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Estonian National charged with helping Russia acquire U.S. hacking tools and electronics

Security Affairs

made electronics on behalf of the Russian government and military. The Estonian man is accused of having helped the Russian government and military to purchase US-made electronics and hacking tools. “Shevlyakov also attempted to acquire computer hacking tools.” ” reads a press release published by DoJ.

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Introducing ARCHWay

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In line with our goal to make computational research (text and data mining, AI, machine learning, etc.) and education with digital collections more accessible we are introducing ARCHWay – a free to use ARCH service tier.

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Now is the time: Information literacy and sharing information about COVID-19

CILIP

Ruth Carlyle is the regional lead for NHS library and knowledge services in the East of England and the Midlands, part of the Health Education England team leading the development of NHS libraries in England. On COVID-19 specifically, Health Education England?s At this confusing time, these small steps can make a difference.

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Court Denies Request for Production of Forensic Image: eDiscovery Case Law

eDiscovery Daily

An item in dispute was a computer used by an employee when he was working for Finos, which was in the possession of those partners at the time of the dissolution and became their property. During discovery, the plaintiff learned that the Finos computer was in the possession of those partners, who were not parties to this litigation.

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Florida Appeals Court Upholds Ruling that Non-Party Had No Duty to Preserve Evidence: eDiscovery Case Law

eDiscovery Daily

The Appellee’s deposition was taken in April 2012, where she testified that she had obtained a new desktop computer and had destroyed her old computer in December 2011. She did not preserve any records, documents, or emails from her old computer and did not inform anybody, including the City Attorney, that she was destroying it.

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Will Lawyers Ever Embrace Technology?: eDiscovery Best Practices, Part Three

eDiscovery Daily

To begin to answer that question, let’s take a look at the ethical obligation that lawyers have to be technically competent and the state of technology education for lawyers today. But even so, in 2012 the ABA issued a model rule on the issue in its Model Rules of Professional Conduct and, so far, 32 states have adopted a similar rule.

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Snowden Ten Years Later

Schneier on Security

I fly a lot—a quarter of a million miles per year—and being put on a TSA list, or being detained at the US border and having my electronics confiscated, would be a major problem. So would the FBI breaking into my home and seizing my personal electronics. Transferring files electronically is what encryption is for.