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Canada court rejects Huawei exec's request to see intel docs
Aug 25, 2020 (AFP)
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 bank fraud...
TikTok sues over ban ordered by Trump
Aug 24, 2020 (AFP)
As tensions soared between the world's two biggest economies, President Donald Trump signed an executive order on August 6 giving Americans 45 days to stop doin...
Danish military intel head suspended over surveillance concerns
Aug 24, 2020 (AFP)
The audit found that the military intelligence service "hid essential and crucial information" and "provided false information to the authorities" when quizzed ...
Huawei's Meng seeks classified docs in extradition fight
Aug 17, 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...
China blasts US 'digital gunboat diplomacy' over TikTok
Aug 17, 2020 (AFP)
As tensions soar between the world's two biggest economies, Trump has claimed TikTok could be used by China to track the locations of federal employees, build d...
Trump targets TikTok again with new executive order
Aug 15, 2020 (AFP)
The order builds on sweeping restrictions issued last week by Trump that TikTok and WeChat end all operations in the US, his latest explosive moves aimed at cou...
Facebook, Google step up election protection efforts
Aug 13, 2020 (AFP)
The hub was described as central to defending against deception and confusion in what promises to be an election roiled by the pandemic and efforts to dupe vote...
Israel says foiled cyber attack on its defence firms
Aug 12, 2020 (AFP)
It said the attempt was made by "an international cyber group called 'Lazarus,' an organisation that is backed by a foreign country." The United States has link...
Defying China, Hong Kongers rush to buy pro-democracy newspaper
Aug 11, 2020 (AFP)
A crackdown on dissent in Hong Kong has gathered pace since China imposed a sweeping security law in June, with opposition politicians disqualified and activist...
TikTok, WeChat bans not crucial to US security: experts
Aug 07, 2020 (AFP)
In announcing the bans -- to take effect in 45 days -- Trump declared Thursday that Chinese mobile apps "threaten the national security, foreign policy, and eco...
Saudi Arabia seeks to tame powerful cyber armies
Aug 07, 2020 (AFP)
Their rise has coincided with the ascent of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, who has overseen Saudi Arabia's shift from austere religion towards hyper-national...
Trump order targets Chinese internet giants TikTok, WeChat
Aug 07, 2020 (AFP)
Trump on Thursday signed executive orders giving Americans 45 days to stop doing business with the Chinese platforms, effectively setting a deadline for a poten...
AFRL invites hackers to re-imagine how space systems are secured
Aug 07, 2020 (SPX)
On August 7-9, the Department of the Air Force and DoD's Defense Digital Service will premiere the Space Security Challenge 2020, a mixture of virtual workshops...
Facebook, Twitter take aim at Trump 'misinformation'
Aug 06, 2020 (AFP)
In an extraordinary move, Facebook removed the clip from the president's account -- the first time it has taken down one of his posts for violating its content ...
Australian PM: no evidence of TikTok misusing data
Aug 04, 2020 (AFP)
"We have had a good look at this, and there is no evidence for us to suggest... that there is any misuse of any people's data," he told the Aspen Security Forum...
Trump gives TikTok 6 weeks to sell itself to US company
Aug 03, 2020 (AFP)
"It's got to be an American company... it's got to be owned here," Trump said. "We don't want to have any problem with security." Trump said that Microsoft was ...
TikTok sale uncertain as Trump ban looms: reports
Aug 02, 2020 (AFP)
Trump has pledged to get tough on the massively popular video-sharing app, which US officials have said could be a tool for Chinese intelligence -- a claim the ...
BT says its 5G unaffected by Huawei ban
Jul 31, 2020 (AFP)
Prime Minister Boris Johnson this month reversed his decision in January to allow China's controversial technology leader to roll out Britain's fast new data ne...
EU sanctions on Russian, Chinese 'cyber attackers'
Jul 30, 2020 (AFP)
An export firm based in North Korea and technology company from Tiajin, China, were also listed. The member states said measures would be taken against six indi...
China slams US threat of 'consequences' if Brazil picks Huawei 5G
Jul 30, 2020 (AFP)
Huawei -- the world's top producer of telecoms networking equipment -- has become a pivotal issue in the geopolitical standoff between Beijing and Washington, w...
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