An example of such an incident is the Colonial Pipeline attack. Russian cybercriminal group, DarkSide infected Colonial Pipelines's IT systems with ransomware, disrupting all of its operations. To resume its critical supply of gasoline to the state, Colonial Pipeline paid Darkside's ransom in excha...
EDITOR'S SUMMARY Americans have long valued their freedom of speech and expression, but specific protection of reader privacy is a relatively new concept. Legal threats to reader privacy date to the 1950s with a resurgence of privacy invasion by the IRS and FBI in the 1970s, prompting 48 ...
The Patriot Act widened the use of National Security Letters issued by the FBI which are issued without a judge's approval to obtain phone records, bank records, or computer records.5 The Patriot Act impacts financial professionals andfinancial institutionswith its Title III provision, entitled "In...
The FBI reported, “The Bureau has gotten actionable intelligence that there is, within the federal government, a growing and organized movement to block or interfere with administration policy decisions.” This level of the deep state is mostly visible and who implement the policies from on high ...
The short definition of ransomware is hidden in its name, just like in many other viruses. “Ransom software” is a program that injects into your computer, encrypts your files, and then asks you to pay the ransom to get your files back. Some examples of ransomware can threaten their ...