CYBER WARS

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UK probes 'Russian hack' targeting army recruits
Apr 26, 2022 (AFP)
The Daily Mail reported that the hack was "feared to have been a Russian agent" with the intention of targeting the recruits "as potential agents in the British...
India claims it foiled Chinese cyber-attack on disputed border
Apr 07, 2022 (AFP)
Ties between the world's two most populous nations are at a low ebb after a deadly skirmish in the Himalayan region of Ladakh that left at least 20 Indian and f...
'I won't stop talking': Ukrainians in China fight disinformation
Mar 30, 2022 (AFP)
Around 300 volunteer Ukrainian translators, with some also based overseas, are relaying key events from Russia's war on their homeland into Chinese. Their mouth...
Cairo to Kyiv: Social media's rocky ride through conflict zones
Mar 29, 2022 (AFP)
"We never had the means like the Russians to found multinational media like RT or Sputnik," the former government communications adviser told AFP over the phone...
Critics raise privacy fears over EU message app rule
Mar 25, 2022 (AFP)
Praise poured in after negotiators from the European Parliament and EU member states agreed late Thursday on a sweeping law to curb market dominance of US firms...
Complex questions as face recognition tech joins Ukraine war
Mar 25, 2022 (AFP)
The embattled nation uses details resulting from the process to try to track down and notify the families of the dead, in an act Ukraine says is aimed at pierci...
Four Russians indicted in US for energy sector hacks
Mar 24, 2022 (AFP)
The Russian hackers targeted thousands of computers at hundreds of companies in 135 countries between 2012 and 2018, the Justice Department said Thursday. "Russ...
US bars Chinese-owned telecom over 'security risks'
Mar 17, 2022 (AFP)
The United States had previously revoked the permits of China Telecom and China Unicom, and the Federal Communications Commission has now given 60 days to Pacif...
First war of the TikTok era sees tragedy, humor and deceit
Mar 14, 2022 (AFP)
Since Russia invaded Ukraine, millions of people have tuned into the hugely popular social networking service for news and views of what is happening on the bat...
Covid to crisis: well-oiled conspiracy theorists push Ukraine disinfo
Mar 12, 2022 (AFP)
They claim the war is an attempt to divert attention, some even say it is a ploy to get French President Emmanuel Macron elected again next month. Experts say c...
Lacking oversight, Telegram thrives in Ukraine disinformation battle
Mar 09, 2022 (AFP)
The message was not authentic, with the real Zelensky soon denying the claim on his official Telegram channel, but the incident highlighted a major problem: dis...
New Facebook tools target misinformation in users' groups
Mar 09, 2022 (AFP)
More than 1.8 billion people per month use Facebook Groups, which allow members to gather around topics ranging from parenting to politics. Yet critics have sai...
Chinese-linked hackers target at least six US states: Mandiant
Mar 09, 2022 (AFP)
Notorious Chinese hacking group APT41 has been targeting US states in a tenacious and adaptive campaign, according to a Mandiant report. From last May to this F...
'Cyberattack' knocks thousands offline in Europe
Mar 04, 2022 (AFP)
According to Orange, nearly 9,000 subscribers of a satellite internet service provided by its subsidiary Nordnet in France are without internet following a "cyb...
Google Maps and Tripadvisor nix war news in reviews
Mar 04, 2022 (AFP)
Travel platform Tripadvisor, meanwhile, was blocking reviews for restaurants, hotels, or other venues if the commentary focuses on Russia's invasion of Ukraine ...
Anonymous hacker group targets Russian state media
Feb 28, 2022 (AFP)
The group targeted the websites of state news agencies TASS and RIA Novosti, as well as taking over websites of newspapers Kommersant and Izvestiya and Forbes R...
Twitter to label tweets linking to Russian state media
Feb 28, 2022 (AFP)
Pressure is on social media giants to squelch misleading or false information about the attack, which has drawn fierce international condemnation. Kremlin-run m...
'Pick a side': Ukraine invasion dilemma for US Big Tech
Feb 27, 2022 (AFP)
Services like Facebook, Twitter and YouTube have a unique power because of their global reach and ubiquity, but they are profit-motivated companies so a striden...
Russia bans 'invasion' and 'assault' in media
Feb 26, 2022 (AFP)
As Russian forces moved into Kyiv, Moscow's defence ministry also said that Russian media should stick to the official version of events. In a statement, the co...
Battle over future of spytech firm NSO: Israel court papers
Feb 24, 2022 (AFP)
NSO was already mired in debt before an investigation revealed last year that its Pegasus phone-hacking software had been used to spy on hundreds of journalists...
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