Computer Systems Used by Clinton Campaign Are Said to Be
Hacked, Apparently by Russians
Computer systems used by Hillary Clinton’s presidential
campaign were hacked in an attack that appears to have come from Russia’s
intelligence services, a federal law enforcement official said on Friday.
… Mrs. Clinton’s
campaign said in a statement that intruders had gained access to an analytics
program used by the campaign and maintained by the national committee, but it
said that it did not believe that the campaign’s own internal computer systems
had been compromised.
… The F.B.I. said
on Friday that it was examining reports of “cyberintrusions involving multiple
political entities” but did not identify the targets of the attacks. [See below.
Bob]
… American
intelligence agencies have told the White House they have “high confidence”
that the Russian government was behind the theft
of emails and documents from the Democratic National
Committee. But it is unclear whether
the break-in was fairly routine espionage
or part of an effort to manipulate the election.
… In a statement,
the F.B.I. said that it “is aware of
media reporting on cyberintrusions involving multiple political
entities, and is working to determine the accuracy, nature and scope of these
matters.”
(Related) Turnabout is fair play? A guide Russia could follow to influence an
election?
British Spies Used a URL Shortener to Honeypot Arab Spring
Dissidents
A shadowy unit of the British intelligence agency GCHQ
tried to influence online activists during the 2009 Iranian presidential
election protests and the 2011 democratic uprisings largely known as the Arab
Spring, as new evidence gathered from documents leaked by Edward Snowden shows.
The GCHQ’s special unit, known as the Joint Threat
Research Intelligence Group or JTRIG, was first revealed in 2014, when leaked
top secret documents showed
it tried to infiltrate and manipulate—using “dirty trick” tactics such as honeypots—online communities including those of Anonymous
hacktivists, among others.
Bruce raises an interesting question.
The Security of Our Election Systems
… If the
intelligence community has indeed ascertained that Russia is to blame, our
government needs to decide what to do in response. This is difficult because the attacks are
politically partisan, but it is
essential.
If foreign
governments learn that they can influence our elections with impunity, this
opens the door for future
manipulations, both document thefts and dumps like this one that we see and
more subtle manipulations that we don't see.
Didn’t see the truck or thought it was a bridge?
Tesla is reportedly considering 2 theories to explain
‘Autopilot’ crash
… Tesla is
considering whether the radar and camera input for the vehicle’s automatic
emergency braking system failed to detect the truck trailer or the automatic
braking system’s radar may have detected the trailer but discounted this input
as part of a design to “tune out” structures such as bridges to avoid
triggering false braking, the source said.
The pendulum swings back or never moved in the first
place?
From the no-surprise dept., this
press release on an opinion by the FTC finding totally in their own favor:
Commission Finds LabMD Liable for
Unfair Data Security Practices
Stating Company Failed to Protect Consumers’ Sensitive Medical and Personal Information
Stating Company Failed to Protect Consumers’ Sensitive Medical and Personal Information
The Federal Trade Commission
today announced the issuance of an Opinion
and Final Order reversing an Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) Initial Decision
that had dismissed FTC charges against medical testing laboratory LabMD, Inc. In reversing the ALJ ruling, the Commission
concludes that LabMD’s data security practices were unreasonable and constitute
an unfair act or practice that violated Section 5 of the Federal Trade
Commission Act.
… In response to
the opinion, LabMD CEO Michael Daugherty issued the following statement:
Their own judge tossed all their
evidence and now they waste taxpayer dollars to go to an Article III court
relying on hearsay. I am so relieved to
be away from their dirty, biased system and into an Article III court. Shame on every Commissioner. They have, without remorse, made a mockery of
legal ethics, regulatory boundaries and HHS. Yet in their magical thinking they carry
forward and I can’t wait. Villainy wears
many masks, none more dangerous than the mask of virtue.
Perspective. I’m
interested in how this will play out.
Broadband internet access will become a legal right under new
EU telecoms rules
The European Commission is setting itself up for a fight
with national governments by forcing
them to pay for guaranteed internet access across the EU and comply
with new rules on radio spectrum sales, according to an an
internal document obtained by EurActiv.com.
Broadband internet access will be legally guaranteed under
changes to EU universal services rules, while services that are currently
guaranteed, like public payphones, will be taken out of the new law. National governments won’t be happy with the
change because the Commission wants them to pay for guaranteed internet –
instead of private telecoms companies.
… National
governments are expected to put up a fight about the funds the Commission wants
them to front for affordable broadband. “Given
its wide societal and economic benefits universal service should be financed
through general budget and not through sectorial funding,” the document reads.
Telecoms operators will be relieved that they won’t have
to pay to build broadband networks in rural areas where they might not already
exist.
Eventually, a valuable resource?
Scholarpedia – peer reviewed open access encyclopedia
by Sabrina
I. Pacifici on Jul 29, 2016
“Scholarpedia is a peer-reviewed
open-access encyclopedia written and maintained by scholarly experts from
around the world. Scholarpedia is
inspired by Wikipedia and aims to complement it by providing
in-depth scholarly treatments of academic topics.
I’ve got my students designing an App. This might be a help or a distraction. Note that it did not start as a website. The preferred platform in India is the
smartphone, right?
B-Town rejoices over Bollywood's dedicated app, Flickbay!
Gossip magazines and entertainment birdies now might have
a run for their money as an app providing information purely about Bollywood
films, celebrities and latest happenings of B-Town is finally here.
'Flickbay' is one of a kind app that lets you know about
the latest happenings in Bollywood in just a click.
Clearly not what we teach in the Agile Programming class.
Saturday funnies.
Hack Education Weekly News
… Via
NPR: “Clinton’s Free-Tuition Promise: What Would It Cost?
How Would It Work?” [What is it worth? Bob]
… Via
Politico: Stolen “emails from the Democratic National Committee
show DNC Deputy Communications Director Eric Walker telling his colleagues to
avoid mentioning the Common Core in a video. It ‘is a political third rail that we should
not be touching at all. Get rid of it.’”
… Melania
Trump’s website has
been scrubbed from the Internet – it now redirects to the Trump real estate
business page – following questions that she’d lied on the website about having
a college degree.
… “Pop star tells
fans to send their Twitter passwords, but it might be
illegal,” says
Ars Technica. Illegal or not, this
is such a dumb idea. “#HackedByJohnson
entices young fans so he can post cute messages in their name.”
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