

He said at a press conference yesterday that he's referring the newspaper and its reporter for prosecution. Missouri Governor Mike Parson has denounced the Saint Louis Post-Dispatch for what he characterized as the newspaper's "hacking" of the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE). Without Russia in attendance, or aligned with this agreement, the primary threat actors leveraging ransomware will be undeterred." Hey, Governor: isn't Missouri known as the Show-Me State? (Just not the Show-Me-Your-HTML State?)

With technical prevention measures continuously falling short and security expertise in short supply, the threat of government prosecution is necessary to curb attacks. "Failing to invite the world’s top safe harbor of ransomware cybercriminals to the ransomware summit," he said, "this is more of a global meeting to complain about Russia. That's how Randy Watkins, CTO at CRITICALSTART characterizes the international meeting the White House convened to discuss responses to ransomware. Comment on the ransomware summit: "a global meeting to complain about Russia." US Senator Gary Peters, chairman of the committee explained, “This information will help lead cybersecurity agencies and Congress in our efforts to establish a comprehensive strategy to punish cybercriminals for targeting American networks and prevent them from disrupting lives and livelihoods across our nation.” The bills will now go to the Senate for consideration. Homeland Preparedness News reports that the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee has approved two new bills, the Cyber Incident Reporting Act and the Federal Information Security Modernization Act of 2021, which require critical infrastructure entities and civilian federal agencies to report attacks and ransom payments to the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA). Two US cyber bills advance in the Senate. The gamification of cyber talent cultivation.US Army CIO offers perspective on Sino-American tech rivalry.Missouri's Governor wants prosecution of reporter who discovered and privately disclosed a data exposure incident.Cybersecurity bills advance in the US Senate.
