AIWS and the Age of Global Enlightenment

U.S., E.U. agree on data-transfer pact

  The European Union and the United States have agreed on changes to an important data-transfer agreement. The pact includes  stricter rules for companies holding information on Europeans and clearer limits on U.S. surveillance. E.U. member nations are expected...

China’s intense campaign to boost its international cyberpower

  China is pressing ahead with efforts to make it easier for dictatorships like that of Chinese President Xi Jinping to censor information on the Internet under the guise of “cybersovereignty’’. Cybersovereignty is a concept used to  try to maintain the power of...

Firm calls Europe a leader in cybersecurity enforcement

  An ABI Research press release says: "Europe is emerging as a global leader in national cybersecurity enforcement. The European Union (EU) and countries connected to the Council of Europe and the European Economic Area, including Norway and Switzerland, have...

‘Anonymous’ launches more hack attacks on ISIS

  The Guardian reports that "'Anonymous'  has launched another wave of hacking attacks against Islamic State (ISIS), taking over social-media accounts associated with the group and giving them an LGBT-flavored makeover.'' "The loose hacking collective, which grew...

Clinton campaign: No sign  that hackers got into its computers

Clinton campaign: No sign that hackers got into its computers

(June 21st, 2016) Bloomberg News reported on June 17 that Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign said, in Bloomberg's paraphrase,  that "there’s no sign that hackers have broken into its computer systems, but it’s well aware that Russian cyber operatives may be...

U.S. emphasizes it will keep Black Sea military presence

  U.S.  Navy Secretary Ray Mabus said that the  United States will maintain its  military presence in the Black Sea despite, in Reuters's words, "a Russian warning that a U.S. destroyer patrolling there undermined regional security.'' The USS Porter entered the...