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In May 2021...

In late spring 2021...

* The [[ICANN Domain Name System Symposium]] ([https://www.icann.org/ids IDS]), ICANN and GDD's annual joint meeting on DNS security, is taking place from May 25 to 27. The symposium will focus on risk tradeoffs, how the threat landscape has evolved, measurements, and mitigation measures.  

* The [[ICANN Domain Name System Symposium]] ([https://www.icann.org/ids IDS]), ICANN and GDD's annual joint meeting on DNS security, took place from May 25 to 27. The symposium focused on risk tradeoffs, how the threat landscape has evolved, measurements, and mitigation measures.  

* [[Ransomware#Darkside|Darkside]] carried out a ransomware attack on Colonial Pipeline, prompting fears over East Coast gas shortages, which led to gas hoarding and panic buying in the South. The attack also highlighted a vulnerability in the country's cyberinfrastructure, leading President Joe Biden to issue an executive order on strengthening [[Cybersecurity]] in the US. Ultimately, Colonial Pipeline paid nearly $5 million to Darkside to restore its disabled computer network.   

* [[Ransomware#Darkside|Darkside]] carried out a ransomware attack on Colonial Pipeline, prompting fears over East Coast gas shortages, which led to gas hoarding and panic buying in the South. The attack also highlighted a vulnerability in the country's cyberinfrastructure, leading President Joe Biden to issue an executive order on strengthening [[Cybersecurity]] in the US. Colonial Pipeline paid nearly $5 million to Darkside to restore its disabled computer network, of which the U.S. Department of Justice was able to trace and seize 63.7 Bitcoins (US$2.3 million as of 06/07/2021).<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/07/us/politics/pipeline-attack.html?action=click&module=Spotlight&pgtype=Homepage Pipeline Attack Follow-up, NY Times]</ref>  

* The digital economy [[SaaS]] Platform [[NetObjex]] began its official collaboration with [[Zortag]] to fight [[NFT]] counterfeiting.<ref>[https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/netobjex-partners-with-zortag-for-anti-counterfeiting-and-tracking-of-assets-for-the-digital-economy-301281848.html NetObjex & Zortag Collab Press Release]</ref>

* The digital economy [[SaaS]] Platform [[NetObjex]] began its official collaboration with [[Zortag]] to fight [[NFT]] counterfeiting.<ref>[https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/netobjex-partners-with-zortag-for-anti-counterfeiting-and-tracking-of-assets-for-the-digital-economy-301281848.html NetObjex & Zortag Collab Press Release]</ref>