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The US government’s move against two alleged cyber-criminals serves as a warning sign to the cryptocurrency community. The community may choose to respond by cloaking itself in an even heavier mantle of anonymity, or it may just understand that it stands to gain from policing its activities.
Tags: Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies, Cyber, Financial Crime 2.0, Future UK Cyber Security Strategy Project, Illicit Trade, Sanctions, United States, US Defence Policy, AML/CTF, Law and Ethics, Organised Crime, Technology
Lethal Artificial Intelligence and Autonomy
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To Ban or to Banbury?
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The detention of a chief Huawei executive has spotlighted yet again a controversial Chinese technology giant, and may be a harbinger of stronger international pressure on the company.
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Tags: Americas, Technology, Terrorism, Europe
The National Security Strategy and the Strategic Defence and Security Review
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Bitcoin’s Future: Users Wait, the UK Hesitates
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The UK has failed to take a clear position on the question of regulating digital currencies. This could have potentially damaging consequences.
Tags: Terrorism and Conflict, RUSI Newsbrief, UK, Technology, Europe
The Shadow of Chinese Cyber-Operations
RUSI Newsbrief, 25 March 2014The proliferation of cyber-attacks and the inability to prove their source beyond doubt suggest that the cybersphere will remain a heavily contested strategic domain
Tags: RUSI Newsbrief, Technology
Japan, the Ministry of Defense and Cyber-Security: Progress and Pitfalls
RUSI Journal, 18 March 2014Paul Kallender
As Japan develops its cyber-security capabilities, much still needs to be done to ensure the efficacy of its cyber-policy
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