Archives Blogs

FEBRUARY 6, 2018

That my predecessor could have used this office to mistreat members of the National Archives family leaves me angry, and shaped much of the agency’s ensuing approach to harassment. In 2010, I issued the National Archives’ first anti-harassment policy. The OIG and the FBI then conducted an investigation. He passed away in 2015.

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Archive-It

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

by the Archive-It team. The Community Webs cohort of public librarians kicking off their program at the Internet Archive on November 3. Watch this space and the Archive-It blog for updates from the cohort and Internet Archive staff on their progress, lessons-learned, and new open educational resources. Community News.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

The Bvp47 backdoor was first discovered in 2013 while conducting a forensic investigation into a security breach suffered by a Chinese government organization. The name “ Bvp47 ” comes form numerous references to the string “Bvp” and the numerical value “0x47” used in the encryption algorithm.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 21, 2022

The Government Team for Response to Computer Emergencies of Ukraine (CERT-UA) warns of spear-phishing messages conducted by UAC-0035 group (aka InvisiMole) against Ukrainian state bodies. The messages use an archive named “501_25_103.zip”, zip”, which contains a shortcut file.

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Krebs on Security

MAY 19, 2020

Rather, he sort of steered me away from that archive, suggesting that — unlike most of his other wares — Collection #1 was at least 2-3 years old. “In fact, large aggregations of stolen credentials have been around since 2013-2014. .” Your email account may be worth far more than you imagine.

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The Texas Record

OCTOBER 7, 2020

In late September, we lost an iconic figure in the library and archives field. By the time I matriculated into The University of Texas’s School of Information in 2013, I knew that it had a powerhouse archival and records enterprise curriculum. The substance of his talk concerned his time as state archivist at TSLAC.

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Schneier on Security

JUNE 6, 2023

In 2013 and 2014, I wrote extensively about new revelations regarding NSA surveillance based on the documents provided by Edward Snowden. I wrote the essay below in September 2013. He had been working on the Edward Snowden archive for a couple of months, and had a pile of more technical documents that he wanted help interpreting.

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The Texas Record

APRIL 5, 2021

TSLAC: It seems like there is a cohesive relationship between the city’s records management program and the archives. We hope to interview the city’s RMO someday, but can you tell us from your perspective what are the fruits of the labor of two very dedicated records and archives professionals? Slate, City Archivist for Dallas, Texas.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 18, 2022

A sophisticated threat actor, tracked as Earth Lusca, is targeting government and private organizations worldwide as for financial purposes. The Winnti group was first spotted by Kaspersky in 2013, but according to the researchers the gang has been active since 2007. ” Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook.

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Archive-It

OCTOBER 31, 2017

When I got involved several years ago, I quickly learned that archiving the web poses new questions with each opportunity. I find that “We have this amazing tool that can archive the internet!” It was suggested that we introduce web archiving climate change as a topic for discussion at the annual Archive-It Partner Meeting in Portland.

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IT Governance

MARCH 11, 2024

We also found 14 organisations providing a significant update on a previously disclosed incident. Organisation(s) Sector Location Data breached? Source 1 ; source 2 (Update) IT services Taiwan Yes 2,451,197 RMH Franchise Corporation Source (New) Hospitality USA Yes 1.5 TB Paysign, Inc. TB Paysign, Inc.

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Unwritten Record

APRIL 18, 2023

PUBLICATION OF PHOTOGRAPHS FURNISHED BY THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES STILL PICTURE BRANCH-RRSS Generally, copies of photographic records held by the National Archives may be published without special permission or additional fees. The National Archives does not grant exclusive or non-exclusive publication privileges.

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IT Governance

APRIL 29, 2024

iSharing is used by more than 35 million users. The company has fixed the issue, blaming it on a vulnerability in the app’s groups feature. Data breached: >35 million people’s data. 117 of them are known to have had data exfiltrated, exposed or otherwise breached. Organisation(s) Sector Location Data breached?

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Unwritten Record

OCTOBER 5, 2021

The Still Picture Branch at the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) accessions new photographic records from various Government agencies every year. In the metadata the full title reads “The Moore area was struck by a F5 tornado on May 20, 2013. Archives 2 Facility Views:] Archives 2, early 2001.

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Archive-It

OCTOBER 23, 2019

Videos of 2013-2019 House Foreign Affairs Committee (HFAC) hearings unavailable from C-SPAN are now available for public viewing from a new web archive curated by California State University, Fullerton. Any website can change overnight, but the content of government websites is particularly vulnerable.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 22, 2022

In 2013, Vrublevsky was sentenced to 2.5 The latest document in the hacked archive is dated April 2021. Russian authorities allege Vrublevsky operated several fraudulent SMS-based payment schemes, and facilitated money laundering for Hydra , the largest Russian darknet market.

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Preservica

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

The Dutch Regional Heritage Institute has embarked on an ambitious digital preservation project to allow its archive team to achieve more with valuable cultural assets. Not only does this make it easier for the businesses and local government, but it also broadens public access, opening the archive up to more people than ever before.”.

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IT Governance

APRIL 9, 2024

Cybernews has now discovered that the company has, once again, exposed highly sensitive children’s data because of configuration errors. The company is yet to comment. We also found 15 organisations providing a significant update on a previously disclosed incident. Organisation(s) Sector Location Data breached?

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Unwritten Record

JANUARY 10, 2023

2013 ( Local ID: 406-NSB-135-CampHale4. Check out the National Archives Catalog for more digitized photographs of Camp Hale. PUBLICATION OF PHOTOGRAPHS FURNISHED BY THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES STILL PICTURE BRANCH-RRSS. The National Archives does not grant exclusive or non-exclusive publication privileges. Army training camps.

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Unwritten Record

OCTOBER 29, 2020

jpg; National Archives Identifier: 7721386. jpg; National Archives Identifier: 7721526. 2013 , have copyright restrictions. PUBLICATION OF PHOTOGRAPHS FURNISHED BY THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES STILL PICTURE BRANCH-RRSS. The National Archives does not grant exclusive or non-exclusive publication privileges. 210-G-C241.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

Former NSA TAO hacker was sentenced to 66 months in prison because he leaked top-secret online documents related to the US government ban on Kaspersky. and a 7zip archive (referred below as “[undisclosed].7z”). and a 7zip archive (referred below as “[undisclosed].7z”). Equestre.*”. Equestre.*”. Equestre.m” Equestre.m”

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ARMA International

APRIL 28, 2022

The Office of Archives and Records (OAR) is the official repository for the records of the ANO. I have been a member of the OAR staff at the ANO since March 2013. Then, in January 2021, I assumed the position of Director of Archives and Records, making me the Records Manager and Archivist of the Archdiocese of New Orleans.

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IT Governance

APRIL 22, 2024

million records from World-Check, a screening database used to screen potential customers for links to illegal activity and government sanctions. Publicly disclosed data breaches and cyber attacks: in the spotlight Criminal hackers threaten to leak World-Check screening database A criminal group known as GhostR claims to have stolen 5.3

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Archive-It

JANUARY 8, 2019

In 2013, a group of sixty people packed into a venue designed for forty in order to see a collection of eighteenth and nineteenth century town records that had just been found in the Westborough Town Clerk’s vault. By Anthony Vaver, Local History Librarian and Archivist, Westborough Public Library. We love our history in Westborough!

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Archive-It

APRIL 12, 2023

by Tanya Ulmer, Web Archivist for Archive-It Seed groups have been around for a while, allowing partners to organize their seeds on their public collections’ pages at archive-it.org. In fact, any seed groups created after September 12, 2022 will not be visible on archive-it.org unless you choose to make it publicly visible.

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IT Governance

MARCH 5, 2024

It also has a new focus on governance, which encompasses how organizations make and carry out informed decisions on cybersecurity strategy”. The claim is yet to be verified. Data breached: 183,754,481 records. EasyPark data breach: 21.1 Other news NIST releases version 2.0 NIST CSF 2.0

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 7, 2019

Russia-linked Gamaredon cyberespionage group has been targeting Ukrainian targets, including diplomats, government and military officials. Russia linked APT group tracked as Gamaredon has been targeting several Ukrainian diplomats, government and military officials, and law enforcement. The Gamaredon group. ” concludes Anomaly.

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CILIP

OCTOBER 7, 2020

Chapters draw on evidence gathered from real-world case studies produced in collaboration with leading libraries, researchers and practitioners including Bodleian Libraries, National Library of Sweden and the National Archives of Zimbabwe. Regulations governing electronic legal deposit often also prescribe how these materials can be accessed.

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Unwritten Record

APRIL 14, 2020

Today’s post is written by Joseph Smith, who volunteers at the National Archives at College Park. government used bookmobiles to promote a concept known as “cultural diplomacy.” government to uphold American foreign policy through public diplomacy. Clip from “T he Days the Books Went Blan k” ( 306-6536 ).

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The Texas Record

OCTOBER 26, 2018

We originally published an article addressing this question back in 2013, but some state agencies have wondered if the answer has changed since the administrative rules were updated this year. in Bulletin 1 provides additional requirements for archival, permanent, and vital state agency records. As well, Section 6.95

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Archives Blogs

JUNE 17, 2020

At the June 13, 2013, launch, some 119,000 documents were available, and today that number has grown to 183,000 documents, fully annotated, from the authoritative Founding Fathers Papers. And I am pleased with how Founders Online connects to the mission of the National Archives to provide access to the federal records in our care.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 6, 2019

The new ransomware dubbed JCry (extension used to rename encrypted files.jcry ) is part of the OpIsrael 2019 — an annual coordinated cyber attack against the Israeli government and private websites created with the stated goal of “erasing Israel from the Internet” in protest against the Israeli government’s conduct in the Israel-Palestine conflict.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 22, 2019

Virtualfirefox.com is a domain registered via GoDaddy in 2013 and currently owned by The Mozilla Corporation , a wholly owned subsidiary of the Mozilla Foundation — the makers of the popular Firefox Web browser. It’s an attacker’s dream, troublesome attribution and an endless number of names to use for malicious campaigns.”

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National Archives Records Express

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

Established in 2013, the Federal Records Officers Network (FRON) is a community of federal records officers and professionals. Join the FRON to stay up-to-date on the latest issues facing government records officers. The following is a guest post from the leaders of the Federal Records Officer Network.

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National Archives Records Express

MAY 23, 2018

We have issued Success Criteria for agencies to assess where they are in managing email in compliance with the Managing Government Records Directive ( OMB M-12-18 ). We have issued Success Criteria for agencies to assess where they are in managing email in compliance with the Managing Government Records Directive ( OMB M-12-18 ).

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Data Protector

OCTOBER 11, 2017

It will ensure that libraries can continue to archive material, that journalists can continue to enjoy the freedoms that we cherish in this country, and that the criminal justice system can continue to keep us safe. New technologies have started innumerable economic revolutions, and the pace of change continues to accelerate.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 6, 2019

The new ransomware dubbed JCry (extension used to rename encrypted files.jcry ) is part of the OpIsrael 2019 — an annual coordinated cyber attack against the Israeli government and private websites created with the stated goal of “erasing Israel from the Internet” in protest against the Israeli government’s conduct in the Israel-Palestine conflict.

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