BreakFromChina - Hacking, Surveillance and Data Security

Hacking, Surveillance and Data Security

China’s Virus Apps May Outlast the Outbreak, Stirring Privacy FearsWith the disease there mostly under control, officials are looking for new uses for the government software that’s now on many phones.

China's Crypto Is All About Tracing — and PowerBeijing will come out of the coronavirus crisis with a big first-mover advantage in official digital currency.

Hackers target the air-gapped networks of the Taiwanese and Philippine military | ZDNetThird state-sponsored malware strain disclosed this week that can jump the air gap and reach isolated networks.

China’s bid to control the internet

Experts say China’s New IP ‘should frighten us all’. And then there’s the undersea cable wars...

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U.S. Warns That Chinese Hackers Are Targeting Virus ResearchHackers working for the Chinese government are trying to steal valuable research on coronavirus vaccines and treatments from U.S. health care, pharmaceutical and research organizations, the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security warned Wednesday.

China is monitoring employees' brain waves and emotions — and the technology boosted one company's profits by $315 millionIt's being used to identify shifts in employees' moods to increase productivity and profits.

Foreigners' Messages, Content on WeChat Reportedly Monitored | Digital TrendsThe University of Toronto's Citizen Lab claimed that WeChat monitors the messages of international users to feed content into censorship algorithms in China.

Twitter's Hiring of China-Linked AI Expert Sparks ConcernFei-Fei Li has links to research programs with ties to China's People's Liberation Army and with organizations run by the Chinese Communist Party's United Front Work Department.

New cybersecurity report says China-based group is hacking Asia-Pacific governmentsA group called Naikon targets ministries of foreign affairs, science and technology, as well as government-owned companies with the aim of "gathering of geo-political intelligence," according to Check Point.

This Asia-Pacific Cyber Espionage Campaign Went Undetected for 5 YearsA new cyber espionage campaign that went undetected for 5-years used ‘Aria-body’ stealthy backdoor to target government entities in the Asia-Pacific region.

China Telecom Rebuke Is Latest In DOJ Crackdown on ChinaNew Executive Order strengthens Team Telecom's ability to deter and punish foreign actors which abuse FCC licenses

U.S. to Accuse China of Trying to Hack Vaccine Data, as Virus Redirects CyberattacksIran and other nations are also looking to steal data and exploit the pandemic with attacks on infrastructure, officials say.

Data Security and U.S.-China Tech EntanglementU.S. policymakers must have an accurate understanding of how Chinese government access to data works in order to respond to the risks posed in the most responsible and effective manner.

China is installing surveillance cameras outside people's front doors ... and sometimes inside their homesThe coronavirus pandemic has brought surveillance cameras closer to people's private lives: from public spaces in the city to the front doors of their homes -- and in some rare cases, surveillance cameras inside their apartments.

Foreign Spies Are Targeting Americans on Zoom and Other Video Chat Platforms, U.S. Intel Officials SayIntelligence officials say China's cyberspies have moved fastest and most aggressively during the pandemic

New iOS exploit discovered being used to spy on China's Uyghur minority | ZDNetNew "Insomnia" exploit works on iOS versions 12.3, 12.3.1, and 12.3.2; was patched in iOS 12.4 last year.

Citing BGP hijacks and hack attacks, feds want China Telecom out of the USWith a history of cyber attacks, Chinese-owned telecom is a threat, officials say.

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