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Cyber wrap
Posted By Zoe Hawkins on October 26, 2016 @ 12:30
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[1] taking down: http://www.afr.com/technology/us-web-host-knocked-offline-in-curiously-timed-attack-20161021-gs873w
[2] reported: https://www.dynstatus.com/incidents/nlr4yrr162t8
[3] seemingly innocuous devices: https://krebsonsecurity.com/2016/10/hacked-cameras-dvrs-powered-todays-massive-internet-outage/
[4] against Brian Kreb’s website: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/09/26/brian_krebs_site_ddos_was_powered_by_hacked_internet_of_things_botnet/
[5] made available online: http://www.techtimes.com/articles/180523/20161002/source-code-for-worlds-largest-ddos-attack-out-in-public-mirai-botnet-will-allow-more-hackers-to-unleash-mayhem.htm
[6] recalled: http://fortune.com/2016/10/24/china-cyberattack-webcams-xiongmai/
[7] focus attention: https://www.scribd.com/document/328854049/DDoS-Letter-to-Chairman-Wheeler
[8] reports: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-yahoo-nsa-exclusive-idUSKCN1241YT
[9] letter: https://s.yimg.com/ge/lg/Letter.pdf
[10] motion: https://www.aclu.org/legal-document/aclu-motion-filed-foreign-intelligence-surveillance-court-fisc-requesting-release
[11] continue to hurt: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-10-18/verizon-is-said-to-be-antsy-over-lack-of-clarity-in-yahoo-breach
[12] arrested: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/government-alleges-massive-theft-by-nsa-contractor/2016/10/20/e021c380-96cc-11e6-bb29-bf2701dbe0a3_story.html?postshare=4101476995755166&tid=ss_tw
[13] more likely a digital hoarder than a leaker: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/07/us/politics/nsa-suspect-is-a-hoarder-but-a-leaker-investigators-arent-sure.html?_r=0
[14] latest filing: https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/3149446/United-States-v-Harold-T-Martin-III.pdf
[15] 18 US Code 793: https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/793
[16] more severe sentencing: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-cyber-nsa-arrest-idUSKCN12K2GZ
[17] Shadow Brokers’ online auction: http://www.smh.com.au/world/shadow-brokers-reveal-nsa-hacking-tools-online-20160816-gquat7.html
[18] new report: http://www.amnestyusa.org/sites/default/files/for_your_eyes_only__-_pol_40.4985.2016.pdf
[19] #censusfail: http://www.news.com.au/technology/aussies-face-more-frustration-as-census-servers-continue-to-fail-despite-repeated-attempts/news-story/4e43f5e92dda5685778601b9b66fddf9
[20] program: http://www.aspistrategist.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/program.pdf
[21] here: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-10-25/abs-officials-face-parliamentary-grilling-over-census/7960480
[22] determine: http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/census-debacle-laid-bare-malcolm-turnbull-to-decide-which-heads-will-roll-20161025-gsacqc.html
[23] teamed up: http://www.zdnet.com/article/singapore-university-partners-singtel-to-launch-30m-cybersecurity-lab/
[24] the creation: http://www.afr.com/technology/web/security/unsw-and-cba-partner-on-cyber-security-lab-to-plug-skills-gap-20161023-gs8zg2
[25] Recruiting and Retaining Cybersecurity Ninjas: https://www.csis.org/analysis/recruiting-and-retaining-cybersecurity-ninjas