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Cyber Daily: Trucking Firms in Europe, Asia Grapple with U.N. Cyber Rules | Virginia's Biggest School District Battles Ransomware
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Good day. Companies in the commercial trucking and hauling industry in the European Union and some parts of Asia are under pressure to improve safeguards against cyberattacks to comply with a new United Nations regulation, WSJ Pro's Catherine Stupp reports from Brussels.
Other news: Virginia's biggest school district battles ransomware; U.S. raises pressure on North Korea, citing nation security; Facebook appeals Ireland's move to force it to stop EU-U.S. data transfer; and inside Pentagon's AI hacker project.
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Haulage trucks at the border of Germany and Poland in March. Companies in the commercial trucking and hauling industry in the European Union are stepping up measures to prevent hackers from intercepting and manipulating trucks. PHOTO: ROLF SCHULTEN/BLOOMBERG NEWS
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Trucking firms grapple with cybersecurity amid new regulation and risks. A new United Nations regulation has big firms in the industry stepping up measures to prevent hackers from intercepting and manipulating trucks, which increasingly contain digital components that send data to internet-connected infrastructure and back end systems. Smaller suppliers, however, often lack the financial and human resources to implement important security changes, experts say.
New, more damaging kinds of attacks could become more common as the industry adopts advanced digital technologies.
The U.N. regulation, adopted in June, requires companies to make sure components and vehicles’ cybersecurity systems continue functioning after vehicles are sold. Countries including EU members, Japan and South Korea will start implementing the regulation over the next two years, and companies selling trucks and truck parts in those markets will also have to comply.
Read the full story.
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“We need a much closer interaction with our suppliers.”
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— Mathias Dehm, head of security and privacy research and governance at Germany’s Continental AG, which makes vehicle components, on new cybersecurity regulations
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Fairfax County Public Schools, Virginia's largest district, is investigating a ransomware attack. PHOTO: KEVIN LAMARQUE/REUTERS
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Hackers attack Virginia school district. Fairfax County Public Schools are working with the FBI to investigate a ransomware attack that appears to have exposed the disciplinary records of 15 students, NBC Washington reports. The Maze hacking group claimed responsibility and threatened to publish more information. Remote learning wasn’t affected and students should continue to use the devices they have, the district said in a statement on its website. “If it is determined in the course of our investigation that personal information has been
compromised, we will take steps to notify affected individuals as appropriate,” the district said.
U.S. prosecutors step up pressure on North Korea. Federal prosecutors unsealed two cases involving alleged sanctions violations as officials warn Pyongyang remains a significant threat to national security and the global financial system, The Wall Street Journal reports. Prosecutors in the U.S. attorney’s office in Washington asked a federal judge to order the forfeiture of funds associated with a former North Korea employee and related front company of Chinese telecommunications giant ZTE Corp. Separately, they charged with sanctions violations a Pyongyang operative who allegedly played a role in the 2017 killing of the half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, according to court documents unsealed
Friday.
ATM hacks: In August, multiple federal government agencies warned that hackers tied to the North Korean government are trying to rob banks across the globe by draining ATMs and initiating fraudulent money transfers.
Facebook appeals preliminary order to curb EU-U.S. data transfer. Facebook filed the case against Ireland’s Data Protection Commission before Ireland’s High Court on Thursday, according to the country’s courts service, WSJ reports. Ireland’s privacy regulator had filed a preliminary order to suspend the company's data transfers from Europe to the U.S., pushing this stance in a case with wide-ranging implications for global tech businesses. Ireland’s Data Protection Commission declined to comment.
Wide impact: How—and whether—Ireland’s order is enforced will have a broad impact on tech businesses and the companies they serve. A July decision by the EU's top court invalidated the main legal mechanism companies in the bloc use to send data to the U.S. because, the court said, Europeans don’t have actionable rights to challenge its subsequent collection by U.S. surveillance agencies.
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Inside the Pentagon's experiments to replace human hackers with artificial intelligence. Cyber warfare could disable adversaries' military capabilities without bloodshed. (Center for Public Integrity and Yahoo News)
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