InfoSecSherpa’s News Roundup for Tuesday, August 17, 2021
1 min readAug 17, 2021
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- Attack on HVAC vendor gave threat actor access to Boston Children’s Hospital
(DataBreaches.net, August 17th) - Does Abandoning Embassy in Kabul Pose Cybersecurity Risks?
(Gov Info Security, August 17th) - BlackBerry resisted announcing major flaw in software powering cars, hospital equipment
(Politico, August 17th) - Rising demand for cybersecurity professionals in Manitoba: MITT
(CTV News, August 17th) - AT&T expands IT apprenticeship program supporting national security agencies
(Fed Scoop, August 17th) - China’s New Biosecurity Law Gives Limited Insight into Government Priorities and Next Steps
(The Jamestown Foundation, August 17th) - Afghanistan Disinformation in the Age of LinkedIn
(Flying Penguin, August 16th) - Brazilian government confirms ransomware attack on National Treasury
(Teiss, August 17th) - Researchers disclose vulnerability for baby monitors and other IoT
(TechSpot, August 17th) - No liability to data subjects for loss of personal information other than under data protection laws for companies that are the victims of cyber-attacks
(JDSupra / Bryan Cave, August 17th)
