A general view of St Luke’s Hospital which has been affected by a ransomware attack, in Rathgar, Dublin. Last week, Ireland’s hospitals were forced to shut down many of their computers after the hackers gained access to the health service’s systems, encrypted patient data so that it was inaccessible and demanded payment to unlock the files. AP
A day after threatening to publicly release patient data, the hackers who targeted Ireland’s health service offered a decryption key that they said could be used to unlock computers infected with ransomware.
While seeming to offer an olive branch – sharing a link to download the decryption key – the group reiterated its threats to disclose patient data unless Irish authorities paid the US$20mil (RM82.81mil) ransom demand.
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Estonia and Japan are among the leaders in cyber diplomacy and cybersecurity on the global stage, Japan also being a key strategic partner for the EU and NATO. They have many similarities in their approaches to cybersecurity and state behaviour in cyberspace, which has established solid ground for closer bilateral ties. This report, authored by leading Estonian and Japanese researchers of cybersecurity policy, gives a valuable insight into the experiences and perspectives of these two countries, their success stories and challenges in building a secure cyberspace, as well as the potential for cooperation.
The first chapter outlines the cyber threat landscape as seen from Japan, and advocates employing active cyber defence and building comprehensive cyber deterrence instead of relying on passive defence measures. In this regard, international cooperation between like-minded democratic nations, such as Estonia and Japan, plays a pivotal role in deterring cyber threats posed by hostile
The Establishment of a Cyber Safety Review Board
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In 2013, the Obama Administration began asking what government could do to improve cybersecurity. By February 2014, Farnam Jahanian, Assistant Director for Computer and Information Science and Engineering at the National Science Foundation, convened a three-day “idea lab” to come up with suggestions. You can see the resulting report, titled
Interdisciplinary Pathways Towards a More Secure Internet,here.
One of the ideas we worked on was a “Cyber NTSB.” This concept has so much appeal because of the frustration security people feel over the lack of transparency and conflicting messaging around major cyber incidents. The breach of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) in April 2014 may have been the trigger, but the SONY Entertainment hack later in 2014 created a lot of spurious speculation. Was it disgruntled insiders? Was it North Korea responding to a Seth Rogen movie?
Introduction
Information technologies are increasingly being exposed to the potentially malicious intentions of various interest groups and individuals. Therefore, a systematic and coordinated effort to improve cybersecurity abilities is key for a safe digital society.
The Croatian cybersecurity system is a complex cross-sectorial network of institutions and regulations in constant development but aligned with the requirements acquired through the country s membership of the European Union and the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO).
This article is the second in a series on the regulation of cybersecurity in Croatia.(1)
Information Security Act institutions
The first legal act to regulate cybersecurity matters in Croatia was the Information Security Act (