By now you know the story of the Distributed Denial of Service Attacks (DDoS) on many of the corporations which refused to provide services to Wikileaks after that organization. Posted thousands of cable messages from the United States Department of State. These included Amazon.com, Visa, Mastercard, PayPal, PostFinance and EveryDNS. Calling the attack Operation Payback,…
Category: Responsibility
Comcast and Level 3 Square Off Over Netflix and Regulation
Level 3 has decided to take it’s negotiations with Comcast to the masses and the federal government. The issue is about the cost of delivering content across each other’s networks, or is it? Comcast claims it is a Peering Issue and the Netflix agreement has caused Level 3 to outgrow the settle-free arrangement the two…
SEC seeks to clarify climate change reporting
Surprising no one, the SEC released interpretive guidance on the presentation of global climate change risks last week. Specifically, the SEC’s interpretative guidance highlights the following areas as examples of where climate change may trigger disclosure requirements: Impact of Legislation and Regulation: When assessing potential disclosure obligations, a company should consider whether the impact of…