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Al-Jazeera journalists targeted by spyware: watchdog
Dec 22, 2020 (AFP)
Interceptions of 36 journalists' phones were revealed in a report by the Citizen Lab research centre at the University of Toronto on Sunday, after they monitore...
Contradicting Trump, US justice chief fingers Russia in hack
Dec 21, 2020 (AFP)
Two days after Trump downplayed what intelligence experts have called the most devastating break in US computer security in years, Barr said he agreed with Secr...
China calls Trump cyberattack claims 'a farce'
Dec 21, 2020 (AFP)
A large-scale hack of US government agencies including the Treasury was "under control" as of Saturday, according to the outgoing US President. But in a tweet t...
Huawei exec's lawyers open new front in extradition trial: report
Dec 19, 2020 (AFP)
Meng Wanzhou's defense believes that their client's alleged actions have "no connection" with the US, according to the CBC, which cites new documents filed Frid...
Pompeo blames Russia for massive US cyberattack
Dec 19, 2020 (AFP)
Microsoft said late Thursday that it had notified more than 40 customers hit by the malware, which security experts say could allow attackers unfettered network...
European Commission 'analysing situation' after US cyberattack
Dec 19, 2020 (AFP)
The EU executive "is aware of the global software supply chain cyber threat" via hacked software supplied by US tech company SolarWinds but " we have not detect...
China's Alibaba 'dismayed' by Uighur facial-recognition software
Dec 18, 2020 (AFP)
A report this week revealing the software feature made Alibaba, one of the world's most valuable companies, the latest Chinese corporate entity embroiled in the...
Massive cyberattack grows beyond US, heightening fears
Dec 18, 2020 (AFP)
Microsoft said late Thursday that it had notified more than 40 customers hit by the malware, which security experts say came from hackers linked to the Russian ...
Trudeau hoping for 'good news' on Canadians held in China
Dec 18, 2020 (AFP)
Michael Kovrig, a former diplomat working as a senior advisor for the International Crisis Group, and businessman Michael Spavor were first detained on December...
Spain prosecutors probe ex-military officers' online chats
Dec 17, 2020 (AFP)
The messages from a private WhatsApp group, which included retired high-ranking members of the air force, were published by the Infolibre news website earlier t...
Facebook closes disinformation accounts linked to French military
Dec 16, 2020 (AFP)
Two networks running multiple Facebook accounts were assigned to people associated with the Russian Internet Research Agency, and the third had "links to indivi...
New German IT law raises hurdles for Huawei
Dec 16, 2020 (AFP)
Under the proposed legislation, which must still be approved by parliament, "critical components" in strategic installations such as telecommunications can only...
Dutch 'roll up' Russian spy network, expel two diplomats
Dec 10, 2020 (AFP)
The Russian officers from the civilian SVR intelligence service built up a "substantial" network of sources that could have damaged Dutch national interests, th...
Big data 'turbocharged' repression in China's Xinjiang
Dec 09, 2020 (AFP)
The US-based NGO Human Rights Watch said leaked police data that listed over 2,000 detainees from the Aksu prefecture was further evidence of "how China's bruta...
Huawei exec silent on plea deal at Canada extradition trial
Dec 08, 2020 (AFP)
Asked by AFP if she would take a deal from the US reported by the Wall Street Journal, Meng simply smiled back and rushed past a crush of cameras outside her Va...
Cybercrime costs to top $1 trillion this year: researchers
Dec 07, 2020 (AFP)
The report by McAfee Corp. with the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) concluded that the cost of online criminal activity is more than one p...
Italy says two arrested for defence data theft
Dec 05, 2020 (AFP)
The company has a wide range of activities from naval electronics, network and protection systems, electronic warfare and global communications, according to it...
China slams US national security allegations as 'hodgepodge of lies'
Dec 04, 2020 (AFP)
The war of words comes as relations between the two superpowers have spiralled to their lowest point in decades and as Washington unveiled travel restrictions f...
US restricts visas to Chinese online trolls
Dec 04, 2020 (AFP)
Pompeo said Washington was banning visas to Chinese Communist Party members who engage in so-called doxing, the release of personal details on the internet as a...
US in discussions with Huawei on Meng Wanzhou's return to China: WSJ
Dec 04, 2020 (AFP)
Meng was arrested in Vancouver in 2018 on a US warrant and is fighting extradition to the US over charges Huawei violated American sanctions on Iran, in a case ...
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