CYBER WARS

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China says state-backed experts crack Apple's AirDrop
Jan 10, 2024 (AFP)
AirDrop allows users to send content to Apple devices in close proximity without an internet connection, encoded so they cannot be viewed by other people. The s...
US lawmaker calls for probe of UAE tech firm over China ties
Jan 09, 2024 (AFP)
Mike Gallagher, the Republican chair of the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party, raised concerns over the firm's business links with Chinese m...
China says foreign consulting agency head spied for Britain
Jan 08, 2024 (AFP)
The Ministry of State Security said in a WeChat post that Britain's Secret Intelligence Service -- also known as MI6 -- used a foreign national with the surname...
US sailor who spied for China sentenced to 27 months
Jan 08, 2024 (AFP)
Wenheng Zhao, 26, and another US sailor, Jinchao Wei, were arrested in August on suspicion of spying for China. Zhao pleaded guilty in a federal court in Califo...
Over 40,000 scam suspects in Myanmar handed over to China in 2023: state media
Jan 05, 2024 (AFP)
Online fraud compounds have flourished in Myanmar's borderlands, staffed by citizens from China and other countries who are often trafficked and forced to work ...
Turkey arrests 33 suspected Israeli spies
Jan 03, 2024 (UPI)
Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya announced the arrests in a statement Tuesday, saying the suspects were detained in a large-scale operation conducted in eight pr...
China shuts down 34,000 online accounts for spreading 'rumours'
Dec 22, 2023 (AFP)
The Chinese internet is tightly controlled by the ruling Communist Party, and widespread censorship of social media in the name of protecting social stability i...
Meta accused of mishandling Israel-Hamas war posts
Dec 19, 2023 (AFP)
The board, set up by Meta in 2020 as a supreme court of sorts for the social media titan, overturned two post removal decisions, and urged the company to respon...
What is Storm-1152, alleged top creator of fake Microsoft accounts?
Dec 15, 2023 (AFP)
The group, identified by Microsoft as Storm-1152, developed sophisticated tools to defeat the US tech giant's security features to set up fraudulent Outlook and...
UK defence ministry fined for Afghan data breach
Dec 13, 2023 (AFP)
"This deeply regrettable data breach let down those to whom our country owes so much," said UK data commissioner John Edwards. The error saw the email addresses...
23andMe says hackers saw data from millions of users
Dec 05, 2023 (AFP)
While the hackers were only able to get into about 14,000 accounts, or 0.1 percent of its customers, they were able to see information shared by genetically lin...
Rise of the web's 'pay for privacy' model
Dec 01, 2023 (AFP)
Meta is the first major social media firm to try so-called cookie paywalls but the practice -- which has sparked a slew of legal cases -- is already widespread....
EU backs rules to protect digital devices from cyber threats
Dec 01, 2023 (AFP)
The agreement came after negotiations ended late on Thursday. The European Commission, the European Union's executive arm, proposed the new law last year in a b...
Meta says China-based influence efforts ramp up
Nov 30, 2023 (AFP)
The tech giant behind Facebook and Instagram said it has taken down five coordinated influence networks out of China this year. "Foreign threat actors are attem...
Tech giants on board to bust online scams: UK govt
Nov 30, 2023 (AFP)
Amazon, eBay, Facebook, Google, Instagram, LinkedIn, Match Group, Microsoft, Snapchat, TikTok, and YouTube have signed up to the Online Fraud Charter, which min...
Japan space agency likely penetrated by cyber attack
Nov 29, 2023 (AFP)
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) reported to the government that the "possibility is high that unauthorised access was made" to its central server,...
S. Korea's spy chief resigns
Nov 26, 2023 (AFP)
President Yoon Suk Yeol accepted the resignation of National Intelligence Service director Kim Kyou-hyun, Yonhap reported, without giving further details. Two o...
Putin says Russia must rival 'dangerous' Western AI
Nov 24, 2023 (AFP)
The race to develop AI has heated up since the breakout launch of the ChatGPT generative chatbot last year, with Russia and China spending billions to rival the...
Climate conspiracy theories flourish ahead of COP28
Nov 22, 2023 (AFP)
"Mis- and disinformation about the climate emergency are delaying urgently needed action to ensure a liveable future for the planet," the United Nations said in...
Poland charges 16 foreigners with spying for Russia
Nov 22, 2023 (AFP)
The charges against the spy ring, which was dismantled in March, were announced by the office of the intelligence service coordinator Mariusz Kaminski. "Charges...
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