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Contents of Megaupload’s Canadian Servers Still Unknown as Ontario Court Determines Next Steps

On Monday, an Ontario court heard arguments about how much of the seized Canadian data can be shared with the US Department of Justice, who is currently looking to extradite Kim Dotcom from New Zealand to face racketeering and money laundering charges. Continue reading

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Alleged Russian Hacker Pleads Not Guilty to Hacking Charges in US Court

A Russian man accused of participating in the largest known data breach ever prosecuted has been extradited to the United States to face his charges, the US Department of Justice announced this week. Continue reading

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Department of Defense Launches New Cloud Computing Security Requirements

The Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) released the Department of Defense’s new Cloud Computing Security Requirements Guide this week. The Service Requirements Guide (SRG) is meant to assist cloud service providers in looking to be included in the Department of Defense (DoD) Cloud Service Catalog. Continue reading

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Pastebin Access Restored in India After Government Censorship Sweep

Pastebin is accessible in India after being blocked by India’s Department of Telecom (DoT), along with 31 other websites, on Dec. 31, 2014. Several other sites, including Vimeo, Weebly, Dailymotion, and gist.github became available late last week, however 27 sites remain blocked. Continue reading

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New York State Encourages Banks to Make Cybersecurity Key Part of Risk Management Strategy

New York state is updating its IT examination procedures for banks to specifically focus on cybersecurity. An internal state Department of Financial Services (DFS) memo describes a comprehensive set of 12 new questions and 11 new topics which financial institutions operating on state charters or licenses will have to address for regulatory approval. Continue reading

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