The Commerce Department published notices in the Federal Register June 30 on the following antidumping and countervailing duty (AD/CVD) proceedings (any notices that announce changes to AD/CVD rates, scope, affected firms or effective dates will be detailed in another ITT article):
AT&T's proposed $177 million settlement stemming from 2019 and 2024 data breaches shows that multifactor authentication isn't optional, cybersecurity expert Joe Vadakkan wrote last week. In the 2024 incident, hackers penetrated AT&T's Snowflake cloud system using credentials that didn't have MFA and made off with customers' call and text metadata, he said. "Weak credential protections" made the hack possible, he added. "Supply chain vigilance is critical," as the Snowflake breach came via "internal compromises." The settlement received preliminary approval in U.S. District Court earlier this month.
The Commerce Department and the International Trade Commission published the following Federal Register notices June 30 on AD/CVD proceedings:
Data protection authorities (DPAs) are increasingly helping mold AI model training rules that also spur innovation, a Future of Privacy Forum (FPF) panel said at a June 27 webinar focused on developments in Brazil and France.
The Court of International Trade on June 26 heard oral argument in a suit from U.S. solar cell maker Auxin Solar and solar module designer Concept Clean Energy against the Biden administration's decision to pause antidumping and countervailing duties on solar cells and modules from four Southeast Asian countries. Judge Timothy Reif heard from DOJ, the plaintiffs and counsel for various solar cell importers and exporters on whether Auxin waited too long to file suit and the propriety of applying retroactive relief, given that the affected importers would be subject to massive antidumping and countervailing duties without a chance for review (Auxin Solar v. United States, CIT # 23-00274).
The Commerce Department issued notices in the Federal Register on its recently initiated antidumping duty investigations on steel concrete reinforcing bar (rebar) from Algeria (A-721-001), Bulgaria (A-487-002), Egypt (A-729-805) and Vietnam (A-552-853), as well as its countervailing duty investigations on rear from Algeria (C-721-002), Egypt (C-829-806) and Vietnam (C-552-854). The CVD investigations cover entries for calendar year 2024. The AD investigations on Algeria, Bulgaria and Egypt cover entries April 1, 2024, through March 31, 2025, and the AD investigation on Vietnam covers entries Oct. 1, 2024, through March 31, 2025.
AT&T's proposed $177 million settlement stemming from 2019 and 2024 data breaches shows that multifactor authentication isn't optional, cybersecurity expert Joe Vadakkan wrote last week. In the 2024 incident, hackers penetrated AT&T's Snowflake cloud system using credentials that didn't have MFA and made off with customers' call and text metadata, he said. "Weak credential protections" made the hack possible, he added. "Supply chain vigilance is critical," as the Snowflake breach came via "internal compromises." The settlement received preliminary approval in U.S. District Court earlier this month.
A listing of recent Commerce Department antidumping and countervailing duty messages posted on CBP's website June 25, along with the case number(s) and CBP message number, is provided below. The messages are available by searching for the listed CBP message number at CBP's ADCVD Search page.
A district court on Thursday granted a preliminary injunction against a 2024 Georgia law aimed at protecting kids by requiring age verification and parental consent for minors to create social media accounts. However, Georgia's attorney general signaled that the state will continue to fight for the law.
Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Ted Cruz, R-Texas, locked down support Wednesday from a pair of top Armed Services Committee Republicans for the panel’s spectrum budget reconciliation package language after strengthening the original proposal’s exclusion of the 3.1-3.45 GHz and 7.4-8.4 GHz bands from potential FCC auction or other reallocation (see 2506060029). Cruz’s office also reemphasized his view that the revised proposal’s language to encourage states to pause enforcement of AI laws no longer threatens jurisdictions’ eligibility for the enacted $42.5 billion in BEAD funding (see 2506230043) in the face of Democratic assertions to the contrary.