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US indicted 4 Russian government employees for attacks on critical infrastructure

Security Affairs

has indicted four Russian government employees for their involvement in attacks on entities in critical infrastructure. has indicted four Russian government employees for their role in cyberattacks targeting hundreds of companies and organizations in the energy sector worldwide between 2012 and 2018. ” states the DoJ.

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The Scammers’ Playbook: How Cybercriminals Get Ahold of Your Data

eSecurity Planet

Energy and utility companies have been some of the most high-profile cyber attacks in recent memory, such as the May 2021 Colonial Pipeline attack or the Delta-owned Monroe Energy attack in November 2021. In 2020 alone, 79 ransomware attacks were conducted against government entities in the U.S., costing an estimated $18.88

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China-linked APT40 used ScanBox Framework in a long-running espionage campaign

Security Affairs

Over the years, the group hit defence contractors, manufacturers, universities, government agencies, legal firms involved in diplomatic disputes, and foreign companies involved with Australasian policy or South China Sea operations. . ” read the report published by the experts.

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The history of renewable energy

IBM Big Data Hub

Renewable energy is critical to combatting climate change and global warming. The use of clean energy and renewable energy resources—such as solar, wind and hydropower—originates in early human history; how the world has harnessed power from these resources to meet its energy needs has evolved over time.

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Department of Energy Announces New Efforts in Energy Sector Cybersecurity

Hunton Privacy

On May 14, 2018, the Department of Energy (“DOE”) Office of Electricity Delivery & Energy Reliability released its Multiyear Plan for Energy Sector Cybersecurity (the “Plan”). Multiyear Plan for Energy Sector Cybersecurity. energy sector. Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response.

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DB2 Dispatch from Vegas: IOD, Day One

Robert's Db2

Information management , the foundation for successful analytics, has much to do with data governance (about which I wrote in a recent article published in IBM Data Management Magazine ) and the establishment of a "single version of the truth" with regard to questions that might be answered based on the organization's data assets.

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Predictions 2024: It’s All About The Data

John Battelle's Searchblog

AI is driven by data, and as a society we’re not particularly good at structuring, governing, or sharing data. That means all the negative energy, regulatory scrutiny, and consumer ick once reserved for Facebook and Google will turn its gaze westward to Cupertino. Enterprise Data Moves Beyond Marketing.

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