The move comes after the attack on the US oil and gas shipping company Colonial Pipeline and the growing damage caused by cybercriminals. The US raised the level of investigation into the crime of extortion hackers to the level of ‘terrorists’. Photo: REUTERS In an internal guideline document sent to law offices across the United States on June 3, the US Department of Justice directed that investigations into ransomware should be coordinated with the central government, specifically: A new task force was established in Washington. “This will be a specialized process to ensure we can track all cases of extortion hackers regardless of where they happen in the US, so we can capture the connection between subjects and proceed to break the whole link,” said Deputy Attorney General John Carlin. Previously, in May, the largest US oil pipeline system, the Colonial Pipeline, was crippled by hackers. Colonial Pipeline has decided to pay hackers who have compromised their systems nearly $5 million to regain access. According to the Reuters , the DOJ’s guidance document specifically mentions the Colonial attack as an example of “the growing threat posed by cybercriminals and digital ransomware to the nation.” . “To ensure we can uncover connections between incidents and investigations across the country and globally, and to paint a big picture of national security and economic threats, The economy we face, we must strengthen and focus our internal monitoring,” the guidance document states. Reuters Citing US officials, the decision to include ransomware attacks in a special process by the Department of Justice shows that the issue is being prioritized. “We’ve used this model in the past for counterterrorism, but never with ransomware,” said Carlin, adding that the process typically applies to cases involving direct national security. In practice, this means that investigators at US attorneys’ offices dealing with ransomware cases will have to share both up-to-date case details and technical information with officials in Washington. The guidelines also require offices to review and report other investigations related to the large-scale cybercrime ecology. According to the guidelines, the list of investigations currently required to be reported to the central government includes: anti-virus services, illegal online forums or marketplaces, cryptocurrency exchanges, cybercriminal server services, botnets, and online money laundering services. “We would like to emphasize that prosecutors and criminal investigators need to report and conduct monitoring of cryptocurrency exchanges, illegal online forums or marketplaces for trading hacking tools. , as well as tracking botnets that serve a variety of purposes,” said Carlin. According to Mark Califano, a former US attorney and cybercrime expert, raising the level of investigation could allow the US Justice Department to “deploy resources more effectively” and “identify common exploits” variables” used by cybercriminals.

The 1.5-second limit means it’s nearly impossible for advertisers to deliver any message to viewers that they can click “next” or continue watching. The “suspended” regulation for nearly a decade suddenly applied will cause unfairness In fact, the handling of violations of regulations on advertising not in fixed areas “waiting to turn off or open ads on electronic newspapers up to 1.5 seconds” has been regulated since 2013 at Decree No. 158/2013/ND-CP not until Decree No. 38/2021/ND-CP newly issued. The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, the unit in charge of drafting these documents, said that the provisions of the new Decree have followed the process of the Government. Law on Promulgation of Legal Documents . However, not all policy beneficiaries are aware of the drafts during the consultation process. According to Mr. Tran Trong Dung, Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City Journalists Association, there are press agencies that have not yet been consulted. The regulation has been in place since 2013 and many press agencies do not know, which can be explained by the fact that advertising has not taken place in accordance with the regulations. Thus, the regulations are set but not enforced, the press has made mistakes for a long time without handling, which means that the law has been inadequate since its issuance. Then suddenly applying it will cause unfairness to advertising on other electronic forms. 1.5 seconds time is not reasonable Studies show that, if an ad attracts attention in the first 5 seconds, readers will decide to continue or not. Research on video advertising by Facebook and Nielsen has also come up with quite interesting numbers that , 47% of the value of a video campaign is transmitted within the first 3 seconds and 74% of the value of a video campaign is communicated through the first 10 seconds. This study also shows: When readers watch the first 3 seconds of a video on Facebook, 65% of these will watch at least 10 seconds, 45% watch 30 seconds. Another Twitter study also found a strong link between watching the first 3 seconds of a video and whether or not viewers watched the entire video. With 1.5 seconds, the viewer only had time to open and close. The 1.5-second limit means it’s nearly impossible for advertisers to deliver any message to viewers that they can click “next” or continue watching. Commenting on this issue, Mr. Vo Thanh Hai, Director of Viettel Media said that 1.5 seconds is not enough to convey a certain message to viewers. And so viewers will not receive the information they need to decide whether to continue or ignore. “Social networks like Google or Facebook have carefully studied the psychology of viewers so that they give the time to turn on or off ads. Psychological studies have shown that with an ad on or off time of 5-6 seconds, it will make viewers accept it. If the time to turn off or open the ad is too long, it will make the ad viewer inhibit and hate it. Thus, the advertising effect will not be as expected. But if the time to turn on or off the ad is less than 5 seconds, it will not be enough for the ad units to convey their short message to the viewers. Obviously, the terms and conditions need to be carefully studied.” Mr. Hai analyzed. Discrimination will cripple the journalism economy The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism explained that social networks, YouTube are not press agencies, the criteria for operation as well as the audience for participation and interaction are also different. Therefore, the regulation and application of advertising activities on social networks is not the same as that of press agencies. In fact, in terms of content and direction, the Vietnamese revolutionary press has clear operating principles and purposes; comply with legal regulations. In terms of business, competition is fierce; even the mechanism of non-business units is more constrained to the press than other types of enterprises. So, if the legal corridors on advertising keep that mindset, it will cripple the journalism economy. Forecasting difficulties approaching the press in the context that the Covid-19 epidemic has not stopped, some newspapers have stated: “Limit advertising in the press, Google, Facebook are happy to benefit?”, “Rules of the game to eliminate competition”, etc. The chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City Journalists Association described the state of journalism at that time as “shrink”. And Mr. Nguyen Truong Son, Standing Vice President and General Secretary of the Vietnam Advertising Association estimated specific numbers: If these provisions are implemented, more than 80% of advertising revenue now goes to Facebook, Google. Should soon accept and amend Mr. Nguyen Truong Son said that the Vietnam Advertising Association has sent documents to the authorities to soon propose the government to amend the Law on Advertising, creating a legal corridor for the press, media and advertising industry. operate smoothly. “This Law on Advertising has been in effect for nearly 10 years but has not yet imposed a fine on any press agency. Decree 38 is specific and has sanctions. However, the regulation that the timeout to turn off or open ads in a fixed area exceeding 1.5 seconds is inadequate. If the press agency is not fined, it is a violation of the law, but applying sanctions will cause difficulties for the press agency. Mr. Son said. On June 1, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism said that it will conduct a review of 10 years of implementation of the Law on Advertising and guiding documents in order to grasp the changes of advertising activities, new means and methods of advertising to from there, there are recommendations and proposals to amend the regulations in line with reality in 2022. The Chairman of Ho Chi Minh City Journalists Association stated that there should be more seminars to listen to and exchange ideas from relevant parties. Especially the opinions of the press agencies, in order to develop appropriate guidelines, overcome the inadequacies with the subjects governed by the text and promote the advantages.

Colonial Pipeline Company’s fuel tanks in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. (Photo: AFP/VNA) US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on May 27 issued new security guidance for owners and operators of fuel pipelines. This move follows a cyber attack on the company’s fuel pipeline system Colonial Pipeline , leading to gas supply disruptions on the US East Coast this month. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said: “The recent malware attack on a major fuel pipeline shows that the cybersecurity of pipeline systems is a critical factor. pivotal to the homeland security of the United States.” Under DHS, owners and operators of fuel pipeline Key players will be required to immediately report confirmed and probable cyber-attacks to the Department of Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security under their respective jurisdictions. DHS (CISA), and appoint a cybersecurity coordinator available 24 hours a day and 7 days a week. The issuance of the new guidance also requires fuel pipeline owners and operators to review current cybersecurity measures to detect any vulnerabilities, as well as remedial actions if necessary. there is a risk of a cyber attack. They must notify this result to the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), a unit of DHA, and CISA within 30 days. The DHS statement said TSA is considering additional mandatory measures to enhance cybersecurity to protect the US fuel system. Previously, on May 7, Colonial Pipeline announced that it was attacked by ransomware and forced to close some systems. This incident caused a large-scale supply disruption, causing thousands of gas stations on the US East Coast to fall into shortages and gasoline prices to the highest level since 2017. The US government has issued an order. state of emergency in 17 states and Washington, D.C. After more than 1 week of being affected, the Colonial Pipeline oil pipeline has returned to normal operation. Colonial Pipeline has publicly confirmed paying a ransom to restore computer networks. Meanwhile, the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) identified DarkSide as the hacker group behind the attack.

On the afternoon of April 14, in the book’s launch Your wise doctor – I love you – Safe and effective handling of common diseases in children, Author Minh Nguyen had an exchange session with readers to share necessary skills to protect children against some common diseases in the book street on December 19, Hanoi.

Your wise doctor is a book written by a female doctor specializing in traditional medicine, both professionally in child health care, and sharing the experience of a mother with other parents.

During the exchange, author Minh Nguyen shared that she did not encounter too many difficulties in the process of implementing the book. While other book projects force her to spend a lot of time and thoughts Your wise doctor, Minh Nguyen has many advantages, from outlining the outline of the book to the implementation of small ideas of each chapter.

In retrospect, the work on this book project was fast, in about two months from its inception. During that time, she always put this work as her top priority, dedicating 1-2 hours every day to maximum focus on spirit and energy for the book.

Minh Nguyen, author of the book The Intelligent Doctor of Children and Mrs. Khuc Thi Hoa Phuong, Director and Editor-in-Chief of Vietnam Women’s Publishing House. Photo: Hua Moc.

In addition, the author also tries to express the book’s language in a way that is easiest to understand, making medical knowledge close and accessible to readers of many different ages.

Also during the exchange, author Minh Nguyen said that it is important in treating young children that doctors need to learn to listen to patients’ emotions, give them more options when treating patients. necessarily too dependent on antibiotics.

If we know how to combine oriental medicine with western medicine in a harmonious way for children to reduce the dose of antibiotics and not depend on antibiotics anymore, the children will have better resistance to them.

Grandmother Khuc Thi Hoa Phuong – The Director and Editor-in-Chief of Vietnam Women’s Publishing House thinks this is a good and useful book, helping parents easily access to care for their children’s health.

She said that through the book, the author encourages parents to use drugs properly and reasonably; promoting the use of a huge resource base of traditional medicine. At the same time, the work is also a warning to the abuse of antibiotics.

The wise doctor for children is a guidebook to handle a complete diet of common diseases in young children. Photo: Vietnamese Women Publishing House.

The book is divided into 11 chapters, each of which asks a question for the doctor and parents to find answers together, such as: “Should I have an antibiotic if I have a fever?”, “My child must use antibiotics?” Only eat when you turn on the TV !! “,” Obese children need a hard diet? “…

In the book, in addition to giving the traditional medicine doctor’s opinion on the use of antibiotics and other western medicine, the author also shares his parenting experience to limit the admission. hospital and medicine, leaving an open path for parents to choose

The author Minh Nguyen graduated as a doctor and received a doctorate in Traditional Medicine from Hanoi Medical University. She has received many prestigious training certificates in the country and in the world such as: Certificate of scientific research at Cho Ray Hospital; Certificate of EKG reading from the Hanoi Heart Institute and Harvard Medical School’s (USA) continuous training certificate in the field of “Arthritis due to crystal deposition: Gout and calcium crystalline deposition disease” pyrophosphate ”.

She is also a regular speaker at the Asia Pacific Military Medical Conference, the Military Medical Leadership Conference of Southeast Asian countries with topics on software wound treatment, dengue fever epidemic …