Author: Max Smith

BOSTON – March Madness comes with a lot of excitement, but also a lot of concern when it comes to placing bets for young fans. On Thursday, Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Campbell issued an update on youth sports betting safety with one goal in mind: to ensure that 12-year-olds and 20-year-olds are protected and provided with information about health risks. announced the establishment of a coalition. gambling. “As you all know, Massachusetts has entered what everyone is calling a new era of sports betting,” said Attorney General Campbell. We live in an era where sports betting is literally available at…

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Ships and communication networks employ technologies that are vulnerable to cyber attacks. The United States and the European Union are seeking to enforce rules to regulate commercial conduct and prevent fraudulent activity by hostile foreign companies. Some U.S. and European Union policymakers have responded by increasing regulatory burdens on domestic groups, as legal loopholes and court challenges hamper some efforts.Section 214 designations for U.S. broadband providers and the complex burden of proof on EU shipbuilders to prove dumping by foreign companies give policymakers a sense of complacency in the political guise of national security. However, policies themselves do not necessarily…

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On March 27, 2024, the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency’s (“CISA”) Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“Proposed Rule”) related to the Cyber Incident Reporting for Critical Infrastructure Act of 2022 (“CIRCIA”) was released on the Federal Register website.  The Proposed Rule, which will be formally published in the Federal Register on April 4, 2024, proposes draft regulations to implement the incident reporting requirements for critical infrastructure entities from CIRCIA, which President Biden signed into law in March 2022.  CIRCIA established two cyber incident reporting requirements for covered critical infrastructure entities: a 24-hour requirement to report ransomware payments and a 72-hour…

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NCAA President and former Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker worries that prop betting is hurting college sports. In fact, he's so concerned that on Wednesday he called on state officials to ban them. That's a tough sell for the booming legal sports betting industry, which grew nearly 50% last year and is worth $11 billion. Even if Mr. Baker persuades states to put the genie back in the bottle, research shows that gamblers may turn to the black market instead. Proposition bets, or “prop” bets, allow gamblers to bet on specific events within a game or on individual players, instead of…

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The Department of Defense is working to develop a shared virtual cloud-based workspace for contractors as a way to strengthen cybersecurity and as part of a larger strategic effort to make defense enterprises safer. “There are several things we are working on in conjunction with the Small Business Administration. [Programs] Developing a purpose-built cloud that some small businesses can leverage and work from,” David McCune, the Pentagon's deputy CIO for cybersecurity and chief information security officer, said Thursday. he told reporters.The goal is to deploy a pilot version this year with up to 75 small and medium-sized businesses to determine…

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BALTIMORE — Steve Terman is a collector by nature.”I started collecting coins, I started collecting stamps, and I started collecting political stuff,” Turman said.He is a history buff at heart. “A lot of the collections I have are not only based on celebrities, but also based on history,” Turman said. “Everyone wants Babe Ruth or Brooks Robinson or Johnny Unitas. I wanted those, but I also wanted something that represented the history of the Baltimore Orioles.”As a child, Turman loved sports.”I've always been interested in sports,” he said. “I played sports. I followed sports. I read the sports pages every…

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As college sports tournaments take place on both ends of Massachusetts this week, Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell announced Thursday the launch of a public-private partnership to focus on youth sports betting and the risks of gambling. The Youth Sports Betting Safety Coalition aims to raise awareness about the laws, risks, and public health hazards associated with gambling, and is aimed at 12- to 20-year-olds (approximately middle school age) through scientifically-based, evidence-based betting safety coalitions. We plan to develop an education, training and health curriculum based on until she enrolls in college and turns 21, which is the state's minimum…

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