The
costs of a ransomware attack. Some of them...
Keizer
discloses costs of recovering from recent ransomware attack
When
Keizer, Oregon was attacked in June with ransomware, the attackers
demanded $48,000, and the
city paid.
Now
Keizer Times reports
that
the costs of recovering city data and preventing future digital
strikes have already exceeded $60,000. Among the costs, which will
be detailed more at a later date:
— To
handle negotiations with the hacker, the city contracted with New
York-based Arete Advisors. Arete provided negotiation services, is
conducting a forensic analysis and installed a new virus scanner to
determine whether additional viruses or malware are present in the
city’s network. The cost for those services was $36,230.
… Arete
also sold the city a new virus protection program, SentinelOne to
protect against future attacks. The cost is $12,418 for a 36-month
subscription and the program covers 160 computers.
….
between $10,000 and $15,000 to Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Lewis, a
Portland-based law firm, for legal assistance in facilitating the
forensic investigation and assessing consumer and regulatory
notification obligations.
The
cost of the actual ransom itself and a transaction fee was covered by
cyberinsurance.
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Four
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…
Here
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Ensure
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organizational structure with the process for identifying ethical
risk
Mozart,
Beethoven and Weird Al – Don’t mess with the greats!
A
researcher created a 'Weird A.I. Yancovic' algorithm that generates
parodies of existing songs, and now the record industry is accusing
him of copyright violations
A
researcher has created an algorithm that uses artificial intelligence
to create new lyrics "that match the rhyme and syllables schemes
of existing songs," per a Vice
report published
Thursday.
Mark
Riedl, a researcher at Georgia Tech, told Vice he created his "Weird
A.I. Yancovic" algorithm as a personal project. The algorithm's
name is inspired by the parody singer Weird Al Yankovic, who does
something similar, taking existing songs and creating his own spinoff
version with new lyrics.
… As
Vice notes, however, Yankovic reportedly asks the original artist for
permission before creating his parody of a given song. Riedl does
not — and it's landed him in hot water.
Riedl
posted a video to Twitter on May 15 with AI-generated lyrics and the
instrumental part of Michael Jackson's "Beat It." On July
14, Twitter took it down after the International Federation of the
Phonographic Industry, a coalition of some of the record industry's
biggest companies, submitted a copyright takedown notice to Twitter,
per the report. Coincidentally, Weird Al Yankovic, the parody
singer, also created a version of the hit track, entitled "Eat
It," in
1984.
… Riedl
told the outlet he thinks his videos are protected by fair use, which
is a loophole in copyright laws that allow people to use copyrighted
work without obtaining permission beforehand in certain
circumstances. The doctrine covers parody work, among
other stipulations.
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