A quick survey of recent cyber news . . .
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Rym Momtaz & Lee Ferran for ABC News on how the Israeli government has dealt with “more than 44 million attempts to disrupt the operation of various Israeli government websites” since the start of its Gaza operations. Those attacks were of the DDOS variety, and were largely unsuccessful. Anonymous claimed responsibility.
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A few days ago, I posted an article concerning the Russian Federation’s WCIT proposal. Courtesy of WCITLeaks, a limited version of the Russian proposal is now up. A fuller version of the African Telecommunication Union’s proposal is also up.
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The Heritage Foundation’s Derek Scissors argues that Chinese cyberespionage is hurting free trade between the U.S. and China. Notably, the Chinese want to make greater inroads into U.S. markets but at the same time are “targeting the very companies that are most interested in doing business and maintaining a good relationship across the Pacific.” Scissors suggests that the U.S. deal with the issue by instituting bilateral talks on cyberespionage or sanctioning firms that benefit from Chinese cyberespionage.
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Finally, Noah Shachtman wrote for Brookings on YouTube’s community guidelines and how the website is refusing to take down an IDF video showing the killing of a Hamas member.
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