Friday Brief for 27 August 2021

Biden meets with CEOs; Misleading news is big on Facebook; and INTEL will help DoD with chips

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Tech Terms

SQL Injection (“sequel”· injection) — Structured Query Language (SQL) is a programming language used to manage databases. SQL injection targets vulnerable sites and uses malicious code to command the server to provide information it usually would not.

Biden Meets with CEOs on Cybersecurity

What’s New: The President met with the leaders of Apple, Google, JPMorgan, Microsoft, and others this week and asked them to do more on cybersecurity threats.

Why This Matters: The meeting is part of Biden’s broader response effort in the wake of several cybersecurity threats — including the SolarWinds, Microsoft Exchange, and Dominion Oil attacks.

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    Bradley Alpert

    Regarding that graphic on chip manufacturing share: Taiwan is not part of China (as we see it). But how about as China sees it? And, more importantly, for how long? China could be said already to dominate chip manufacture.

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