White House pushing for research carveout in GDPR
The White House is hoping to convince regulators to protect security researchers so they can continue to scrape data that’s relevant for investigations.
One of the more concerning developments revolves around access to data published by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN). Whenever a domain name is registered, ICANN requires information like, a name, IP address and physical address to be submitted. While these details are sometimes forged, that information can provide clues about a cyberattack.
