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US seeks to sway Brazil on Chinese 5G with $1-bn deal
Oct 21, 2020 (AFP)
The deal includes loans, guarantees and insurance to fund Brazilian imports of US goods and services -- "especially in the telecommunications area and the impor...
Espionage in Australia at higher levels than Cold War, spy chief warns
Oct 20, 2020 (AFP)
Several politicians across the ideological spectrum have become embroiled in investigations into suspected overseas influence operations -- most notably from Ch...
Sweden bans China's Huawei, ZTE from 5G network
Oct 20, 2020 (AFP)
The ban is in line with new legislation that took effect in January 2020 following an examination by the Swedish armed forces and security service "to ensure th...
YouTube toughens rules for QAnon conspiracy content
Oct 15, 2020 (AFP)
The Google-owned video-sharing service said it was expanding its policies on hate and harassment "to prohibit content that targets an individual or group with c...
Microsoft targets malware vendor Trickbot amid US election fears
Oct 12, 2020 (AFP)
The tech giant's announcement came as The New York Times reported United States Cyber Command also targeted the group amid fears hackers could use malware to up...
China bristles at Canada over duo detained on spy charges
Oct 12, 2020 (AFP)
Canadian former diplomat Michael Kovrig and businessman Michael Spavor have been held in China for nearly two years and have been charged with spying. Over the ...
Singaporean jailed for 14 months in US for spying for China
Oct 09, 2020 (AFP)
Working with Chinese intelligence since 2015, Jun Wei Yeo, also called Dickson Yeo, set up a political consultancy in Washington which he used to identify Ameri...
Top Belgium telecoms firm drops Huawei
Oct 09, 2020 (AFP)
The sensitive decision comes at a time when the United States is heaping pressure on its European allies to shun equipment from Chinese firms in developing thei...
Huawei's Meng denied docs access in extradition fight
Oct 09, 2020 (AFP)
Meng, the Chinese telecom giant's chief financial officer, was arrested on a US warrant in December 2018 during a stopover in Vancouver. She is charged with ban...
Twitter shuts Iran-based network fanning flames of US race protests
Oct 09, 2020 (AFP)
Floyd's death on May 25 became a symbol of what many say is systemic racism and abuse of African Americans by police, and has sparked months of often violent pr...
NATO chief calls for new strategy on cyber, China
Oct 07, 2020 (AFP)
French President Emmanuel Macron famously branded the alliance "brain dead" last year, demanding a new strategy that would, among other things, reopen dialogue ...
Marines undergo cyber electronic warfare training
Oct 06, 2020 (UPI)
The training, which took place Sept. 7 to 18 at California's Camp Pendleton, was designed to introduce the Marines to newly developed capabilities generated fro...
Northrop Grumman to build data system for Defense Intelligence Agency
Oct 01, 2020 (SPX)
The TALOS program focuses on the build of new big data systems for DIA to include the Machine-Assisted Rapid-Repository System (MARS). Transforming current data...
Canada judge mulls evidence claim in Huawei exec case
Sep 30, 2020 (AFP)
During three days of hearings, Meng's lawyers argued that a PowerPoint slideshow she gave in 2013 should be included in the case record, accusing the US of havi...
Canada seeks to block new evidence at Huawei exec extradition hearing
Sep 29, 2020 (AFP)
Crown counsel Robert Frater, speaking on a second day of hearings this week into whether Meng should be handed over to US authorities, explained that the eviden...
Cyberattack could trigger Article 5 response, NATO deputy secretary warns
Sep 28, 2020 (UPI)
He noted that NATO will establish a Cyberspace Operations Center as a part of its command structure, adding that a military cyber attack on a country qualifies ...
Huawei exec to accuse US of misleading Canada in extradition case
Sep 28, 2020 (AFP)
The defense, according to court filings, will say that the crux of the US charges against Meng -- that she hid Huawei's relationship with former subsidiary Skyc...
Pompeo accuses China of fomenting US racial unrest
Sep 23, 2020 (AFP)
Pompeo, known for his hawkish views on China, went on the attack on Beijing in an unusual address to state lawmakers in Wisconsin, a crucial swing state in Nove...
Facebook says fake accounts from China aimed at US politics
Sep 22, 2020 (AFP)
The takedown came as part of the social networks fight against "coordinated inauthentic behavior" and marked the first time Facebook had seen such a campaign ba...
New York police officer charged with spying for China
Sep 22, 2020 (AFP)
The officer, who worked at a station in the Queens section of the city, was directed by members of the Chinese consulate in New York, according to the indictmen...
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