Government – Page 8

Australia drafts Online Privacy Bill to bolster data security

Australia’s Attorney-General has submitted the first draft of a new Online Privacy Bill that contains striking reforms over existing privacy laws. […]

19 Oct

China’s VPN market now open to foreign investment

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15 Oct

Governments worldwide to crack down on ransomware payment channels

Senior officials from 31 countries and the European Union said that their governments would take action to disrupt the cryptocurrency payment channels used by ransomware gangs to finance their operations. […]

13 Oct

EU legislation introduced to ban anonymous domain registration

The European Union is drafting legislation that could soon end individuals registering domains anonymously on the continent. […]

17 Sep

U.S. to sanction crypto exchanges, wallets used by ransomware

The Biden administration is expected to issue sanctions against crypto exchanges, wallets, and traders used by ransomware gangs to convert ransom payments into fiat money. […]

17 Sep

US govt sites showing porn, viagra ads share a common software vendor

Multiple U.S. government sites using .gov and .mil domains have been seen hosting porn and spam content, such as Viagra ads, in the last year. A security researcher noticed all of these sites share a common software vendor, Laserfiche. […]

31 Aug

Canada accepted 7,300 more immigration applications due to technical bug

A bug in the Canadian immigration system led to the government accepting an additional 7,307 immigration applications, surpassing the imposed limit. This comprised files from international graduate stream applicants aspiring to change their temporary visa status to permanent residency. […]

01 Jul

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