I wonder what percentage of
targets are not covered by any security services?
Microsoft
Reports Hundreds of Election-Related Cyber Probes
Microsoft
says it has detected more than 740 infiltration attempts by
nation-state actors in the past year targeting U.S.-based political
parties, campaigns and other democracy-focused organizations
including think tanks and other nonprofits.
A
company spokeswoman would not name or further characterize the
targets. All subscribe to Microsoft’s year-old AccountGuard
service.
It provides free cyberthreat detection to candidates, campaigns and
other mostly election-related groups.
Microsoft
did not say how many infiltration attempts were successful but noted
in a blog
post Wednesday that
such targeting similarly occurred in the early stages of the 2016 and
2018 elections.
Is
there a problem beyond, “My God! They’re Russians!” (Or are
they concerned that Bernie Sanders doesn’t look so good in 20
years?)
DNC
warns 2020 campaigns not to use FaceApp 'developed by Russians'
… "It's
not clear at this point what the privacy risks are, but what is clear
is that the benefits of avoiding the app outweigh the risks,"
Lord continued.
Probably
even worse better next year.
Lucas
Ropek reports:
Though it was hailed as a potentially groundbreaking bill, the New York Privacy Act (NYPA) failed to materialize during the state’s most recent session. Had it done so, the bill would have introduced a regulatory framework that rivaled or potentially even surpassed that of the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), the first major piece of data privacy legislation in the U.S.
Sen. Kevin Thomas introduced the bill earlier this year, quickly garnering a number of co-sponsors in the Senate, but failing to find any in the Assembly. The legislation received considerable media attention — with outlets calling it potentially “tougher,” “bolder” and more “sweeping” than legislation that had come before.
Read
more on GovTech.
Put
the blame where it belongs. (CEO does not mean Chief Ethical
Officer… Should it?)
Want
Responsible AI? Think Business Outcomes
The
rising concern about how AI systems can embody ethical judgments and
moral values are prompting the right questions. Too often, however,
the answer seems to be to blame the technology or the technologists.
Delegating
responsibility is not the answer.
Creating
ethical and effective AI applications requires engagement from the
entire C-suite. Getting it right is both a critical business
question and a values’ statement that requires CEO leadership.
Interesting, but short on solutions.
How AI
companies can avoid ethics washing
One of the essential phrases necessary to
understand AI in 2019 has to be “ethics washing.” Put simply,
ethics washing — also called “ethics theater” — is the
practice of fabricating or exaggerating a company’s interest in
equitable AI systems that work for everyone. A textbook example for
tech giants is when a company promotes “AI for good” initiatives
with one hand while selling surveillance capitalism tech to
governments and corporate customers with the other. [Perhaps
they don’t define “good” as I do. Bob]
Call for papers.
IN SEARCH
OF IDEAS: THE NATIONAL SECURITY COMMISSION ON ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
WANTS YOU
… The
National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence, which we
co-chair, is an independent federal commission helping the United
States government determine what actions to take to ensure America’s
national security enterprise has the tools it needs to maintain U.S.
global leadership. The commission includes four working groups and
three special projects. The working groups focus on maintaining U.S.
global leadership in AI research, sustaining global leadership in
national security AI applications, preparing the national security
workforce for an AI future, and ensuring international cooperation
and competitiveness in AI. The three special projects address
ethics, data, and public-private partnerships. We will produce two
reports to Congress, both intended to elevate awareness and to inform
better legislation.
The
commission speaks with diverse groups, but we want to have as wide an
aperture as possible. We need to hear original, creative ideas that
challenge the status quo, shake our assumptions, and will cause us to
reconsider the arguments we’ve already heard and hear new arguments
in a different light. As with previous War
on the Rocks calls
for articles,
we want detailed, realistic papers from qualified voices, but
welcome radical ideas and recommendations.
Perspective.
Half way to Christmas?
Amazon
declares Prime Day its biggest shopping event in history, surpassing
the combined sales of Cyber Monday and Black Friday
… Amazon
said it sold with more than 175 million items sold over the 48-hour
event, which started Monday. Last year, the event lasted 36 hours,
during which Amazon sold about 100 million items.
Perspective.
Internet on the couch?
Psychology
of the Internet
People under the age of Twenty don’t know a
world without the internet. On The Point, our panel of mental health
experts talk about "cyberpsychology": the study of the
human mind and behavior, and the impact of the culture of technology,
like virtual reality and social media.
[49
minute podcast:
https://cpa.ds.npr.org/wcai/audio/2019/07/POINT_011719.mp3
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