Category Archives: law enforcement

Empire Governor State Cyber Security Plan. 3 Point Plan.

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo set forth his plan for protecting the cybersecurity of New Yorkers by:

  • Creating a “response team” to handle confidential information breaches from state & local governments 
  • Create a graduated system of punishments for computer tampering crimes based on the amount of damage
  • More severe punishments for identity Theft

New York Law Journal | Cuomo Promises New Cybersecurity Measures in 2017

Cyber Crime Center. New State Agency in the Land of Silicon Valley.

The California Attorney General launched the California’s Cyber Crime Center (C4)

What’s the purpose of the state’s Cyber Crime Center? assist local law enforcement with investigations where digital expertise or assistance is required

What law enforcment collaboration will occur?  C4 will bring together:

  • California’s eCrime unit that investigates & prosecutes large-scale identity theft and technology crimes
  • California’s DOJ’s Office of Cyber Security experts
  • California’s Digital…

Data Breach. Government Car Fleets.

The National Association of Fleet Administrators issued a white paper making these recommendations for fleets:

  • Address the most significant data threat, fleet telematics systems
    • tracking and wirelessly communicating the location, movement, behavior and health of a vehicle in real time make the system subject to hacking
  • Highlights Chesterfield County, Virginia, which prohibits bluetooth in fleet vehicles to minimize hacking potential
  • Establish communication protocols to exchange…

5 Cities. Transparency Trendsetters. Police Surveillance Technology.

Which 5 cities are first out of the gate to consider ordiannces to improve transparency in police surveillance?

  • New York City
  • Washington DC
  • Seattle
  • Milwaukee
  • Richmond

What does the coaltion of supporters look like?

  • privacy groups
  • civil libertians
  • civil rights groups
  • minority & ethnic groups

What technology is likely to be dislcosed?

TREND. Auto Data Security. Car Theft by Hacking. 3 Pieces Informed Intel to Protect from New Laws.

How? Via laptop theives can open doors, and start an ignition to steal late model cars prompting new laws against auto manufacturers to secure vehicle data

Is this in Texas? Yes. Houston has recorded theft of a 2010 Jeep

Which manufacturers are targeted? Known hacks of autombilies are of Fiat Chrysler, GM and Tesla vehicles

WallStreet Journal | Thieves Go High-Tech to Steal Cars

School District Hack from the Inside. Criminal Charges. 3 Bits Informed Intel.

Which school district was affected by an internal hack? Abingdon-Avon School District, IL

Who is thought to have  hacked the school district internally? The Head of its IT

The purported purpose? Changing grades

The state law charges? 3 felony counts of Eavesdropping

KWQC | Abingdon-Avon employee arrested in relation to data breach

Law Enforcement TREND. Local Government TREND. Protect Data Security by Approving every Surveillance Technology Purchase. Where the Left and the Right Meet.

What government is requiring authorization from the governing body before a purchase of surveillance equipment can be made? Santa Clara County deep on Silicon Valley

Which police purchases will require approval?  Any law enforcement purchase of new surveillance technologies. e.g.:

  • license plate scanners
  • products that spoof cellphone towers
  • closed-circuit cameras

What entities can approve the police technology?  County board and district attorney approval are required

Why require…

TREND in data hacking. SEXTORTION.

Will this be a legislative trend? Yes, because sextorition is not a crime. Individuals are charged under usual hacking crimes.

How does sextortion differ from ransomware?

  • Ransomware is about money
  • Sextorition is about power
  • Ransomware holds your computer hostage
  • Sextorition threatens to expose “secrets” unless certain nude images are transmitted

Who are the victims?

  • 71% are under 18
  • 91% are targeted by social media manipulation
  • 7.3 years is the average state criminal sentence
  • 29…