NIST Issues Streamline Guidance for Public Comment
Posted on Apr 25, 2016 in Uncategorized | Comments Off on NIST Issues Streamline Guidance for Public Comment
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (“NIST”) has issued a revised version of its guidance for sharing cyber-threat intelligence. The goal of this guidance is to help improve cybersecurity operations and risk management activities through information sharing practices. NIST has removed elements not related to the core elements of the guidance, such as a discussion on...
Energy Bill Addressing Cyber Issues Passes Senate
Posted on Apr 21, 2016 in Energy and Infrastructure, Government | Comments Off on Energy Bill Addressing Cyber Issues Passes Senate
The Energy Modernization Act, a comprehensive energy bill that includes electric grid cyber protections, was passed by the Senate by an 85-12 vote. The bill includes language that gives the Department of Energy greater authority to intervene in cyber emergencies as well as language that protects cyber threat data from public disclosure by classifying the data as “critical...
Panama Papers leak 11.5 million documents, exposing public officials
Posted on Apr 8, 2016 in Uncategorized | Comments Off on Panama Papers leak 11.5 million documents, exposing public officials
On Sunday, April 3, 11.5 million confidential documents exposing a widespread system of global tax evasion were made public as a result of a hack. The documents, which were records of the Panamanian corporate service provider and law firm Mossack Fonseca, were obtained by an anonymous source, shared with the German newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung, and then passed to the International...
Major Law Firms Hacked
Posted on Apr 1, 2016 in Uncategorized | Comments Off on Major Law Firms Hacked
On March 29, 2016, it was reported that hackers infiltrated the systems of major U.S. law firms last summer, including Cravath, Swaine & Moore and Weil, Gotshal & Manges. Federal law enforcement is investigating the hacks, which likely sought confidential information of publicly-traded companies for the purpose of insider trading. The extent to which the compromised data has...
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