Maersk Halts Operations at Port of Los Angeles After
Cyberattack
Shipping giant A.P. Moller-Maersk shut down its operations
at the Port of Los Angeles’ largest terminal Tuesday morning after a
cyberattack hobbled its computer systems worldwide.
The closure happened around 6 a.m. at APM Terminals at
Pier 400, where Maersk’s operations in Southern California are based, said port
spokesman Phillip Sanfield. Maersk is
the primary shipper at the terminal and is the port’s largest shipping company
by cargo volume, he said.
… the terminal
appeared to be mostly unstaffed Tuesday, and Maersk probably had to halt
dockside work such as reorganizing empty cargo containers, he said.
… Maersk
reportedly ceased operations at the ports of New York, New Jersey, and
Rotterdam, Netherlands, as well.
(Related).
New Cyberattack Goes Global, Hits WPP, Rosneft, Maersk
A new cyberattack similar to WannaCry is spreading from
Europe to the U.S. and South America, hitting port operators in New York,
Rotterdam and Argentina, disrupting government systems in Kiev, and
disabling operations at companies including Rosneft PJSC, advertiser WPP Plc. and the Chernobyl nuclear
facility.
More than 80 companies in Russia and Ukraine were
initially affected by the Petya virus that disabled computers Tuesday and told
users to pay $300 in cryptocurrency to unlock them, Moscow-based cybersecurity
company Group-IB said.
… The attack has
hit Ukraine particularly hard. The intrusion is “the biggest in Ukraine’s
history,” Anton Gerashchenko, an aide to the Interior Ministry, wrote on
Facebook. The goal was “the
destabilization of the economic situation and in the civic consciousness of
Ukraine,” though it was “disguised as an extortion attempt,” he said.
(Related). Probably
not the result they were hoping for, but does it make them vulnerable to
lawsuit from the victims? Is there a
cyber-Good Samaritan law?
Hacker Behind Massive Ransomware Outbreak Can't Get Emails
from Victims Who Paid
On Tuesday, a new, worldwide
ransomware outbreak took off, infecting targets in Ukraine, France, Spain,
and elsewhere. The hackers hit
everything from international law firms to media companies. The ransom note demands victims send bitcoin
to a predefined address and contact the hacker via email to allegedly have
their files decrypted.
But the email company the hacker happened to use, Posteo, says it has decided to block the attacker's account,
leaving victims with no obvious way to unlock their files.
… to determine who
exactly has paid, the hacker also instructs people to email their bitcoin
wallet ID, and their "personal installation key." [This
corrects a problem with the WannaCry ransomware. Bob]
Keeping up.
Paper – AI and the Law: Setting the Stage
by Sabrina
I. Pacifici on Jun 27, 2017
Urs Glasser – Medium – “While there is reasonable hope that superhuman killer robots won’t catch us
anytime soon, narrower types of AI-based technologies have started changing our daily lives: AI applications are
rolled out at an accelerated pace in schools, homes, and hospitals, with
digital leaders such as high tech, telecom, and financial services among the early adopters. AI promises enormous benefits for the social good and can improve human well-being,
safety, and productivity, as anecdotal evidence suggests. But it also poses significant risks for
workers, developers, firms, and governments alike, and we as a society are only
beginning to understand the ethical, legal, and
regulatory challenges associated with AI, as well as develop
appropriate governance models and responses…”
Perspective. “A
trillion here, a trillion there, pretty soon we’re talking about real money!” With apologies to Everett Dirksen.
App economy to grow to $6.3 trillion in 2021, user base to
nearly double to 6.3 billion
The global app economy will be worth $6.3 trillion by
2021, up from $1.3 trillion last year, according to a new report this morning from app analytics firm App Annie. During that same time frame, the user base
will almost double from 3.4 billion people using apps to 6.3 billion, while the
time spent in apps will grow to 3.5 trillion hours in 2021, up from 1.6
trillion in 2016.
Have I mentioned recently that I like lists?
MIT Technology Review – 50 Smartest Companies 2017
by Sabrina
I. Pacifici on Jun 27, 2017
“Our editors pick the 50 companies that best combine
innovative technology with an effective business model. Each year we identify 50 companies creating
new opportunities by combining important technologies and business savvy. Some are large companies that seem to be
growing ever larger, like Amazon and Apple. Others, like IBM, or General Electric are old-guard
giants betting on technology renewal. And
the list is full of ambitious startups like SpaceX, which is changing the
economics of space travel with reusable rockets; Face ++, a pioneer in face
recognition technology; and additive-manufacturing firms Carbon and Desktop Metal. For additional perspective on the list, which
starts here, please see our essay, “It Pays to Be Smart.”
Creating a toolbox for your toolkits.
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