed 55,000 documents to reach its conclusions,
including emails and text messages, and conducted 62 in-person
interviews.
… Equifax’s
internal investigation into the hack itself is still underway. “The
Special Committee continues to review the cybersecurity incident, the
Company’s response to it, and
all relevant policies and practices,” [I
wonder if that will include notifying senior management in a timely
manner? Bob]
the committee said in a statement.
Don’t
worry, it couldn’t possibly happen here. Could it Mr President?
(Why no, Bob. But it might happen in Guantanamo.)
US
woman charged over tweet allegedly insulting Robert Mugabe
Zimbabwean
police have charged an American citizen with a new offence of
plotting to overthrow a constitutionally elected government, her
lawyer has said.
Martha O’Donovan had earlier been charged over a
tweet that appeared to insult Robert
Mugabe, weeks after the president appointed a cybersecurity
minister to police social media.
O’Donovan was detained on Friday morning, a US
embassy spokesman told the Associated Press. Her lawyer, Obey Shava,
said she faced two charges – undermining the authority of or
insulting the president and plotting to overthrow the government - of
tweets that police claimed were “emanating from her IT address”
The exact words of the insult are unclear. Shava
said his client had been accused of tweeting “We are being led by a
selfish and sick man” from the Twitter
handle @matigary.
(Related)
If insults are encrypted, we can arrest or otherwise intimidate the
author!
Afghanistan
Orders WhatsApp Blocked
Afghan
authorities have ordered internet service providers to block Facebook
Inc.’s WhatsApp, triggering condemnation from civil-liberties
groups and protests from users on social media.
In a letter sent to service providers on Thursday,
Afghanistan’s Telecommunication Regulatory Authority didn’t say
why it was ordering the providers to shut WhatsApp, as well as
Telegram, another encrypted messaging app, for 20 days “without
delay.”
Not
all free advice is bad advice. (I love the last line of this
article.)
A
prominent attorney for cybersecurity issues has this advice to the
unnamed Twitter worker said to have pulled the plug on President
Trump's Twitter account: "Don't say anything and get a lawyer."
Tor Ekeland told The Hill that while the facts of
the case are still unclear and the primary law used to prosecute
hackers is murky and unevenly applied, there is a reasonable chance
the Twitter worker violated the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act.
… "You
will probably see this as a law school exam question this year,"
said Ekeland.
Yet
more and more countries (e.g. the GDPR) tries to force the world to
follow their laws.
U.S.
court rejects Canadian court order requiring Google to remove search
results globally
After
years of litigation in two countries, a federal court in the US has
weighed in on a thorny question: Does Google US have to obey a
Canadian court order requiring Google to take down information around
the world, ignoring contrary rules in other jurisdictions?
According to the Northern District of California, the answer
is no.
A simple guide to propaganda?
For my Spreadsheet
students.
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