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Another view: Regulators should lower the boom on Equifax for data breach
Press Herald After major breaches of consumer data at Target, Yahoo and others, it would be easy to size up the hack into Equifax as just another giant data breach. But the dust will not settle so easily in this case because the Equifax breach is much, much bigger … |
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Senate Democrats are fighting a Federal Communications Commission proposal that could lower America’s broadband standards by redefining what counts as broadband Internet access.
Under standards imposed during the Obama administration, the FCC says that all Americans should have access to home Internet service offering speeds of at least 25Mbps downstream and 3Mbps upstream, as well as access to mobile Internet. When the FCC makes its annual judgment of whether broadband is being deployed to all Americans quickly enough, the commission thus analyzes whether all parts of the country have both fast home Internet and mobile service.
But FCC Chairman Ajit Pai’s proposal suggests that cellular Internet could be counted as a full substitute for home Internet access rather than a complement to it. Moreover, his proposal suggests that mobile wouldn’t even have to meet the 25/3Mbps speed standard—instead, a 10Mbps/1Mbps mobile connection could suffice.
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CIO Australia |
Mobile malware making apps lower bar for aspiring cyber crims
CIO Australia “The app, which has an easy-to-use interface, is no different from any other Android app apart from the fact that it creates malware. To generate the malware, all the user needs to do is choose what customization they want by filling out the on-screen … |
ETF Trends |
Cyber Security ETF Unveils a Lower Fee
ETF Trends Many exchange traded funds that can be considered highly focused or niche products sport annual fees that are higher than their plain vanilla counterparts. At least the PureFunds ISE Cyber Security ETF (NYSEArca: HACK) is doing something about that. |