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Meet Ika & Sal: The Bulletproof Hosting Duo from Hell

Krebs on Security

Spamit), an invite-only community for Russian-speaking people in the businesses of sending spam and building botnets of infected computers to relay said spam. Icamis and Sal were in daily communications with these botmasters, via the Spamdot forum and private messages. The Spamdot admins went by the nicknames Icamis (a.k.a.

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DLA Piper Privacy Matters - Untitled Article

DLA Piper Privacy Matters

Under Section 702, the US Attorney General and Director of National Intelligence may issue directives compelling US electronic communication service providers (ECSPs) to provide such information. An ECS is defined as any service which provides to users the ability to send or receive wire or electronic communications.

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RMS Section Meeting Teaser #5

The Schedule

Reminder: our section meeting is free and it is set for Monday, July 27th at 3pm EST. Are Records Essential to Governance of Higher Education during a Crisis? Our next teaser is from panelist Eric Stoykovich of Trinity College!

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B2B Supply Chain Integration – Why it’s Better than FTP for Meeting Today’s Global Requirements and Industry Standards

Rocket Software

To meet business goals, organizations worldwide link more processes, exchange more data and share more applications internally with colleagues and externally with global suppliers, partners and clients than any time in the past. . Meeting today’s data protection and regulatory compliance mandates for audit trail and archiving. .

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Brazil Nominates Directors of the Brazil Data Protection Authority; Senate Approval Pending

Hunton Privacy

Joacil Basilio Rael (four-year mandate), computer engineer who graduated from the Military Engineering Institute. Miriam Wimmer (two-year mandate), Director of Telecommunications Services at the Brazilian Ministry of Science, Technology, Innovation & Communications, and professor at the Instituto Brasiliense de Direito Público.

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European Commission proposes reinforcement of EU Cybersecurity rules

DLA Piper Privacy Matters

In the NIS Directive, the obligations that apply to an entity that falls under the scope of the NIS Directive depend on its qualification as ‘operator of essential services’ (“OES”) or ‘digital service provider’ (“DSP”): An OES is defined as a public or private entity of a type referred to in Annex II, which meets certain criteria.

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REvil ransomware gang hacked Acer and is demanding a $50 million ransom

Security Affairs

Taiwanese multinational hardware and electronics corporation Acer was victim of a REvil ransomware attack, the gang demanded a $50,000,000 ransom. Taiwanese computer giant Acer was victim of the REvil ransomware attack, the gang is demanding the payment of a $50,000,000 ransom, the largest one to date. billion in revenue.