Should you notice a new user on
your network?
Hackers
Had Access to Citrix Network for Five Months
Citrix
disclosed
the incident on
March 8, two days after it
learned from the FBI that its systems had been breached
by “international cyber criminals.” At the time, the company
said the hackers may have stolen some business documents.
…
In
a data
breach notification submitted
by Citrix this week to the California Office of the Attorney General,
the company said the hackers had intermittent access to its network
between October 13, 2018, and March 8, 2019.
The
company also confirmed that the attackers removed files from its
systems. Some of these files stored information on current and
former employees and, in some cases, beneficiaries and/or dependents.
The compromised data includes names, social security numbers, and
financial information.
…
In
an update published on its website in early April, Citrix said the
hackers likely gained access to its network by using a method known
as password spraying, which involves attempts to access accounts with
a few commonly used passwords.
Anyone
from the Privacy Foundation looking for a new job?
Exclusive:
New privacy oversight on the table for Facebook, Zuckerberg
… The
steps, which are subject to change until a deal is final, would
include appointing a federally approved privacy official at the
social network and creating an "independent" privacy
oversight committee that may include Facebook board members, said the
person, who requested anonymity because the discussions are ongoing.
Another
angle.
Anne
Bolamperti and Patrick X. Fowler of Snell & Wilmer write:
Utah recently became the first state to enact a law specifically designed to protect private electronic information stored with third parties from collection by law enforcement without a valid warrant. Utah Governor Gary Herbert signed the ground-breaking legislation on March 27, 2019, and it is expected to take effect in May 2019. The aim of the new law is to protect Utahns from unreasonable searches and seizures. However, it is not without controversy. The Utah Attorney General’s Office, believes the Law could “cripple” some criminal investigations.
The
challenge.
Politico
has
a long
article making
the case that the lead GDPR regulator, Ireland, has too cozy a
relationship with Silicon Valley tech companies to effectively
regulate their privacy practices.
(Related)
The response.
Adrian
Weckler reports:
The Irish Data Protection Commissioner says that the first batch of major investigations by her office under GDPR into companies like Facebook and LinkedIn will “conclude over the summer of 2019”.
Speaking to the US Senate, Helen Dixon said that there are currently 51 “large scale” investigations underway.
“17 relate to the large tech platforms and span the services of Apple, Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, WhatsApp and Instagram,” she said.
...and
what if it ain’t?
What
if AI is just BS?
… people
who want to sound savvy keep talking about artificial intelligence as
the
New New Thing.
This
is what you read in the popular press as well. There are lots of
ways that AI could affect the social fabric: there is the
potential of lost jobs,
or at least a radical reorientation of what jobs would look like.
There are the unexpected effects of artificial intelligence, which I
believe the sci-fi
genre has
tackled with a
great deal of enthusiasm.
And for my bailiwick of international relations, there is a lot
of talk about
an
AI “arms race” that
could alter the balance of power in the future.
Are
these people correct?
… I
strongly recommend perusing Michael
Horowitz’s essay in the Texas National Security Review,
which makes some very useful distinctions. Horowitz points out that
AI is more of a continuum than a precise technology. He also
acknowledges that the future of AI is far from clear.
… I
have some skin in this game, because I
wrote something about technological change and international
relations for
the centennial anniversary of the journal International Relations
that was just published.
… In
the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, Heather
Roff has an interesting essay on
this very question, in which she notes, “It would help matters if
artificial intelligence discussions were framed in an ‘AI +’
framework, because in many cases, AI is merely a tool included in a
system involving other functions or capabilities.
Lots
and lots of stats.
Internet
growth + usage stats 2019: Time online, devices, users
Internet users now
make up 57% of the global population. On average, people spend 6
hours and 42 minutes online each day. By 2021, a projected 73% of
all ecommerce sales will come from mobile.
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