With all of the recent talk
about hackers targeting U.S. election systems and blockchain hype cycle in full effect, this seems like a natural story to appear.
Not exact matches
Look for plenty of questions from the GOP minority
about the Climategate non-scandal that deniers remain obsessed with, despite the exoneration by the British House of Commons of the CRU scientists at the University of East Anglia
targeted by the
hackers.
In one case, it appears that the Chinese government may have
targeted several Canadian law firms in an apparent effort to derail a $ 40 billion acquisition.11 In another, a firm's managing clerk is alleged to have accessed inside information
about the firm's clients as part of an insider - trading scheme.12 Also, it recently was revealed that
hackers working for the Chinese military
targeted one company for information useful in ongoing litigation.13 Failure to secure such data from malicious employees, cyber-attacks, or carelessness can cause drastic reputational damage as well as liability.
Only the rare lawyer doing unusually sensitive work, such as cutting - edge IP and M & A of publicly traded companies, such that the lawyer is likely to be a
target for motivated
hackers, needs to worry
about a higher level of security.
Inside, columnist Bruce Carton looks at the potential for disaster if
hackers target financial firms, what could happen to the financial system, and what the SEC is doing
about it.
In response to questions
about Secure Elements from Bitcoin Magazine, SatoshiLabs provided a statement that made five key points: closed source is a security threat; the most prevalent threats to a user's bitcoin stash come from the online world; any wallet will always be susceptible to the $ 5 wrench attack; there have been successful thefts from chip - and - PIN cards that use Secure Element technology; and the wide use of Secure Elements is making them a larger
target for
hackers.
When a company like Equifax is then
targeted, all the
hacker is able to see is verified claims
about our identities made against the blockchain.
What do you think
about North Korean
hackers targeting Bitcoin exchanges?