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TikTok fails 'disinformation test' before EU vote, study shows
Jun 04, 2024 (AFP)
International campaign group Global Witness created 16 ads targeting Irish audiences with false information about this week's EU elections and tried to get them...
TikTok says cyberattack targeted big names including CNN
Jun 04, 2024 (AFP)
The number of accounts compromised was "very small" and TikTok has beefed up defenses to thwart the method used by the hackers, according to a spokesperson. "We...
France, Germany, Poland facing 'permanent' Russian disinformation attacks: EU
Jun 04, 2024 (AFP)
The European Union has repeatedly warned heading towards the June 6-9 vote that Russia would ramp up disinformation campaigns in the 27-country bloc. "There are...
China says MI6 recruited state workers to spy for UK
Jun 03, 2024 (AFP)
The Ministry of State Security said in a post on its official WeChat that MI6 operatives convinced a man surnamed Wang, who worked in a "core confidential role"...
Hong Kong arrests eighth person for Tiananmen social media posts
Jun 03, 2024 (AFP)
The arrest was the latest in a series of law enforcement actions taken since last Tuesday against a group that was accused of publishing "seditious" online post...
Russia ramps up disinfo ahead of Paris Games: Microsoft
Jun 03, 2024 (AFP)
According to Microsoft, the influence operations utilize a potent mix of fake videos, fictitious news stories, and AI-generated impersonations, including the fa...
OpenAI says state-backed actors used its AI for disinfo
May 30, 2024 (AFP)
In a blog post, OpenAI said the disrupted campaigns originated from Russia, China, Iran, and a private company based in Israel. The threat actors attempted to l...
U.S. sailor gets 18 years for delivering classified documents while in Japan
May 30, 2024 (UPI)
Former Chief Petty Officer Bryce Pedicini had been accused of delivering classified national defense information on behalf of a foreign government official whil...
Six arrested under Hong Kong's new security law for 'posting messages' online
May 28, 2024 (AFP)
Five women and one man were arrested for "posting messages with seditious intention on an anonymous social media page since April 2024", the National Security D...
Ex-CIA agent pleads guilty to spying for China
May 25, 2024 (AFP)
Alexander Yuk Ching Ma, 71, a native of Hong Kong who became a naturalized US citizen, admitted to having provided "a large volume of classified US national def...
Hong Kong spy case closed against UK ex-marine
May 24, 2024 (AFP)
The third defendant -- Matthew Trickett, 37, an immigration enforcement officer and private investigator who had previously been a member of the Royal Marines -...
TikTok curbs state-backed media amid foreign influence concerns
May 23, 2024 (AFP)
The move comes after the United States handed TikTok an ultimatum to divest from its Chinese owners or face a potential ban in the US market, based on concerns ...
Former UK marine in Hong Kong spy case found dead: police
May 21, 2024 (AFP)
Matthew Trickett, 37, was found dead in a park in Maidenhead, west of London, on Sunday following a report by a member of the public, Thames Valley Police said....
China's Weibo blocks Taiwan inauguration hashtags as Lai takes office
May 20, 2024 (AFP)
A hashtag saying "Taiwan 520 new authorities take office", referring to Monday's date, was removed, with a notice saying that "according to relevant laws, regul...
Simple Quantum Internet Demonstrated by Harvard Researchers
May 16, 2024 (SPX)
The research, led by Mikhail Lukin, Marko Loncar, and Hongkun Park, and published in Nature, involved entangling two quantum memory nodes over a 22-mile loop th...
Philippines deports 165 suspected scammers to China
May 15, 2024 (AFP)
The group were flown to Shanghai on Tuesday and forever barred from returning to the Philippines, the immigration bureau said in a statement. The deportees were...
UK summons China's ambassador over 'foreign interference' claims
May 14, 2024 (AFP)
The Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office said it summoned Zheng Zeguang a day after three people were charged with assisting Hong Kong's intelligence ser...
Pentagon leaker faces possible trial in military court
May 14, 2024 (AFP)
Jack Teixeira, a 22-year-old Massachusetts Air National Guard IT specialist, pleaded guilty in March to sharing the top secret information online, alleged to be...
Hong Kong leader defends foreign trade offices after UK spying arrests
May 14, 2024 (AFP)
British authorities charged three men on Monday with foreign interference and assisting Hong Kong's intelligence service, under the UK's 2023 National Security ...
UK charges three for allegedly assisting Hong Kong intel services
May 13, 2024 (AFP)
"A number of arrests were made and searches carried out across England as part of this investigation," said Dominic Murphy, Head of the Metropolitan Police's Co...
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