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Merkel warns Russia that sanctions will continue

Merkel warns Russia that sanctions will continue

(May 30th, 2016) German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on May 26 that the Group of Seven will not end sanctions on Russia over its involvement in the conflict in eastern Ukraine and its seizure of Crimea. "For me it's too early to give the all clear," Ms. Merkel said...

Expert warns of great cyberspace vulnerability in India

(May 30th, 2016) Pavan Duggal, an Indian cyberlaw and cybersecurity expert, warned that as governments around the world struggle to stop cyberattacks and data breaches, India needs to come up with a more comprehensive legal approach and framework to address various...

China’s ‘Great Firewall’ of Internet censorship gets higher

China’s ‘Great Firewall’ of Internet censorship gets higher

(May 30th, 2016) Despite hopes that China’s ever-tougher censoring of the Internet to keep away challenges to the dictatorship of the Communist Party would be cracked, in fact that censorship seems to be increasingly effective. As this first in a series of articles in...

U.S. releases guidelines for precision medicine cybersecurity

U.S. releases guidelines for precision medicine cybersecurity

(May 30th, 2016) The Obama administration released its final data policy framework establishing security expectations for organizations that participate in the Precision Medicine Initiative (PMI). “The 10-page framework, which builds on the National Institute of...

Sony Pictures and Swift hacks might be linked

    The Guardian reports that, Symantec, an Internet security-research firm, have found clues in the malware used to hack into international financial-messaging network Swift that suggest a link to the Sony Pictures hack in 2014. That hack has been...

S. Korea fires warning shots to stop 2 boats from the north

S. Korea fires warning shots to stop 2 boats from the north

(May 30th, 2016) As usual in such encounters, North Korea threatened retaliation after South Korea on May 27 fired what it called warning shots when a patrol boat and fishing boat from the North crossed the disputed sea border off the west coast of the Korean...