Demant, the manufacturer of Oticon hearing aids, has said that it expects losses of up to 650 million kroner (approximately $ 95 million) following a cyber attack earlier this month.
Don’t expect the U.S. government to back off its push for technology vendors to build encryption workarounds into their products, even though the FBI acknowledged it may have a way to crack into an iPhone used in the San Bernardino, California, mass shooting case.
Some lawmakers and President Barack Obama’s administration will continue to look for ways to compel tech vendors to help law enforcement agencies defeat encryption and other security controls on smartphones and other devices, security and legal experts said.
Even if the FBI can break into the iPhone used by San Bernardino mass shooter Syed Rizwan Farook, it doesn’t significantly change the larger discussion about encryption, said Ed Black, president and CEO of trade group the Computer and Communications Industry Association. “There is an ongoing effort by our government and every government around the world … to want more information.”
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