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June 27, 2017

The Trump Danger

While somewhat technical, my latest column on
cyber attacks provides a useful snapshot of all that
is wrong withthe Trump administration - pretending
the problem does not exist, failing to appoint key
personnel, dismantling necessary resources and
capitulating to the Russians.

I have also included excerpts from other recent
columns which includes one which raises the
question what happens if Congress and the Courts
fail to check Trump such that the military feels it
needs to intervene.

I hope everyone is having a good summer. Click here to view this newsletter on the web.

NotPetya, Trump
and a Cyber Katrina
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The Dangers of a President Who is AWOL Every year, the ABA Journal
publishes its Blawg 100
on Cyber Attacks comprising its top legal blogs (aka
blawgs). They are taking
nominations in three categories:
(1) blawg; (2) podcast and (3)
twitter feed.

In May the WannaCry ransomware attack hit Many of you are familiar with my
approximately 400,000 computers in 150 countries. work in this area:
Ransomware is a form of malware that encrypts some
portion of your computer files, demanding payment by the My blawg Internet Law
victim via Bitcoin to regain access. WannaCry was the Centers Cyber Report;
largest ransomware attack in history, yielding over
$100,000 in ransomware payments and causing My radio show/podcast
approximately $1-4 billion in economic damage. Cyber Law & Business
Report on Cranberry.fm;
That was the warning. Nearly 7 weeks later, the NotPetya and
attack struck and spread to 65 countries in what seemed
like a WannaCry sequel. Except the ransomware Internet Law Center's
component was designed in a manner that the payment Twitter feed
address was easily shut down and the files were InternetLawCent.
destroyed regardless of payment. Analysts concluded
that the ransomware component was a lure to control the Please consider using this link to
media narrative and hide what was an attack by a state nominate us in one or all three
actor. categories. The deadline is July
30th.

New From

NotPetya Notice

The attack, which came on the eve of the holiday marking

Ukraines adoption of its Constitution of Independence in
1996, hit Ukrainian ministries, banks, transportation Donald Trump and The
systems and the radiation monitoring system at Ukraines
Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant. For the past two years,
Perfect Storm
Russia has been waging a cyber war against Ukraine, The Danger of Inaction
with Ukraines President indicating there were 6,500
attacks over a two-month period in late 2016. July 5, 2017

While Ukraine may have been the target, NotPetya
spread with serious collateral damage across the globe
including U.S. companies such as FedEx, Merck, Nuance
Communications, several hospitals and the worlds
largest law firm DLA Piper. Estimates of total damage
from NotPetya are uncertain since some of the victims
are still recovering, but FedEx has filed a warning with the
Securities and Exchange Commission that the event
would have a material impact on its performance.

NATOs Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence
(CCD-COE), a NATO-funded think tank, concluded that
NotPetya had the markings of a state actor attack, with
Ukraine pointing the finger at Russia. NATOs Secretary I spoke with a documentary filmmaker once
General also warned that a material cyber-attack against who explained that great tragic stories are
a NATO nation could trigger Article 5 of the North Atlantic often a perfect storm of bad decisions in a
Treaty requiring a military response in defense of the system that seemingly had been in place to
target. prevent disaster but which ultimately made it
inevitable. Donald Trump is that perfect
And where was the Trump administration? Cue crickets storm.
chirping. Trump continues to reject the unanimous
assessment of the intelligence community that Russia . . . What alarms me most, however, is how
interfered with the 2016 election; and since he apparently the intelligence and defense communities

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views any discussion of Russian cyber-attacks, whether view these events. As they watch tripwire
in connection the 2016 election or otherwise, as a after tripwire, fail to check Trumps
challenge to the legitimacy of his election, he refuses to ascendancy and abuse of power. As they
engage the issue altogether. A White House staffer see a Republican Congress showing little
recently acknowledged that there is no evidence that interest in exercising its authority under the
Trump has dedicated any time to the issue. Constitution to constrain the President. As
they see the President make national
The Trump White House has failed to nominate any security announcements, such as his recent
candidates for key cyber positions at the Defense, red line on Syrian use of chemical weapons,
Commerce and Homeland Security Departments. Even without consulting with the Defense or State
worse, Secretary of State Tillerson plans to eliminate the Departments. Will there come a point where
Office of Cyber Coordinator, which played a vital role they see themselves as the only force
during the Obama administration in getting China to curb standing between the President and certain
its cyber-attacks under threat of sanctions. catastrophe?

So when President Trump met with President Putin ten Read more.
days after the NotPetya attack, which impacted the
worlds largest container ship and supply vessel operator
(Maersk), the worlds largest cargo airlines (FedEx), the
worlds largest advertising company (WPP), the world
largest law firm (DLA Piper) and the worlds 8th largest
The Perils of Being
pharmaceutical company (Merk) with economic damage
potentially in the billions, what did he do?
Led by the

Worse than nothing. President Trump accepted Putins
Bankruptcy King
claim of non-responsibility for interference with the 2016
election and, inexplicably, agreed to a joint Cyber
Security unit with Russia.
Trump Chooses
Ideology over Jobs
While Trump backed away from the idea of a joint unit
after widespread negative response that included Senator July 16, 2017
Lindsey Grahams pronouncement that its pretty close
to being the dumbest idea Ive ever heard; Kremlin
sources have since confirmed that the joint efforts are in
the works. National Security Agency Director Mike
Rogers, who has expressed frustration over the
administrations inattentiveness to the potential cyber
threat posed by Russia, has since stated bluntly that now
is not the time for cooperation with Russia.

Trumps AWOL status in addressing the Russian cyber
threat is alarming since NATO CCD-COE concluded that
the attack was a declaration of power demonstration of
the acquired disruptive capability and readiness to use it
and it has been met with no response. Like Neville
Chamberlain nearly 80 years ago, Trump has given an
aggressor the green light.

President Trump is currently
proposing major changes to three
industries that account for
approximately one-third of the U.S.
economy health care, energy and
the internet. In each case, the
decisions are primarily ideologically
based, providing red meat to
Trumps base who are completely
unaware of the potentially millions
of jobs to be lost and damage it will
inflict to our economy. . . .

Read more.
U.S. Air Force Photo by Master Sgt. Bill Huntington

This month, Lloyds of London issued a warning that a

serious cyber-attack could cost the U.S. economy as
much as $121.4 billion, exceeding the costs of Hurricane It's Time to Speak Up to Save
Katrina. Katrina is a useful analogy since there
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were ample reports about the devastation that would
occur if a major Hurricane hit New Orleans and yet the
Your Internet

Bush administration was totally unprepared when it
July 12, 2017
happened.


A decade later, it is the same story. Trumps
appeasement in Hamburg coupled with his refusal to
acknowledge the escalation of Russian cyber-attacks and
his administrations being asleep at the wheel on cyber
defense makes such a Cyber Katrina a very real and
immediate threat.




POSTSFROM MY OTHER BLOGS

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July Internet Law Center newsletter featuring stories on
Cyber Security, Net Neutrality and the UK website for free
WiFi services that added the following to its terms and
conditions:
The user may be required, at Purples
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Cleaning portable lavatories at local
festivals and events. Painting snail shells
to brighten up their existence. Scraping
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Save Net Neutrality, in which more than
50,000 people, sites, and organizations,
including Amazon, Etsy Facebook, Google,
Kickstarter, Mozilla, Netflix, OK Cupid,
Reddit, Twitter and Vimeo, will demonstrate
to oppose the Federal Communications
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Nights Favorite Myths
July 20, 2017

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July 27 is marked by the end of the Korean War

and opening of the Korean War Memorial two
generations later, the bombing in Centennial
Olympic Park during the 1996 Summer Olympics
in Atlanta, the first votes for impeachment of
Richard Nixon and the mortal wounding of
Vincent Van Gogh (with new debate over whether
it was a suicide).


Read more. For all their talk of wanting unity (which they
define as doing exactly what they say),
Sanders followers have been steadily talking
down the DNC and Hillary and perpetuating
the myth that Bernie Would Have Won
(BWHW) and that he is the most popular
politician in America.

One such Sanderista is a former journalist
now full-time Sanders propaganda machine
David Sirota who just spews out anti-Hillary
and Democrat feeds all day long. I decided
USMNT Wins 6th Gold Cup to respond with a few key points as outlined
below . . . .

Read more.

Since Bruce Arena took over as the coach, the USMNT is
9-0-5 - the longest unbeaten streak to start a U.S. MNT
head coaching tenure.

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We take a break from tech to talk with author Mick Minas on his book The Curse: The Colorful & Chaotic History
of the LA Clippers.

CLBR #266: RSFs Margaux Ewen on Cyber Censorship and Press
Freedom
Reporters Without Borders' Margaux Ewen discusses their annual World Press Freedom Index and cyber
censorship.

Special CLBR Internet Day of Action to Save Net Neutrality
Joshua Stager from the New American Foundations Open Technology Institute discusses the historic Internet-
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CLBR #264: Nobody Speak Director Brian Knappenberger

In March 2016, a Florida jury returned a $140 million verdict in favor of Terry Bollea aka Hulk Hogan
against Gawker Media for publishing a tape of him having a go with the wife of his best friend (shock jock Bubba
the Love Sponge). As the verdict forced Gawker into bankruptcy, it was discovered that the case had been
funded by Silicon Valley billionaire Peter Thiel as a vendetta for past coverage of him and his personal life.

Nobody Speak follows this trial and its implications, along with Sheldon Adelsons takeover of the Las Vegas
Review Journal and the rise of Donald Trump and efforts of the powerful to silence the media. The film was
released on June 23rd on Netflix.


ABOUT BENNET

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Q. So who is Bennet Kelley?

A: I am the founder of the Internet Law Center, a small law firm based in Santa
Monica, California where we represent clients across the globe on issues such as e-
commerce, online advertising, privacy, cyber harassment and online reputation
management, intellectual property and general business matters. I was named by
the Los Angeles Business Journal as one of the most influential attorneys in E-
Commerce and Digital Media.

Q. But this is a political newsletter . . . .

I have been active in politics for nearly 40 years and was Co-Founder of the
Democratic National Committee's Saxophone Club, the DNC's young professional
outreach and fundraising arm, from 1992 to 1998.
I write regularly for Huffington Post and have won two Southern California
Journalism Awards for online and print commentary and a third for my legal
newsletter.
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