The Internet is About to Get a Lot Safer
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- Written by Jay Thakkar - HashedOut
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Washington, DC - After four years, 28 drafts, tons of middleboxes, and some last-minute guest-appearances; the road to making TLS 1.3 a web standard was nothing less than a soap opera. But finally, the IETF (Internet Engineering Task Force) has given its approval to TLS 1.3.
China’s retaliatory tariffs could have a negative impact on California’s farmers and ranchers
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- Written by Karen Ross, Secretary, California Department of Food and Agriculture
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Sacramento, California - In response to the federal government’s recent decision to impose tariffs on steel and aluminum, China has ordered retaliatory tariffs on about $2 billion worth of U.S. food and agricultural exports, which could have a significant negative impact on California’s farmers and ranchers.
NIST and Florida International University Join Forces on Cybersecurity Education Outreach
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- Written by Jennifer Huergo
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Washington, DC - The U.S. Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has announced a cooperative agreement with Florida International University (FIU) to help build national relationships that advance outreach in the cybersecurity education, training and workforce development communities. The collaboration will be managed by NIST’s National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education Program (NICE), as part of its mission to energize and promote a robust network and ecosystem of cybersecurity efforts.
Attorney General Jeff Sessions Announces Results of J-Code’s First Law Enforcement Operation Targeting Opioid Trafficking on the Darknet
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Washington, DC - Today, the Department of Justice, FBI and U.S. Postal Inspection Service (USPIS) announced the results of a four-day long, nationwide law enforcement operation, called Operation Disarray, which targeted vendors and buyers of opioids and cocaine on the Darknet. This operation was the first coordinated action by the new Joint Criminal Opioid Darknet Enforcement (J-CODE) Team.
Justice Department Seeks to Denaturalize Two Foreign-Convicted War Criminals Who Fraudulently Obtained Refugee Status and Naturalized into U.S. Citizenship
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Portland, Oregon - The Justice Department today filed denaturalization lawsuits against two convicted war criminals and natives of the former Yugoslavia, who according to the Department’s complaints, murdered civilians and prisoners of war because of their religion and ethnicity, then fraudulently obtained refugee status and later naturalized into U.S. citizenship by concealing their crimes. The civil complaints were filed in federal court in the District of Oregon and the District of Columbia.
Kindergarten Teacher Sentenced to Prison for Producing Child Pornography
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Washington, DC - An Alabama man was sentenced Monday to 10 years in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, for producing child pornography between 1997 and 1998, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General John P. Cronan of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Jay E. Town of the Northern District of Alabama.
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