TerrorismAustrian Police Investigating 21 Potential Accomplices in Vienna Attack Published 16 November 2020 Austrian investigators have identified 21 suspected accomplices of an Islamist gunman who went on a deadly rampage in Vienna last week, officials said Friday. Police say it’s not clear how the shooter managed to get to Vienna’s city center armed with an

PERSPECTIVE: China syndromeSurveillance State: Why Zhenhua Data Is Researching Irish People for the Chinese Government Published 16 November 2020 An obscure Chinese company with close ties to the Chinese intelligence services was found to have collected detailed information on 963 influential Irish people. The Irish dataset is part of the company 2.4 million-strong database, consisting

ExtremismFBI Releases 2019 Hate Crime Statistics Published 16 November 2020 The FBI has today (Monday) released Hate Crime Statistics, 2019, show that, in 2019, there were 7,314 criminal incidents and 8,559 related offenses as being motivated by bias toward race, ethnicity, ancestry, religion, sexual orientation, disability, gender, and gender identity. The FBI has today (Monday) released Hate

TerrorismAustrian Police Investigating 21 Potential Accomplices in Vienna Attack Published 16 November 2020 Austrian investigators have identified 21 suspected accomplices of an Islamist gunman who went on a deadly rampage in Vienna last week, officials said Friday. Police say it’s not clear how the shooter managed to get to Vienna’s city center armed with an

IoTSystem Brings Deep Learning to “Internet of Things” Devices By Daniel Ackerman Published 16 November 2020 Deep learning is everywhere. This branch of artificial intelligence curates your social media and serves your Google search results. Soon, deep learning could also check your vitals or set your thermostat. Advanced could enable artificial intelligence on household appliances

Emergency preparednessThe Strategic Stockpile Failed; Experts Propose New Approach to Emergency Preparedness Published 16 November 2020 A new analysis of the United States government’s response to COVID-19 highlights myriad problems with an approach that relied, in large part, on international supply chains and the Strategic National Stockpile (SNS). A panel of academic and military experts

Our picksFresh Look at Domestic Terrorism | Terrorists Plotted a Texas Jailbreak | Ransomware Attacks on Schools Escalate, and more Published 16 November 2020 ·  Biden Administration Urged to Take Fresh Look at Domestic Terrorism ·  U.S. Election 2020: Vote Was Cleanest in History, Cybersecurity Chief Tells Trump ·  Christopher Krebs Hasn’t Been Fired, Yet ·  The Federal

Election securityWhen to Worry, When to Not, and the Takeaway from Antrim County, Michigan By Cindy Cohn Published 13 November 2020 Everyone wants an election that is secure and reliable. With technology in the mix, making sure that the technology supports this is critical. The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has long-warned against blindly adopting technologies

Argument: France & radical IslamismMacron Alone: Where Are France’s Allies in the Fight against Islamism? Published 13 November 2020 Martin Luther King memorably said: “In the end we will remember not the words of our enemies but the silence of our friends.” Douglas Murray writes that that reflection may now be going through the head

TerrorismIslamism: How Terror Attacks Have Shocked France Published 13 November 2020 According to official data by Europol, France has witnessed more jihadist attacks than any other European Union member since 2014, when the Islamic State (IS) established its so-called caliphate in Iraq and Syria. Nearly 300 French citizens have died in those attacks. Over the past