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U.S. Charges 4 Chinese Military Officers in 2017 Equifax Hack

Krebs on Security

Justice Department today unsealed indictments against four Chinese officers of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) accused of perpetrating the 2017 hack against consumer credit bureau Equifax that led to the theft of personal data on nearly 150 million Americans. commercial and government interests.

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Sophie Sayer on the IT Governance Partner Programme

IT Governance

The benefits of partnering with us, and our partner-exclusive event IT Governance launched its partner programme in 2017, which now includes more than 400 organisations. And why should organisations consider partnering with IT Governance? What is it that makes IT Governance special?

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The British government aims at improving its offensive cyber capability

Security Affairs

Intelligence experts pointed out that the British government already conducted offensive hacking operations, including the one that targeted the ISIS in 2017. The post The British government aims at improving its offensive cyber capability appeared first on Security Affairs. ” Sanders confirmed. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Turkish Sea Turtle APT targets Dutch IT and Telecom firms

Security Affairs

The researchers believe that the Turkey-linked APT Sea Turtle has been active since at least 2017. Between 2017 and 2019, the APT group mainly used DNS hijacking in its campaigns. Sea Turtle cyber espionage group targeted telco, media, ISPs, IT service providers, and Kurdish websites in the Netherlands.

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Capital Markets, AI, and the need for governance

Collibra

Discussions at the event fluctuated between the recognition of the massive competitive advantage presented by AI, and the equal recognition of the risk necessitating caution and effective governance of the technology. It is a map to a repeatable process for driving long-term, reliable AI programs.” What does this framework look like?

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Canada Charges Its “Most Prolific Cybercriminal”

Krebs on Security

A 31-year-old Canadian man has been arrested and charged with fraud in connection with numerous ransomware attacks against businesses, government agencies and private citizens throughout Canada and the United States. In December 2017, $52 million worth of Bitcoin mysteriously disappeared from NiceHash coffers.

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Singapore Government will run its third bug bounty program

Security Affairs

Singapore has announced the third bug bounty program aimed at assessing the security of government systems exposed online. The government of Singapore has announced its third bug bounty program aimed at assessing the level of security implemented for government systems exposed online. ” reads the press release.