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Evidence mounts that Russian hackers are trying to disrupt the EU elections

Post author By Randall
Post date March 21, 2019
Categories In attack, elections, eu, europe, fancy bear, fireeye, Hack, Internet, parliament, phishing, Politics, Russia, sandworm, Security, Tech, tomorrow
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[ad_1] Both groups have previously been linked to Russia. APT28 was allegedly behind the 2016 Democratic National Convention hack, while Sandworm is believed to be the malicious actor involved in last year’s NotPetya ransomware attacks on mainly Ukrainian facilities. FireEye says that latest efforts of both groups appears to be co-ordinated — although each have […]

UK lords call for central ‘Digital Authority’ to help regulate internet

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Post date March 9, 2019
Categories In digital authority, digitalauthority, gear, government, house of lords, houseoflords, Internet, ofcom, parliament, Politics, regulation, Tech, Uk
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[ad_1] The report further asked for 10 guiding “principles” to dictate rules, including accountability, privacy, transparency, human rights and protections for children. The lords also wanted to enforce a general “duty of care” among internet companies, requiring them to take “reasonable” steps o prevent harm. They’d also aim for clearer community content standards through a […]