The Cyberlaw Podcast

In our 176th episode of the Steptoe Cyberlaw Podcast, Stewart Baker, Markham Erickson, Stephanie Roy, Anthony Rapa, and Maury Shenk discuss: Tough Russia sanctions law looks like a lock. Hollywood advance surrender to Russian hacking. Hacking Trump hotels isn't just fun; looks like it's also profitable. Hacking a Segway in mid-ride. Silicon Valley reluctant to risk Privacy Shield by fighting 702? Microsoft sues the GRU to dismantle its infrastructure. The European Court of Justice will rule on authority to censor what Americans read. Gag orders win in CA9. Dutch police reel in dark market users with fake dark market. China gets good at suppressing images. Our guest interview is with David Aitel, Founder and CEO of Immunity, Inc. The views expressed in this podcast are those of the speakers and do not reflect the opinions of the firm.

In our 175th episode of the Steptoe Cyberlaw Podcast, Stewart Baker, Michael Mutek, Alan Cohn, Quentin Johnson, and Gus Hurwitz discuss: longtime USG suspicions of Kaspersky boil over into action; Knight First Amendment Institute brings first amendment claim against Trump for using Twitter's block function; Booz Allen has a plausible explanation for the weirdness of NotPetya's otherwise self-defeating ransomware pose; impenetrable cybersecurity unit downgraded to dialogue; also, Administration is downsizing international cyber norming to a coalition of the willing; Senator Klobuchar should claim credit' Jeanette Manfra named a/s for cybersecurity; China news: Xi's crackdown continues as China moves to ban VPN usage; Woe is WoSign, also StartCom, as Google drops them from certificate authority lists; what does that say about the relative Chinese ties of Google, Mozilla, Apple and Microsoft?; speaking of which, Apple caves again. Our guest interview is with Eric Hysen, former Executive Director of the Department of Homeland Security's Digital Service. The views expressed in this podcast are those of the speakers and do not reflect the opinions of the firm.

In our 174th episode of the Steptoe Cyberlaw Podcast, Stewart Baker, Brian Egan, and Joshua Holtzman discuss: Trump goes to Warsaw, meets Putin; DeepMind ICO NHS flap; background on the Google EU fine; China's regulatory association demands "core socialist values" and in-house auditors for internet content sites; fight shaping up over FB warrants and gag order. Our guest interview is with Jim Miller, President of Adaptive Strategies, LLP and co-chair of the Department of Defense Science Board Task Force on Cyber Deterrence. The views expressed in this podcast are those of the speakers and do not reflect the opinions of the firm.

In our 173rd episode of the Steptoe Cyberlaw Podcast—a companion to episode 172—Stewart Baker is joined by guest Richard Ledgett, former National Security Agency Deputy Director. The views expressed in this podcast are those of the speakers and do not reflect the opinions of the firm.

In our 172nd episode of the Steptoe Cyberlaw Podcast, Stewart Baker, Stephanie Roy, Stephen Heifetz, and Brian Egan discuss: Russia story jumps shark, shark eats Eric Lichtblau; CFIUS logjam!; is the GGE trainwreck bad for those of us who thought we were being railroaded?; and what can be salvaged internationally: FATF information sharing as a model?; the bull-headed minister and the CRA. The views expressed in this podcast are those of the speakers and do not reflect the opinions of the firm.

In our 171th episode of the Steptoe Cyberlaw Podcast, Stewart Baker, Michael Vatis, Maury Shenk, Jon Sallet, and Jennifer Quinn-Barabanov discuss: new developments in breach law; Justice Kennedy's gassy ode to the "Cyber Age"; DOJ's merger authority growing firmer?; Germany authorizes law enforcement hacking; Germany also admits spying on the US; European Council prepares sanctions in response to cyberattacks; Russia beats Western companies into sharing cyber data; oral argument in LabMD goes badly for the FTC; solicitor General seeks review of Microsoft case; CIA contractors show cyberskills by hacking snacks. Our guest interview is with Ellen Nakashima, National Security Reporter at The Washington Post. The views expressed in this podcast are those of the speakers and do not reflect the opinions of the firm.

In our 170th episode of the Steptoe Cyberlaw Podcast, Stewart Baker, Michael Vatis, and Anthony Rapa discuss: the Senate passes Russia sanctions bill; more trouble for 702; the NSA and GCHQ link WannaCry to North Korea; Reality Winner's losing streak; trade in exploits gets another expose. The views expressed in this podcast are those of the speakers and do not reflect the opinions of the firm.

In our 169th episode of the Steptoe Cyberlaw Podcast, Stewart Baker, Benjamin Wittes, Maury Shenk, and Brian Egan discuss: Comey and Trump: the upshot; clarity on 702, with DiFi, the Valley, and Tom Bossert plus all the R's on SSCI laying out their positions; Qatar flap created by cyberattack?; China will use its cybersecurity law to investigate, naturally, Apple; Speaking of which, native Chinese company Rafotech has something a whole lot more sinister on 250 million machines; Ukraine's unusual sanctions targeting Russian social media companies. Our guest interview is with Ben Buchanan, Postdoctoral Fellow of the Cyber Security Project at the Harvard Kennedy School and author of The Cybersecurity Dilemma: Hacking, Trust and Fear Between Nations. The views expressed in this podcast are those of the speakers and do not reflect the opinions of the firm.

In our 168th episode of the Steptoe Cyberlaw Podcast, Stewart Baker, Karen Eltis, and Maury Shenk discuss: Social media firms have increased removals of online hate speech, brags EU. It turns out that they're really talking about things like "anti-migrant" speech. Theresa May's call for internet regulation to prevent the spread of she called "Islamic extremism." Rightie claim that Obama and FBI was caught spying on Americans goes viral, despite lack of real connection to, uh, Obama and FBI, or even a scandal. In first annual review of Privacy Shield, EU to focus on Trump administration compliance rather than further US concessions ; Federal Court Revives Wikimedia's Challenge to NSA Surveillance; China Cybersecurity Law takes effect. Our guest interview is with David Sanger, Chief Washington Correspondent for the New York Times to discuss cyber statecraft topics.

In our 167th episode Blockchain Takes Over the Steptoe Cyberlaw Podcast, Alan Cohn, Maury Shenk, Matthew Kulkin, Cameron Arterton and Jared Butcher discuss: Digital Currency Taxation: Short overview of the IRS notice/TIGTA report/Coinbase summons; Current status of Coinbase subpoena proceedings; Third Coinbase User Opposes IRS Bid As ‘Fishing Expedition'; Coinbase Users Move To Stay Unnamed, Quash IRS Summons. Initial Coin Offerings: What is an ICO/How does it work; Legal Gray Areas (Howey test; fiduciary duties); SEC Official Urges Companies Issuing Tokens to Protect Investors; ICOs Are Changing the Way VCs Deal With Startups; The Legality of ICOs - Past and Future. Implementing Smart Contracts: Summary of blog post topics; GLTR article summary; What's coming next. EU Proposal on AML Regulations: Status of the delayed EU proposal to extend AML regulation to virtual currencies. In other news, Surge in bitcoin price; Future of CFTC leadership; Update on OCC Fintech Charter. Our guest interview is with Meltem Demirors, Director of Development at Digital Currency Group.

In our 166th episode of the Steptoe Cyberlaw Podcast—a companion to episode 165—Stewart Baker is joined by guest Kevin Mandia, CEO and Board Director of FireEye, where they discuss FireEye's report entitled Cyber Espionage is Alive and Well: APT32 and the Threat to Global Corporations. The views expressed in this podcast are those of the speakers and do not reflect the opinions of the firm.

Wannacry fallout continues; Who to blame?; Microsoft? David Omand, the former head of British intelligence agency GCHQ, said Microsoft should have maintained support for its Windows XP system to protect public services from hacks; North Korea?; NSA? PATCH Act; Companies who don't patch? SEC Warns Firms To Beef Up Security After Cyberattacks; What does it say about relative nations' security?; The Oliver-Pai debate on net neutrality; This week in cyberproliferation; Vietnam joins the ranks of cyberespionage enthusiasts; Russia as cyberweapons proliferator; EU Fines Facebook $122M Over "Lies" During WhatsApp Deal

In our 164th episode of the Steptoe Cyberlaw Podcast, Stewart Baker, Paul Rosenzweig, and Brian Egan discuss: the cyber EO is finally out - and just in time for wCry; WCry causes ransomware meltdown ; given a choice of blaming Microsoft, who wrote the bad code and the limited security update, the hackers who wrote the ransomware, or the GRU, who revealed the vulnerability, US reporters blame … NSA; Brad Smith of Microsoft thinks it shows we need a digital Geneva accord; NSA's latest problems with compliance and the FISA court; Abbott Labs proposes a settlement with MedSec that would prevent it from talking to government in the absence of a preexisting inquiry and notice to Abbott; if Trump taped Comey, does it matter where he did it? Two-party consent rules. Our guest interview is with Tim Maurer, Fellow and co-director of the Cyber Policy Initiative at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. The views expressed in this podcast are those of the speakers and do not reflect the opinions of the firm.

In our 162nd episode of the Steptoe Cyberlaw Podcast, Stewart Baker, Alan Cohn, Maury Shenk, and Jennifer Quinn-Barabanov discuss: Putin does what Putin does, this time in the French election: maybe with forged documents, plus prosecution threats for publishers, and NYT reporters whining about automated retweets ; OK, that's nuts, but quite possibly the plaintiff bar's future; transparency report reveals shocking stat on FBI searches of NSA data for criminal suspects. The bureau did it … once; less comforting stat: roughly a quarter of NSA's 4000 intel reports describing Americans disclosed the Americans' names; still no EO, but at least we have a new leaked draft; Home Depot settlement and what it means for class actions over breach; Trump White House's American Tech Council launched; UK floats draft interception bill to a select audience; Germany's intel service whines about Russian hacking and then about its lack of authority to, uh, hack back to destroy third party servers. Chris Painter, call your office!; DHS cybersecurity does well in budget dealDHS backpedals on privacy rights of non-Americans; ABA whines about border searches; Guardian plays world's smallest violin: Cybercrime on the high seas: the new threat facing billionaire superyacht owners; Uh-oh. Two factor authentication falls to SS7 hack. Our guest interview is with Susan Munro, Steptoe partner and head of our Beijing office to discuss China's new cyberlaw measures. The views expressed in this podcast are those of the speakers and do not reflect the opinions of the firm.

To our loyal podcast listeners: our apologies, but Episode 162 of the Cyberlaw Podcast had a recording failure and unfortunately the sound quality is very poor. We regret any inconvenience this problem may have caused, but look forward to returning to normal next week. In our 162nd episode of the Steptoe Cyberlaw Podcast, Stewart Baker, Michael Vatis, Stephanie Roy, Alan Cohn, and Brian Egan discuss: any minute now, we'll see the cyber EO. But not this week; this is what a risk-averse signals intelligence agency looks like: giving up intelligence to satisfy elite opinion; FCC's plan for net neutrality emerges; this week in sex toy security: the FTC to the rescue?; remember this story the next time Silicon Valley says the government can't be trusted with crypto keys because of Snowden; the Russians who hacked Clinton are going after Macron in France, says Trend Micro; this week in vigilante cybersecurity: Flexispy is doxed; Brickerbot secures the IOT by administering "Internet Chemotherapy"; our guest interview is with Michael Schmitt, Professor of Law at the University of Exeter, the US Naval War College, and the US Military Academy at West Point and a leader in the effort to articulate the law of armed conflict in cyberspace known as Talinn 2.0. The views expressed in this podcast are those of the speakers and do not reflect the opinions of the firm.