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Now that the United States has concluded that North Korea was responsible for the hack into Sony’s computers, it has begun to make noises about responding to that hack in some way.
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I've written two essays on the Sony hack, one for the Wall Street Journal, and the other for Vice Motherboard.
The former opens:
Earlier this month, a mysterious group that calls itself Guardians of Pea...
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Twitter brings news of this interesting little order in United States v. Vargas. The court's opinion was authored by Judge Edward F. Shea and opens:
The first duty of government is the safety of its peo...
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Last Friday, the Cato Institute held an all-day conference to explore the questions raised by the growth of government surveillance, the revelations of NSA activities by Edward Snowden, and how these new...
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We are told there is a privacy crisis. The Snowden revelation and other such things have given the sense that we are in a crisis. I think what we have is a privacy panic. What I would call the Snowden...
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The reality of conflict (not war) in the cyber domain -- Sony is now reported to be launching DDoS attacks against the hackers attempting to distribute its confidential documents:
Sony has launched a cou...
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Bloomberg has the story. For those who think that cyber conflict is a bit of a myth, this is a cautionary tale. From the opening:
The pipeline was outfitted with sensors and cameras to monitor every st...
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Lawfare has decided to buy a bitcoin. We do this not as an investment but as an experiment in journalism. Buying a bitcoin will let us explore the mechanics of how the market works and also give us a fun...
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The Intercept has published an article---based on the Snowden documents---about AURORAGOLD, an NSA surveillance operation against cell phone network operators and standards bodies worldwide. This is not ...
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Over at the Center for a New American Security, researcher Amy Chang is out with a detailed report entitled, "Warring State: China's Cybersecurity Strategy."
As the report points out:
Devising an optima...
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Senator Diane Feinstein (D-CA) has announced that she plans to introduce new legislation aimed to "significantly strengthen drone safety laws to protect U.S. airline passengers and U.S.
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There are many ways to think about enhancing cybersecurity. One, for example, is the prospect of software liability, which would, drive safer code.
