Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko has imposed a ban on Russia’s biggest social media networks and internet services popular with millions. His decision is a significant ramping up of sanctions on Ukraine’s neighbour for its annexation of Crimea and the continuing conflict in eastern Ukraine. Source BBC
In a communique issued by governments attending the meeting of the North Atlantic Council in Brussels yesterday, the military alliance revealed it had endorsed a Comprehensive Cyber Defence Policy, in which a decision will be taken to invoke Article 5 “on a case-by-case basis” following a cyber-attack. Under Article 5 of the NATO treaty, first signed in 1949, when any NATO ally is the victim of an armed attack, it will be considered an attack on all alliance members, who will theoretically take any actions necessary to defend that ally. Source Info Security
China flew a record 28 fighter jets toward the self-ruled island of Taiwan on Tuesday, the island’s defense ministry said, the largest such display of force since Beijing began sending planes on a near daily basis last year. Source ABC
Two gunman opened fire on a group in the 7500 block of South Prairie Avenue on Saturday, killing a mother of three and wounding nine other people.. For the second straight weekend, gun violence in Chicago was marked by a mass shooting on the South Side, about 2 1/2 miles from each other. And while the total number of shootings was down this past weekend, people were shot in nearly every police district, according to a Sun-Times analysis. Source Chicago Sun Times
