Mieke Eoyang joins us for the interview about Third Way’s “To Catch a Hacker” report. We agree on the importance of what I call “attribution and retribution” as a way to improve cybersecurity. But we disagree on some of the details. Mieke reveals that this report is the first in a series that will… Continue Reading
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Episode 239: The Ministry of Silly Talk
Posted in CFIUS, China, International, Security Programs & PoliciesToday’s interview is a deep (and long – over an hour) dive into new investment review regulations for the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS). It’s excerpted from an ABA panel discussion on the topic, featuring: Tom Feddo, who currently oversees CFIUS; Aimen Mir, who used to oversee CFIUS; Sanchi Jayaram,… Continue Reading
Episode 238: Bold Prediction Episode: Foreign governments will not hack this election
Posted in China, International, Security Programs & PoliciesThis episode puts our experts on the spot with an election-eve question: Will foreign governments attack US electoral rolls or vote-counting machinery in 2018? Remarkably, no one on our panel (Matthew Heiman, Nick Weaver, David Kris, and I) thinks they will. So if you want cybersecurity news, you can stop listening to election coverage… Continue Reading
Episode 237: I’d Like to Teach the World to Troll, in Perfect Harmony!
Posted in China, Data Breach, European Union, International, Privacy Regulation, RussiaThe theme of this week’s podcast seems to be the remarkable reach of American soft power: Really, we elect Donald Trump, and suddenly everybody’s trolling. The Justice Department criminally charges a Russian troll factory’s accountant, and before David Kris can finish explaining it, she’s on YouTube, trolling the prosecutors with a housewife schtick. She’s… Continue Reading
Episode 235: It’s a Bird, It’s a Plane, It’s … Doug?
Posted in CFIUS, China, European Union, Government Contracts, International, Security Programs & PoliciesToday we interview Doug, the chief legal officer of GCHQ, the British equivalent of NSA. It’s the first time we’ve interviewed someone whose full identify is classified. Out of millions of possible pseudonyms, he’s sticking with “Doug.” Listen in as he explains why. More seriously, Doug covers the now-considerable oversight regime that governs GCHQ’s intercepts… Continue Reading
Episode 234: The California Turing Test
Posted in China, Cybersecurity and Cyberwar, International, RussiaBloomberg Businessweek’s claim that the Chinese buggered Supermicro motherboards leads off our News Roundup. The story is controversial not because it couldn’t happen and not because the Chinese wouldn’t do it but because the story has been denied by practically everyone close to the controversy, including DHS. Bloomberg Businessweek stands by the story. Maybe… Continue Reading
Episode 232: “I’m afraid you can’t say that, Dave.” Will AI save the Internet from Vladimir Putin – and Matt Drudge?
Posted in AI, China, Cybersecurity and Cyberwar, European Union, International, RussiaOur guest is Peter W. Singer, co-author with Emerson T. Brooking of LikeWar: The Weaponization of Social Media. Peter’s book is a fine history of the way the Internet went wrong in the Age of Social Media. He thinks we’re losing the Like Wars, and I tend to agree. It’s a deep conversation that turns contentious… Continue Reading
Thinking the unthinkable about responding to cyberattacks
Posted in China, Cybersecurity and Cyberwar, RussiaWe need better, more aggressive options to deter cyberattacks, since the ones we’ve come up with so far are clearly not deterring our adversaries. I would like to inspire more ambition, aggressiveness, and creativity in the American response. As the first stage in that effort, here’s an op-ed I published recently in the Washington Post: The… Continue Reading
Webinar: The US-China Trade Relationship: Strategies for Coping with the New Normal
Posted in ChinaOn August 28, Steptoe will host a webinar on US-China trade relations. From the announcement: Over the past few months, US-China trade relations have radically changed. Under Section 301 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962, the United States has imposed additional tariffs on billions worth of China imports and is threatening to import tariffs… Continue Reading
Bonus: Interview with Joseph Nye (2015)
Posted in China, Cybersecurity and CyberwarWe’re officially on hiatus this month, but we just couldn’t stay away that long. If you can’t live without The Cyberlaw Podcast in your life, then you’re in luck. We’re releasing a couple bonus episodes with some of my favorite past interviews.
Episode 226: Where are all my Twitter followers?
Posted in CFIUS, China, Cybersecurity and Cyberwar, Privacy Regulation, RussiaIn Episode 226 of The Cyberlaw Podcast, Stewart departs for the wilderness, and the News Roundup team (Brian Egan with Matthew Heiman, Jim Lewis, and Dr. Megan Reiss) muddles through without him.
Episode 223 with David Sanger: A war reporter for the cyber age
Posted in China, Cybersecurity and Cyberwar, International, RussiaEpisode 223 with David Sanger: A war reporter for the cyber age I interview David Sanger in this episode on his new book, The Perfect Weapon – War, Sabotage, and Fear in the Cyber Age. It is an instant history of how the last five years have transformed the cyberwar landscape as dozens of countries follow… Continue Reading
The Cyberlaw Podcast – News Roundup
Posted in China, Cybersecurity and Cyberwar, International, UncategorizedEpisode 221: Daugherty’s Revenge The 11th Circuit’s LabMD decision is a dish served cold for Michael Daugherty, the CEO of the defunct company. The decision overturns decades of FTC jurisdiction, acquired over the years by a kind of bureaucratic adverse possession. Thanks to the LabMD opinion, practically all the FTC’s privacy and security consent decrees are… Continue Reading
The Cyberlaw Podcast – News Roundup
Posted in China, International, Privacy Regulation, Security Programs & PoliciesEpisode 218: The Mugshots.com Case: California Crazy Meets European Crazy In this episode, Markham Erickson highlights the Mugshots.com prosecution. The site had a loathsome business model, publishing mugshots for free and charging hundreds of bucks to people who wanted the record of their arrests taken down. Now the owners are being prosecuted in a case… Continue Reading
The Cyberlaw Podcast — News Roundup
Posted in China, Cybersecurity and Cyberwar, Privacy Regulation, Russia214: Dumbest privacy issue of the decade? This episode features a new technology-and-privacy flap. The police finally catch a sadistic serial killer, and the press can’t stop whining about DNA privacy. I argue that DNA privacy is in the running for Dumbest Privacy Issue of the Decade. Because privacy is all about making sure the police can’t… Continue Reading
The Cyberlaw Podcast – Interview with Chris Bing and Patrick Howell O’Neill
Posted in CFIUS, China, Cybersecurity and CyberwarThe Cyberlaw Podcast – Interview with Chris Bing and Patrick Howell O’Neill Episode 211: Senators Markey and Blumenthal bury the lede Our interview is with Chris Bing and Patrick Howell O’Neill of Cyberscoop. They’ve broken two cyberscoops in the last week or so. First, an in-depth look at Kaspersky’s outing of a US cyberespionage program aimed… Continue Reading
The Cyberlaw Podcast – Interview with Michael Page
Posted in AI, CFIUS, China, Security Programs & PoliciesEpisode 209 It was a cyberlaw-packed week in Washington. Congress jammed the CLOUD Act into the omnibus appropriations bill, and boom, just like that, it’s law. Say good-bye to the Microsoft Ireland case just argued in the Supreme Court. Maury Shenk offers a view of the Act from the United Kingdom, the most likely and maybe the only… Continue Reading
The Cyberlaw Podcast — Interview with Ambassador Nathan Sales
Posted in China, Cybersecurity and Cyberwar, Virtual CurrencyEpisode 207: What to do about China? Our interview this week is with Ambassador Nathan Sales, the State Department’s Counterterrorism Coordinator. We cover a Trump administration diplomatic achievement in the field of technology and terrorism that has been surprisingly undercovered (or maybe it’s not surprising at all, depending on how cynical you are about press… Continue Reading
The Cyberlaw Podcast — News Roundup
Posted in Blockchain, Cybersecurity and Cyberwar, International, Security Programs & PoliciesEpisode 205: Scandularity Today’s news roundup begins with Maury Shenk and Brian Egan offering their views about the Supreme Court oral argument in the Microsoft Ireland case. We highlight some of the questions that may tip the Justices’ hand. Brian and I dig into the Dems’ reply memo on the Carter Page FISA application. I’m mostly unshocked… Continue Reading
The Cyberlaw Podcast – News Roundup
Posted in Privacy Regulation, Security Programs & PoliciesEpisode 199: Untold stories of the 702 reauthorization In this guestless episode, Michael Vatis, Markham Erickson, and Nick Weaver join me to roundup the news. I explore the final results of the intense jockeying that led to passage of S. 139, which gave section 702 of FISA a new lease on life. The administration did well, weathering… Continue Reading
The Cyberlaw Podcast — Interview with Shane Harris
Posted in China, Data Breach, Government Contracts, Security Programs & PoliciesEpisode 198 — Interview with Shane Harris It turns out that the most interesting policy story about Kaspersky software isn’t why the administration banned its products from government use. It’s why the last administration didn’t. Shane Harris is our guest for the podcast, delving into the law and politics of the Kaspersky ban. Along the way,… Continue Reading
The Cyberlaw Podcast — Interview with Mara Hvistendahl
Posted in China, European Union, International, Privacy RegulationEpisode 197: Interview with Mara Hvistendahl While the US was transfixed by posturing over the Trump presidency, China has been building the future. Chances are you’ll find one part of that future – social credit scoring – both appalling in principle and irresistible in practice. That at least is the lesson I draw from our interview… Continue Reading
The Cyberlaw Podcast — Interview with Susan Hennessey and Andrew McCarthy
Posted in China, Cybersecurity and Cyberwar, Security Programs & PoliciesInterview with Susan Hennessey and Andrew McCarthy Episode 195 features an interview with Susan Hennessey of Lawfare and Andrew McCarthy of the National Review. They walk us through the “unmasking” of US identities in intelligence reports — one of the most divisive partisan issues likely to come up in the re-enactment of section 702 of… Continue Reading
The Cyberlaw Podcast — Interview with David Ignatius
Posted in China, Cybersecurity and Cyberwar, Data Breach, InternationalEpisode 193: David Ignatius and The Quantum Spy We celebrate the holiday season by interviewing David Ignatius, Columnist and Associate Editor at The Washington Post and the author of multiple spy thrillers, including his most recent, The Quantum Spy. David and I discuss themes from the book, from quantum computing to ethnic and gender tensions… Continue Reading