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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. In 2012, the US government added Shevlyakov to Entity List, a ban list for procuring and delivering export-restricted items to Russia.

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MY TAKE: Michigan’s cybersecurity readiness initiatives provide roadmap others should follow

The Last Watchdog

Merit is an acronym for the Michigan Educational Research Information Triad. The first Cyber Range training and testing hub opened at Eastern Michigan University in late 2012. Other hubs followed at military bases, other state universities and even a high school and a non-profit community arts and tech center.

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Analyzing attacks conducted by North Korea-linked ARCHIPELAGO APT group

Security Affairs

Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) is warning of the North Korea-linked ARCHIPELAGO group that is targeting government and military personnel, think tanks, policy makers, academics, and researchers in South Korea, the US and elsewhere.

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Serbian Commissioner Emphasizes Data Protection Awareness

Hunton Privacy

Monday, July 09, 2012 09:18. The Commissioner organized this US expert’s visit in cooperation and with the assistance of the USAID with the aim of providing much needed, continuous and quality education of our staff about many ongoing data protection issues. But, definitely we need to work hardest in the area of education.

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Cartographic Records Relating to African American History

Unwritten Record

It was intended to provide a temporary home for freedpersons while they obtained the basic education and vocational skills necessary to obtain work and become self -sufficient. Leventhal Map & Education Center at the Boston Public Library. University of Chicago Press, 2012. RG 77, Civil Works Map File, US 269.

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House Passes Two Cybersecurity Bills

Hunton Privacy

On April 26, 2012, the U.S. In addition, the House approved the Federal Information Security Amendments Act of 2012 (H.R. In addition, the House approved the Federal Information Security Amendments Act of 2012 (H.R. House of Representatives approved the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (“CISPA” or H.R.

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Snowden Ten Years Later

Schneier on Security

I paged through weekly reports, presentation slides from status meetings, and general briefings to educate visitors. It’s used to keeping this stuff behind multiple levels of security: gates with alarms, armed guards, safe doors, and military-grade cryptography. They were leaked in 2013, but most of them were from 2012 or before.)