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National Institute of Standards Russia, interference in US
and Technology (NIST), 38, 40 presidential election by, 34–35
nation-state cyberattacks, 6
defend forward policy and, 44, Salinas, Juan Roa, 39
45 Schwartz, Ari, 46
defenses against, 7, 41–42 Schwirtz, Michael, 23
harming political processes, Shapiro, Seth, 14
34–35 SIM cards/SIM swaps, 13–15,
sabotage by, 32–34 14
Nofziger, Amy, 10 Smith, Brad, 34, 54, 54–55
NotPetya attack (2017), 32–34, Smith, Jeremy, 37
36, 39, 45 SolarWinds attack (2020), 27–28,
31, 40, 46
online shopping fraud, 12–13 SonicWall, 19
opinion polls. See surveys Stuxnet (cyberweapon), 29, 30
Ortiz, Joel, 14–15 surveys
on government mandate for
penetration testers, 37, 38, 42 critical infrastructure security,
Perlroth, Nicole, 36 51
phishing, 15, 37, 49 on use of simple passwords,
breach of networks through, 20–21
21–22
polls. See surveys Tait, Matt, 19
Putin, Vladimir, 47, 48 Todd, Frank, 12
TrickBot (botnet), 41–42
quantum computing, 49–50
Valeriano, Brandon, 45
ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) virtual private network (VPN), 20,
group, 23 39
ransomware attacks, 4, 6
average ransom payment in, 19 Wall Street Journal (newspaper),
banning payments for, 20 12
cryptocurrency and, 53–54 Washington Post (newspaper),
Ransomware Task Force, 53 13, 51
Reiber, Jonathan, 18 Wittes, Benjamin, 20
response teams, 44–45
REvil (Russia-based cybergang), zero-days, 36
4–5, 19 opinions on US government
romance scams, 10–11, 13 disclosure of, 34, 35
Routh, Jim, 40 zero-trust networks, 39
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