Centennial Man

Friday, November 04, 2022

I think this could be important as more ‘hackers’ are identified as agents of governments.

https://www.csoonline.com/article/3678970/mondelez-and-zurich-s-notpetya-cyber-attack-insurance-settlement-leaves-behind-no-legal-precedent.html#tk.rss_all

Mondelez and Zurich’s NotPetya cyber-attack insurance settlement leaves behind no legal precedent

Mondelez International and Zurich American Insurance settled a keenly watched lawsuit over how cyberattack insurance applies to intrusions from nation states during wartime. A private agreement, its resolution sheds no light on how the issue will be play out.

Multinational food and beverage company Mondelez International and Zurich American Insurance have settled their multiyear litigation surrounding the cyberattack coverage – or lack of such coverage – following the NotPetya malware attack that damaged the Mondelez network and infrastructure. The specifics of the settlement are unknown, but that it would come mid-trial has caught everyone’s attention.

The pain was felt on June 27, 2017, when NotPetya wiped out 24,000 laptops and 1,700 servers within the Mondelez network. The malware, designed to destroy, did just that. Mondelez estimated damages would approach $100 million USD.

Control of citizens.

https://www.wired.com/story/algorithms-quietly-run-the-city-of-dc-and-maybe-your-hometown/

Algorithms Quietly Run the City of DC—and Maybe Your Hometown

WASHINGTON, DC, IS the home base of the most powerful government on earth. It’s also home to 690,000 people—and 29 obscure algorithms that shape their lives. City agencies use automation to screen housing applicants, predict criminal recidivism, identify food assistance fraud, determine if a high schooler is likely to drop out, inform sentencing decisions for young people, and many other things.

That snapshot of semiautomated urban life comes from a new report from the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC). The nonprofit spent 14 months investigating the city’s use of algorithms and found they were used across 20 agencies, with more than a third deployed in policing or criminal justice.

Control of employees.

https://www.pogowasright.org/nlrb-general-counsel-memo-on-electronic-monitoring-of-employees/

NLRB General Counsel Memo on Electronic Monitoring of Employees

Jonathan J. Spitz, Richard F. Vitarelli, Joseph J. Lazzarotti, and Chad P. Richter of JacksonLewis write:

Responding in part to the nature of the post-COVID-19 remote workplace, NLRB GC Jennifer Abruzzo has released a memo on employers’ use of electronic monitoring and automated management in the workplace. The memo also directs NLRB Regions to submit to the Division of Advice any cases involving intrusive or abusive electronic surveillance and algorithmic management that interferes with the exercise of NLRA Section 7 rights.