Expert Bio
Adam Segal is on leave.
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Pro-Western social media influence campaign found; UK water provider hit with ransom; Lloyd's excludes catastrophic attacks from insurance; Twitter security chief turns whistleblower; Baidu unveils quantum computer.
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U.S. sanctions Tornado Cash; Samsung invests $3.3 billion in Vietnam; Biden signs CHIPS and Science Act; Greek Prime Minister rocked by spying scandal; China investigates microchip fund.
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Pelosi visits Taiwan; Facebook allows spread of misinformation in Kenya; Probe into police use of Pegasus ends; Hackers steal $190 million in cryptocurrency; U.S. and Ukraine announces greater cybersecurity cooperation.
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An update of the Council on Foreign Relations' Cyber Operations Tracker for the period between March and June 2022.
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New cybersecurity requirements for pipelines; U.S. and Saudi Arabia sign new agreement; CAC fines Didi $1.2 billion; FBI investigation into Huawei publicized; CHIPS Act passed by Senate.
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Tech companies accused of allowing Russian propaganda; Alibaba executives called in for questioning; DHS accused of misusing location data; House passes NDAA; China accused of hacking Belgian Ministry of Defense.
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The United States should take action in response to the fracturing internet. It should seek to create a new cyber coalition, promote and expand digital trade agreements, and support cyber development in emerging economies.
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Jami Miscik and Adam Segal, co-chair and director of the CFR-sponsored Independent Task Force on Cybersecurity, sit down with James M. Lindsay to discuss the fragmentation of the internet, cybercrime and cyber espionage, and the future of U.S. cyberspace policy.
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Uber systematically broke laws during expansion; Myanmar deploys new surveillance systems; L3Harris drops bid for NSO Group; FTC pushes for privacy after Roe vs. Wade overturned; Twitter sues Elon Musk.
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The United States needs to improve its cybersecurity policy by preventing states from harboring cybercriminals, declaring norms against targeting financial and election systems, and expanding its use of defend forward operations.
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Our leaders must recognize the internet threats posed by cybercrime, repressive governments and malicious actors and work to keep us safe.
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The era of the global internet is over, and the early advantages the United States and its allies held in cyberspace have largely disappeared. China and Russia in particular are working to export their authoritarian models of the internet around the world. The CFR-sponsored Independent Task Force proposes a new foreign policy for cyberspace founded on three pillars: building an internet coalition, employing pressure on adversaries and establishing pragmatic cyber norms, and getting the U.S. cyber house in order.