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Spam Kingpin Peter Levashov Gets Time Served

Krebs on Security

In 2011, KrebsOnSecurity dissected “SevAntivir” — Severa’s eponymous fake antivirus affiliate program — showing it was used to deploy new copies of the Kelihos spam botnet. The government argued that under U.S. Levashov was arrested in 2017 while in Barcelona, Spain with his family. I will die in a year.”

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How Did Authorities Identify the Alleged Lockbit Boss?

Krebs on Security

The government alleges Khoroshev created, sold and used the LockBit ransomware strain to personally extort more than $100 million from hundreds of victim organizations, and that LockBit as a group extorted roughly half a billion dollars over four years. 2011 said he was a system administrator and C++ coder. Dmitry Yuryevich Khoroshev.

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Privacy Group Files FTC Complaint Regarding Facebook’s Facial Recognition Technology

Hunton Privacy

On June 10, 2011, the Electronic Privacy Information Center (“EPIC”) filed a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission, claiming that Facebook’s facial recognition and automated online image identification features harm consumers and constitute “unfair and deceptive acts and practices.”

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New Illinois Law Restricts Employer Use of Credit History

Hunton Privacy

On August 10, 2010, Illinois Governor Pat Quinn signed the Employee Credit Privacy Act , which prohibits most Illinois employers from inquiring about an applicant’s or employee’s credit history or using an individual’s credit history as a basis for an employment decision.

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The debate on the Data Protection Bill in the House of Lords

Data Protector

What follows below is an edited version of the debate in the House of Lords of the Second Reading of the Data Protection Bill, held on 10 October. Where the Information Commissioner gives notices to data controllers, she can now secure compliance, with the power to issue substantial administrative penalties of up to 4% of global turnover.

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Part 3: OMG! Not another digital transformation article! Is it about effecting risk management and change management?

ARMA International

Take the example of the pandemic: only some governments engaged pandemic experts to develop actions plans. Commissioned by organizers to predict worst-case scenarios for the Munich games, [Georg] Sieber came up with a range of possibilities, from explosions to plane crashes, for which security teams should be prepared. 2020, p 1).

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Predictions 2017 – How’d I Do This Year?

John Battelle's Searchblog

Score: 10 of 10. #2: One year later, chatbots have faded (but “appbots” are on the rise ), and voice-driven systems have secured a place in our shared culture. Score: 5 of 10. #3. Score: 4 of 10. #4. Score: 7 of 10. #5. S core: 2 of 10. #6. Score: 6 of 10. #7. Score: 0 out of 10. #

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