Oct 17, 2019 | Technology
Policy Summary In a 30-day period between August and September 2019, the Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center (MSTIC) observed more than 2,700 attempts by a group dubbed Phosphorus to identify consumer email accounts belonging to specific Microsoft customers and then...
Sep 28, 2019 | Technology
Policy Summary On March 5, 2019 electricity grid operators in the Western United States experienced an unprecedented, coordinated attempt to disrupt their services. The attack, exploiting vulnerabilities in the internet facing firewalls – the devices meant to...
Aug 14, 2019 | Technology
Policy Summary The Senate Select Committee on Intelligence began an investigation in 2017 after widespread reports of Russian tampering and influence in the Presidential election of 2016. After conducting 5 open hearings, interviewing more than 200 witnesses and...
Jul 24, 2019 | Technology
Policy Summary On January 4, 2018 the Federal Communications Commission under the leadership of Trump appointee Ajit Pai implemented the “Restoring Internet Freedom Order”. This order reversed the net neutrality rules that were codified in 2015 under the stewardship...
