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Cracked and Nulled: International Law Enforcement Takes Down Two of the World’s Largest Cybercrime Forums

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Cracked and Nulled: International Law Enforcement Takes Down Two of the World’s Largest Cybercrime Forums

In a recent victory against cybercrime, international law enforcement agencies jointly announced in January the successful disruption of Cracked and Nulled, two of the world’s largest cybercrime forums. IST Future of Digital Security Associate Gigi Flores Bustamante breaks down key actions and the operation’s strategic approach to disrupting ransomware.
cybercrime, disruption, FBI, information sharing, infrastructure, public-private collaboration, Ransomware
March 10, 2025
UnDisruptable27 Project Wants to Shore Up Critical Infrastructure Security

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UnDisruptable27 Project Wants to Shore Up Critical Infrastructure Security

In Dark Reading, IST’s Josh Corman & Megan Stifel and funder Craig Newmark explain the need for UnDisruptable27. “Whether it’s food or shelter or warmth, everyone relies on infrastructure to live. Bad actors know that,” Craig said. “This isn’t alarmism.”
cyber attacks, Cyber Civil Defense, infrastructure, security
September 11, 2024
Innovation and Adaptive Control in America’s Electric Infrastructure: Parallels to NC3

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Innovation and Adaptive Control in America’s Electric Infrastructure: Parallels to NC3

Providing unique insights into the performance of highly complex command and control systems from a radically different perspective, Mason Willrich describes how each of the major components of electricity infrastructure is interconnected and interactive with the others. How can this be illustrative for thinking about the challenges - and solutions - for nuclear command and control?
climate change, cyber, distribution, electric power, energy, hardware, infrastructure, interconnection, internet, nuclear, nuclear energy, power plant, regulation, sensor, sensors, software, stability, transmission, transportation
October 3, 2019
Glass Nations, Glass People

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Glass Nations, Glass People

Complex physical and societal infrastructures in democratic societies are becoming increasingly vulnerable. While physical infrastructure works to support the population, its design criteria is inherently a result of social planning processes. As advanced and powerful technologies rapidly diffuse, operating these tools often requires minimal resources and/or technical expertise.
critical infrastructure, digitally impaired cognition, infrastructure, internet of things, reality apathy, resilience
June 17, 2020