Figures from Police Scotland s quarterly review show that serious assault and willful fire-raising incidents have come down in the last year, but Ayrshire s top cop says virtual crimes, such as fraud and online child sexual abuse have gone up. Ayrshire has recorded almost 50 fewer crimes of fire-raising and more than 60 fewer crimes of serious assault against the same reporting period last year. The figures also show that there were 161 more drink, drug driving offences and an increase in incidents involving weapons carrying – up from 103 to 129. Fraud cases are up from 547 to 809 against the same period while there were 22 fewer crimes of common assaults on emergency workers.
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The pipeline attack and SolarWinds hack were all but inevitable – why national cyber defense is a ‘wicked’ problem | Opinion
Updated May 11, 2021;
Posted May 11, 2021
Military units like the 780th Military Intelligence Brigade shown here are just one component of U.S. national cyber defense. (Fort George G. Meade Public Affairs Office/Flickr)
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Many U.S. companies outsource software development because of a talent shortage, and some of that outsourcing goes to companies in Eastern Europe that are vulnerable to Russian operatives.
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U.S. national cyber defense is split between the Department of Defense and the Department of Homeland Security, which leaves gaps in authority.
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Vulnerable supply chains, sloppy security, and a talent shortage made events like the Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack and the SolarWinds hack all but inevitable. May 11, 2021
The ransomware attack on Colonial Pipeline on May 7, 2021, exemplifies the huge challenges the U.S. faces in shoring up its cyber defenses. The private company, which controls a significant component of the U.S. energy infrastructure and supplies nearly half of the East Coast’s liquid fuels, was vulnerable to an all-too-common type of cyber attack. The FBI has attributed the attack to a Russian cybercrime gang. It would be difficult for the government to mandate better security at private companies, and the government is unable to provide that security for the private sector.
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Many U.S. companies outsource software development because of a talent shortage, and some of that outsourcing goes to companies in Eastern Europe that are vulnerable to Russian operatives.
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U.S. national cyber defense is split between the Department of Defense and the Department of Homeland Security, which leaves gaps in authority.
The ransomware attack on Colonial Pipeline on May 7, 2021, exemplifies the huge challenges the U.S. faces in shoring up its cyber defenses. The private company, which controls a significant component of the U.S. energy infrastructure and supplies nearly half of the East Coast’s liquid fuels, was vulnerable to an all-too-common type of cyber attack. The FBI has attributed the attack to a Russian cybercrime gang. It would be difficult for the government to mandate better security at private companies, and the government is unable to provide that security for the private sector.