CYBER WARS

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Navy's fifth annual cybersecurity event goes online
Sep 22, 2020 (UPI)
The event, which began Monday and continues through Sunday, typically includes in-person competitions -- but those have been delayed until 2021 due to COVID-19....
Space ISAC releases statement on cybersecurity for space systems
Sep 21, 2020 (SPX)
SPD-5 is an important recognition of the significant role cyber plays in space and ground for government and commercial space systems. The Space ISAC hopes this...
China's rich seek bodyguards schooled in digital dark arts
Sep 20, 2020 (AFP)
Each day students in matching black business suits toil from dawn until midnight at the school in the eastern city of Tianjin, where digital defences are given ...
Anonymous site ramps up 'doxxing' campaign against HK activists
Sep 18, 2020 (AFP)
She is not alone. A sophisticated and shady website called HK Leaks has ramped up its "doxxing" -- where people's personal details are published online -- of Ho...
APT41, the China-based hacking operation spanning the world
Sep 18, 2020 (AFP)
Seven members of the group -- including five Chinese nationals -- were charged by the US Justice Department on Wednesday. Some experts say they are tied to the ...
TikTok and WeChat: Chinese apps dogged by security fears
Sep 18, 2020 (AFP)
The move, to be implemented Sunday, comes amid rising US-China tensions and efforts by the Trump administration to engineer a sale of TikTok to American investo...
UK welcomes prospect of Japan joining 'Five Eyes' intel nations
Sep 16, 2020 (AFP)
"It's an idea we are thinking about but we have a fantastic relationship with Japan, a very close defence and security partnership," he told MPs at a parliament...
US announces charges against Chinese, Malaysian hackers
Sep 16, 2020 (AFP)
Three of the Chinese suspects operated out of Chengdu 404, a Sichuan-based company that purported to offer network security services for other businesses. They ...
Australian journalists flee China fearing arrest
Sep 08, 2020 (AFP)
Their dramatic overnight exit came following days of secret wrangling that had seen both men holed up in Australia's diplomatic missions to escape the clutches ...
Facebook removes accounts of far-right group Patriot Prayer
Sep 04, 2020 (AFP)
"They were removed as part of our ongoing efforts to remove Violent Social Militias from our platform," Facebook said in response to an AFP query. Patriot Praye...
Australian writer detained in China denies spying: lawyer
Sep 04, 2020 (AFP)
Beijing has said little about the case of Chinese-born Yang Jun -- who also goes by the pen name Yang Hengjun -- since he was taken into custody in January last...
China rails against 'discriminatory' India app ban
Sep 03, 2020 (AFP)
Internet giant Tencent is among the Chinese makers of 118 more apps be targeted in the latest Indian ban, which follows a rumbling territorial dispute along a d...
Marine Corps stands up Network Activity to prevent cyberattacks
Sep 03, 2020 (UPI)
The Network Activity - National Capital Region in Quantico, Virginia is the second network-focused unit and will follow the model pioneered by the 1st Network B...
Credit Suisse faces proceedings over spying scandal
Sep 02, 2020 (AFP)
The scandal began to unravel last September with the discovery that surveillance had been ordered on a star banker who jumped ship from Credit Suisse to rival U...
India bans 118 Chinese apps in new backlash over border dispute
Sep 02, 2020 (AFP)
The government said the apps -- including the popular video game PUBG and other services provided by Chinese internet giant Tencent -- promoted activities "prej...
China offers no details on detention of Australian journalist
Sep 01, 2020 (AFP)
Cheng Lei, an anchor for CGTN, China's English-language state broadcaster, has been held since at least August 14 but Australian diplomats say Beijing has given...
Facebook nabs Russia-linked campaign to fuel US chaos
Sep 01, 2020 (AFP)
The network of 13 Facebook accounts and two pages posing as journalists and targeting left-wing progressives was removed for violating a policy against "foreign...
France detains senior military officer suspected of spying
Aug 30, 2020 (AFP)
The reports were at least partially confirmed by French Defence Minister Florence Parly. The French army officer was stationed abroad, a legal source said confi...
Bouygues Telecom says withdrawing 3,000 Huawei antennae
Aug 27, 2020 (AFP)
"We shall no longer have any Huawei antennae in very dense areas by 2028," said president Olivier Roussat in a conference call to accompany half-yearly results,...
China, Canada ministers meet as tensions rise over detainees
Aug 26, 2020 (AFP)
Relations between Beijing and Ottawa have been increasingly bitter since an executive for Chinese tech giant Huawei was arrested in Vancouver in December 2018 a...
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