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How to quickly reduce Russia’s capacity of harm on the internet – EURACTIV.com

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Technology companies and regulators in the EU and west have the power to disturb the functioning of Russia’s internet and the malicious use of the Internet outside the country without affecting the country’s essential data and infrastructure nor harming the infrastructure of other countries. These digital sanctions can be implemented quickly and removed easily when appropriate.

Andrey Kolodyuk and Jan Thys are co-founders of the Free Ukraine Foundation, a non-profit just created in Belgium to assist Ukrainian people and businesses affected by the war.

Yobie Benjamin, former chief technology officer of Global Transaction Services, Citibank, also contributed to this opinion.

Today, as Russia is bombing Ukraine and threatening the world, one of its most potent weapons — the internet – should not be overlooked.

The aggressor’s cyber warfare capabilities are world-class. Not only are they being used to attack Ukraine: they are ready to strike the world’s critical infrastructures.

The recent past has shown how tangible this threat is. For example, the Russian government is suspected to be behind the 2020 SolarWinds attack, which affected thousands of organisations globally, including multiple parts of the United States federal government. 

Tomorrow, we may witness a complete crash of capital markets or wake up without heat and electricity – unless we’d learn to live without toilet paper, food, medicine, and fuel due to supply chain disruptions. 

Russia has also wielded the Internet as an effective weapon in destabilising governments and institutions, dividing political and civil discourse in the USA, Western Europe and beyond. From the trucker protests in Canada to ethnic tensions and the January 6 insurrection in the United States, Russia has been aggressive in creating active societal unrest to its advantage.

What could be done

In response to the invasion of Ukraine, the west has moved fast to support Ukraine in military terms and to sanction Russia economically and technologically.

A lot could be done in the digital field, too, supported by regulatory action as a crucial component of the west’s answer.

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India to Set Up Cyber Labs for Online Capacity Building Programme on Cyber Law – OpenGov Asia

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Over the past decade, technological innovation has advanced at an increasingly fast pace, creating both opportunities and disruptions in virtually every industry. The postal industry is no exception. According to the report, “Step into Tomorrow: The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) and Emerging Technology,” the Postal Service collects massive quantities of data on an ongoing basis. A challenge is putting this data to its most valued use to improve the customer experience. Changing customer expectations and increased competition for last-mile delivery have resulted in a demand for innovative solutions

Data-driven advanced algorithms and analytics can play a critical role in the design of these new, last-mile solutions. Postal infrastructure is, and will continue to be, supported and enhanced by the use of big data across the supply chain. The Postal Service transports millions of mail pieces and packages through its network every day.

To track where the mail is, how quickly it is travelling to its delivery destination, and identify any problems in the network, the Postal Service scans mail pieces at several points along its route. The network is vast, so the collection and utilisation of this information is best harnessed through data analytics

Data and analytics are at the heart of USPS operations, helping improve the efficiency and quality of services. They inform applications that track packages for residents and business mailers and could make the Postal Service more competitive and improve the quality of the products offered to their customers.

USPS’ Informed Visibility – Mail Tracking and Reporting service, for example, combines actual scans of mail pieces with assumed and logical scans during handling to provide near real-time data on the location of mail in the processing and delivery network and its expected delivery date.

In its research, the Office of Inspector General (OIG) interviewed industry experts and Postal Service management on the future of technological innovation in the postal industry. OIG also reviewed the USPS 10-year plan and asked international mailers and U.S. shippers to identify promising technologies.

Shipping industry representatives stressed…

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Britain must boost cyber-attack capacity, PM Boris Johnson says, Telecom News, ET Telecom

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Britain needs to boost its capacity to conduct cyber attacks on foreign enemies, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said before the publication of a national security review next week.

“Cyber power is revolutionising the way we live our lives and fight our wars, just as air power did 100 years ago,” Johnson said in a statement released by his office on Saturday.

Johnson is due to present a long-term review of national security strategy to parliament on Tuesday which media reports suggest could lead to a reduction in armed forces personnel.

“The review will set out the importance of cyber technology to our way of life – whether it’s defeating our enemies on the battlefield, making the internet a safer place or developing cutting-edge tech to improve people’s lives,” Johnson’s office said.

In 2019, Britain spent $59 billion, or 2.1% of national income, on defence, more than any other large European country but far below the 3.5% of income spent by the United States.

Britain has invested heavily in costly aircraft carriers in recent years and maintains nuclear weapons, but its ground forces have shrunk since the Cold War ended.

Some British media have reported that the review will call for the number of army personnel to be reduced by a further 12,500 to around 70,000.

The defence ministry said on Saturday that talk of cuts “at this stage is speculation”.

Johnson said the National Cyber Force – including spies, defence officials and scientists – would have a permanent base in northern England as the government tries to boost regional development outside London.

The NCF targets threats including foreign air defence systems and the mobile phones of people the government views as serious criminals or terrorists.

It was created last year alongside a dedicated army regiment focused on cyber warfare. In 2016 a National Cyber Security Centre was set up to advise the government and public on how to reduce the risk of cyber-attacks.

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Huge demand for NSA-proof email: ProtonMail uses a month’s server capacity in 3 days

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There’s a huge demand for private and secure email that is as easy to use as Gmail or Outlook, just ask the Harvard and MIT students who created a Swiss-based end-to-end encrypted email service called ProtonMail.
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