IG Weekly brief : EU defence ministers cyberexercise; EU presidency for censorship; Energy sectors cyberattacks; Internet shutdown in Togo; Russia's Facebook Fake News; Putin on artificial intelligence; ICOs banned in China; TLDCON 2017

[Farell Folly]

Thanks Mamadou for this insight.

Cybersecuirty, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, neuroscience..
Internet of Things.. These are now the Internet terminology.

Le ven. 8 sept. 2017 à 19:07, Mamadou LO <alfamamadou at hotmail.com> a écrit :

> *SUMMARY*
>
> This week, cybersecurity and cyberattacks on headlines as, "European Union
> defense ministers have gathered in the Estonian capital, Tallinn, for an
> informal meeting that included a cyberexercise aimed at testing the bloc's
> ability to respond to a potential attack by hackers on its military
> structures". Estonia, who lead the current European Union presidency has
> called upon other EU Member states to increase internet censorship,
> according to a leaked document.
>
> Furthemore, in an announcement today, credit reporting giant Equifax
> revealed a cybersecurity incident potentially impacting approximately 143
> million U.S. consumers. Also, The energy sector in North America and
> Europe is being targeted by a new wave of cyber attacks, according to a
> leading cyber security company. In addition, Russia has sentenced two
> members of a hacking group for compromising the devices of citizens and
> stealing their data.
>
> On fake news, amid ongoing concern over the role of disinformation in the
> 2016 election, Facebook said Wednesday it found that more than 5,000 ads,
> costing more than $150,000, had been placed on its network between June
> 2015 and May 2017 from "inauthentic accounts" and Pages, likely from Russia.
> On digital economy, a self-regulatory organization focused on online
> finance in China has issued a warning to its members on initial coin
> offerings (ICOs). The group, which works with government agencies on
> regulatory matters, further stated its intention to toughen security
> measures. Furthemore, Singapore and Indonesian leaders yesterday welcomed
> the growing economic partnership between both countries, as they pushed for
> greater cooperation in the area of infrastructure development and digital
> economy.
>
> On Artificial intelligence; Putin says that whoever reaches a breakthrough
> in developing artificial intelligence will come to dominate the world.
> On access, Togo is the latest African nation to shut down access to the
> internet after protests against president Faure Gnassingbé were scheduled
> to take place this week.
> As for events, we note TLDCON 2017
> Below, informations on those subjects and events as well as documents on
> cyber geopolitics, e-commerce..
>
> See complete review here:
>
>
> http://www.diplointernetgovernance.org/profiles/blogs/ig-weekly-brief-eu-defence-ministers-cyberexercise-eu-presidency
>
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