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GovInfoSecurity Compliance DougOlenick) • May 25, 2021     Get Permission Iran is using its abundance of oil to generate electricity that powers a massive bitcoin cryptomining operation that enables the country to turn its greatest natural resource into money, offsetting some of its income lost as a result of U.S. and EU economic sanctions that ban imports from the country, according to cryptocurrency analysis firm ...

Should Paying Ransoms to Attackers Be Banned? Compliance Compliance Compliance DougOlenick) • May 24, 2021     Statement posted on CNA website after ransomware attack Insurance company CNAs apparent decision to pay attackers a $40 million ransom and Colonial Pipeline Co.s payment of a $4.4 million ransom are stirring debate over whether such payments should be banned under federal law. Bloomberg News reported Thursd...

Ecuadorian Party demands end to US blockade against Cuba Ecuadorian Party demands end to US blockade against Cuba Quito, May 16 (Prensa Latina) The political party Revolutionaries in Progressive Action Ecuador Resiste demanded today the end of the economic, financial and commercial blockade imposed by the United States government against Cuba. The blockade constitutes a massive, flagrant and systematic violation of human rights for all Cuban citizens. It is the most complex and prolonged system...

To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: Recent ransomware attacks against U.S. critical infrastructure, which includes the energy sector’s production of oil and natural gas, and other sources of electricity and power, have shed a spotlight on the importance of staying updated on sector-specific techniques, tactics and procedures (“TTPs”), and preventative and remediation actions. This Client Alert will: (1) provide a brief background on the nature and risks of ransomw...

By: Tho Bishop Today is the eighty-eighth anniversary of Executive Order 6102, signed by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, “forbidding the hoarding of gold coin, gold bullion, and gold certificates within the continental United States.” The order was one of the several disastrous responses to the Great Depression that succeeded in escalating the financial crisis. Later in the year, the US Congress would pass a resolution retroactively supporting the legislation; however, it was the ...

The notion of “Auditing the Fed has been around for awhile. Technically, the Federal Reserve is audited. On Tuesday, with little to no fanfare nor media coverage, there was a press release announcing the completion of the 2020 Audited Financial Statements. Digging deeper, each of the 12... The notion of “Auditing the Fed has been around for awhile. Technically, the Federal Reserve is audited. On Tuesday, with little to no fanfare nor media coverage, there was a press release announcing the ...

May Day in Havana, 2007. | Enric Marti / AP For 60 years, the United States has done everything within its power to destroy socialist Cuba. The tactics used have included a failed invasion, violent sabotage, attempted assassinations of Cuban leaders, and an endless and relentless barrage of lies in corporate-controlled media, academia, and other ideology-forming institutions. Cuban socialism, however, has survived all these assaults. Today, the biggest challenge to Cuba is economic and financi...

To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: Cybersecurity breaches against businesses in the form of ransomware attacks have risen drastically in recent years.  These attacks can be particularly difficult on a company’s bottom line especially in conjunction with the Covid-19 pandemic. While most companies now carry insurance covering ransomware attacks; nevertheless, such an attack can leave a company’s data, servers and ability to communicate in the lurch for weeks on tim...

The pioneering Beeston factory visited by Gandhi where telephone equipment was made It shaped Beeston as we know it Inside Beestons British L.M Ericsson & Company, 1921. (Image supplied by Beeston & District Local History Society) Never miss another Nottinghamshire story by signing up to our free email updatesInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Subscribe When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Your information will be used...

To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: Ransomware threats and attacks dominated the cyber news cycle in 2020 and into 2021. With the global pandemic and the uptick in remote work and learning, cybercriminals and nation-state hackers have seized on vulnerabilities in data security infrastructures to wreak havoc and to make money — in the form of cryptocurrency. Not surprisingly, the need and demand for cyber insurance are simultaneously on the rise, and insurance policies...