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Conference registration opens for Lawfire readers for Duke’s 28th Annual National Security Law Conference! – Lawfire

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I’m pleased to announce that registration is now open for Duke’s 28th Annual National Security Law Conference!  presented by Duke Law’s Center on Law, Ethics and National Security (LENS).  Because seats are very limited we wanted to make an announcement specifically for you as a Lawfire® reader before we opened the portal on the conference website and other public venues. If you’d like to attend (in-person only this year), please register ASAP on the registration portal is found here.

What you will experience…

There’s lots of variety in the ‘ripped-from the-headlines’ topics the conference’s world-class speakers will be addressing.  I think you’ll agree if you check out the agenda found here.

An “Early Arrival” session co-sponsored with Duke Law’s National Security Law Society will take place on Thursday, February 23 from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. in Room 3041 at Duke Law.  Practitioners from the military, government, private industry, and ‘big law’ will discuss “Careers in National Security Law.”  They’ll explain to students, young attorneys, and others how national security law can be involved in a number of different practice venues. (Conference registration for this event is not required).

On Friday morning, the LENS Conference officially begins with Professor Nita Farahany’s keynote entitled, “The Battle for Your Brain: Neurotechnology and National Security.”  You should expect a presentation that gives new meaning to the term ‘eye-opening’.  She’ll reflect on the national security implications of neurotechnology, and share insights from her new book, “The Battle for Your Brain:Defending the Right to Think Freely in the Age of Neurotechnology.”  (You may also have a chance to purchase a copy of her book that she’ll autograph.)

It won’t come as a surprise to readers that we’ll have a panel of top experts addressing “The Russo-Ukraine Conflict and the Law of War.”  You’ll hear from such renowned scholars as professors Geoff Corn, Laurie Blank, and Rob Lawless in a discussion moderated by retired Army judge advocate (and legendary law of armed conflict expert!) Colonel Dave Graham.

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HUB Cyber Security and Mount Rainier Announce Registration Statement Effectiveness and Special Meeting Date to Approve Business Combination

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Special Meeting Scheduled for December 30, 2022 with Expected Closing in January 2023 followed by Listing on Nasdaq at an estimated enterprise value of approximately $1.28 billion

TEL AVIV, Israel, Dec. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — HUB Cyber Security (Israel) Limited (TASE: HUB), a developer of Confidential Computing cybersecurity solutions and services (“HUB” or the “Company“), announced that its registration statement on Form F-4 (the “Registration Statement“), in connection with its previously announced business combination (the “Business Combination“) with Mount Rainier Acquisition Corp. (“RNER“), has been declared effective by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC“) as of December 8, 2022.

RNER will hold a Special Meeting of Stockholders at 10:00 a.m. Eastern time on December 30, 2022, to approve the previously announced business combination with HUB. Stockholders of record at the close of business on November 18, 2022, will be entitled to receive notice of and to vote at the Special Meeting. The meeting will be held virtually over the internet by means of a live audio webcast available at: https://web.lumiagm.com/297859227 using the password “mtrainier2022.” 

To register and receive access to the virtual meeting, registered stockholders and beneficial stockholders (those holding shares through a stock brokerage account or by a bank or other holder of record) will need to follow the instructions applicable to them provided in the proxy statement/prospectus included in the Registration Statement.

The proxy statement/prospectus is being mailed to the Company’s stockholders of record as of the close of business on the Record Date. Notice of the Special Meeting was mailed on or about December 9, 2022 to stockholders of record as of the Record Date.

As previously announced, the transaction represents a combined company pro forma enterprise value of approximately $1.28 billion. The transaction is expected to provide up to $225 million in gross proceeds comprised of Mount Rainier’s approximately $175 million of cash held in trust, assuming no redemptions by RNER’s stockholders, and a $50 million fully committed ordinary share PIPE at $10.00 per share, led by A-Labs…

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Iranian Hackers Indictment Shows Vulnerability of Online Voter Registration

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Anyone inclined to downplay the risks involved in states allowing online, Internet-based voter registration, take note: Last week, the Justice Department unsealed a federal indictment of two Iranian hackers that shows how the system provides cyber-criminals–and foreign governments–a vulnerable pathway into state databases and our election systems.

The U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York charged the two with participating in a “coordinated and multi-faceted, cyber-enabled campaign to intimidate and influence American voters, and otherwise undermine voter confidence and sow discord” in the 2020 presidential election. Both of the hackers were contractors for Eelyanet Gostar, an Iranian company that provides cybersecurity services for the Iranian government.

>>> Democracy’s Digital Defenses

According to the indictment, in September and October of 2020, the hackers targeted 11 state voter registration and voter information websites. They managed to get into one of the states (not identified in the indictment) and download information on 100,000 voters.

Next, the hackers used social media platforms to send emails and Facebook messages to Republican senators and representatives, individuals in President Trump’s presidential campaign, White House advisors, and members of the media, claiming that the Democratic Party was planning on exploiting “serious security vulnerabilities” in state voter registration websites to “edit mail-in ballots or even register non-existent voters.” The hackers masqueraded as a “group of Proud Boys volunteers.”

They then created a false video that supposedly showed someone hacking into a state voter registration website and creating fraudulent absentee ballots through the Federal Voting Assistance Program for military and overseas American voters. They again made it look like the Proud Boys had obtained the surreptitious video.

Using the stolen voter registration information, as well as other sources, the hackers sent emails supposedly from the Proud Boys to tens of thousands of registered Democrat voters, threatening them “with physical injury if they did not change their party affiliation and vote for President…

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Hong Kong tightens leash on mobile phone use, registration | Hong Kong Protests News

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Authorities say new restrictions meant to curb criminality but activists and rights group say it is another form of silencing dissent.

The Hong Kong government has kicked off public consultation on the near-certain policy change, which would require residents of the city to register their mobile phone SIM cards using their real identity, raising more concerns over privacy and fears of wider state surveillance.

Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development Edward Yau unveiled on Friday the proposal, which includes requiring individuals to provide their real names, date of birth as well as ID number for verification.

The new measure comes on the heels of China’s decision to impose the new national security law on the semi-autonomous city last year.

There are an estimated 21 million SIM card users in Hong Kong. Currently, more than half of them are using pay-to-go cards that do not require personal information – thereby protecting their privacy.

But that has become a source of irritation for Hong Kong’s security forces, as massive pro-democracy protests erupted in the city between 2018 and 2019. Many of the protests were organised using smartphone communication and through social media.

Under the new proposal, businesses are also required to provide company information to register, while individual users are allowed to have only three pay-to-go cards from one telecom provider.

Minors below the age of 16 are not allowed to register unless approval from an adult is presented.

Stiff penalty

Individuals who are caught providing false information could face lengthy prison time of up to 14 years, according to the proposal.

Meanwhile, phone companies are required to archive data of users and keep user information for at least 12 months after registration is cancelled.

The companies are also obliged to cut off service to those who failed to submit information after a certain period, and to submit to authorities information for the purpose of law…

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