Kleptocracy
only applies if you steal from your own people. North Korea is just
organized crime?
UN
Probing 35 North Korean Cyberattacks in 17 Countries
U.N.
experts say they are investigating at least 35 instances in 17
countries of North Koreans using cyberattacks
to
illegally raise money for weapons of mass destruction programs —
and they are calling for sanctions against ships providing gasoline
and diesel to the country.
Last
week, The Associated Press quoted a summary
of a report from
the experts which said that North Korea illegally acquired as much as
$2 billion from its increasingly sophisticated cyber activities
against financial institutions and cryptocurrency exchanges.
… The
report cites three main ways that North Korean cyber hackers operate:
—Attacks
through the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial
Telecommunication or SWIFT system used to transfer money between
banks, “with bank employee computers and infrastructure accessed to
send fraudulent messages and destroy evidence.”
—Theft
of cryptocurrency “through attacks on both exchanges and users.”
—And
“mining of cryptocurrency as a source of funds for a professional
branch of the military.”
Data
managers should review lists of who can access their data
periodically. Managers should review lists of the data their
employees can access periodically.
Almost
half of employees have access to more data than they need
betanews:
“A new study of over 700 full-time US employees reveals that that
48 percent of employees have access to more company data than they
need to perform their jobs, while 12 percent of employees say they
have access to all company data. The survey by business app
marketplace GetApp
also
asked employees what classifications of data protection are in place
at their company. No more than a third of businesses were found to
use any one individual data classification. The lowest in use are
Proprietary (15 percent) and Highly Confidential (18 percent). The
most commonly used are Confidential — 33 percent of businesses use
this classification, Internal — 30 percent, Public — 29 percent
and Restricted/Sensitive — 25 percent…
My
students were rather convincing that they would call the police.
What
do you do when you see a murder on the internet?
In
today’s Big Story podcast,
two weeks ago, four people were dead in a Markham, Ontario home.
Before the police had seen the bodies, another group of people had.
The alleged killer shared a potential confession as well as graphic
evidence of the crimes with some acquaintances he’d made while
playing an online video game. So around the world, while police had
no knowledge of what was transpiring, this group of gamers was facing
an impossible dilemma.
Eventually,
we’ll figure it out.
European
Parliament Publishes Study on Blockchain and the GDPR
On
July 24, 2019, the European Parliament published a study entitled
“Blockchain and the General Data Protection Regulation: Can
distributed ledgers be squared with European data protection law?”
The study explores the tension between blockchain technology and
compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation (the “GDPR”),
the EU’s data protection law. The study also explores how
blockchain technology can be used as a tool to assist with GDPR
compliance. Finally, it recommends the adoption of certain policies
to address the tension between blockchain and the GDPR, to ensure
that “innovation is not stifled and remains responsible”. This
blog post highlights some of the key findings in the study and
provides a summary of the recommended policy options.
Normally,
these are the folks who tell you how to process data under the GDPR.
PwC
will have to work to rebuild trust after shock GDPR fine
… The
GDPR clearly establishes legal bases, under which personal data may
be processed by controllers. Consent is one such basis, but it’s
not the only one. And PwC’s choice of consent as a legal basis for
processing personal data of its employees was not appropriate, the
DPA found.
The
data was processed in the course of the company’s commercial
activities, and the employees were not informed about that. That
kind of approach was found to be in violation of the GDPR’s
fairness and transparency principles.
The
accountability principle was also not complied with since the company
failed to demonstrate appropriate compliance and transferred the
burden to data subjects. As PwC was in this case a controller of
personal data, such transfer was inappropriate.
Where
did they cross the line? What do employers say?
Exclusive:
Google's jobs search draws antitrust complaints from rivals
Google’s
fast-growing tool for searching job listings has been a boon for
employers and job boards starving for candidates, but several rival
job-finding services contend anti-competitive behavior has fueled its
rise and cost them users and profits.
… Similar
to worldwide leader Indeed and other search services familiar to job
seekers, Google’s tool links
to postings aggregated from many employers. It lets
candidates filter, save and get alerts about openings, though they
must go elsewhere to apply.
Alphabet
Inc’s Google places a large widget for the 2-year-old tool at the
top of results for searches such as “call center jobs” in most of
the world.
Some
rivals allege that positioning
is illegal because Google is using its dominance to
attract users to its specialized search offering without the
traditional marketing investments they have to make.
Other
job technology firms say Google has restored industry innovation and
competition.
Often
helpful in a ‘least common denominator’ kind of way. Lots of
references to other standards. (Definitions need some work)
A
Plan for Federal Engagement in Developing Technical Standards and
Related Tools
supporting
and conducting AI research and development,
actively
engaging in AI standards development,
procuring
and deploying standards-based products and services, and
developing
and implementing supportive policies, including regulatory policies
where needed..”
…This
plan identifies the following nine areas of focus for AI standards:
Concepts and terminology; Data and knowledge; Human interactions;
Metrics; Networking; Performance testing and reporting methodology;
Safety; Risk management; Trustworthiness…”
When playing blackjack with a robot dealer, never
say, “Hit me!”
Robots
need a new philosophy to get a grip
Robots
need to know the reason why they are doing a job if they are to
effectively and safely work alongside people in the near future. In
simple terms, this means machines need to understand motive the way
humans do, and not just perform tasks blindly, without context.
According
to a new article by the National Centre for Nuclear Robotics, based
at the University of Birmingham, this could herald a profound change
for the world of robotics, but one that is necessary.
… "Imagine
asking a robot to pass you a screwdriver in a workshop. Based on
current conventions the best way for a robot to pick up the tool is
by the handle," he said. "Unfortunately, that could mean
that a hugely powerful machine then thrusts a potentially lethal
blade towards you, at speed. Instead, the robot needs to know what
the end goal is, i.e.,to pass the screwdriver safely to its human
colleague, in order to rethink its actions.
Because I like lists. (Quantity not quality) How
far down the list must you go to find a site you don’t recognize?
Ranking the
Top 100 Websites in the World
Visual
Capitalist – Ranking the Top 100 Websites in the World –
“As
a greater portion of the world begins to live more of their life
online, the world’s top 100 websites continue to see explosive
growth in their traffic numbers. To claim even the 100th spot in
this ranking, your website would need around 350 million visits in a
single month. Using data from SimilarWeb,
we’ve visually mapped out the top 100 biggest websites on the
internet. Examining the ranking reveals a lot about how people
around the world search for information, which services they use, and
how they spend time online…”
For
my students.
… Sifting through large piles of resumes is
often machine-assisted, and machines don’t care about your
potential. Machines only care about which words you’ve used and
the “value” that has been assigned to them. Jobscan knows this
and tries to play into it.
Jobscan’s primary function is to read your
resume and cover letter. From there, it will tell you how likely you
are to make it past first-round filters based upon the language
you’ve used in your application.
