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International

US agency launches process to bar Chinese labs deemed security risks from testing US electronics

In a video posted on X on Friday, US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth said he was initiating a two-week review to ensure China-based engineers were not working on any other cloud services contracts across the Defence Departme
International

Microsoft to stop using engineers in China for tech support of US military, Hegseth orders review 

The compromise of US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen’s computer makes the Treasury breach the latest hack attributed to the Chinese government that has reached the top ranks of a US federal department.
International

Chinese hackers accessed Yellen’s computer in US Treasury breach

Investigators have so far found roughly 100 government computers that were compromised.
International

Computers of senior US Treasury leaders accessed in latest hack

Last year, the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency said TP-Link routers had a vulnerability that could be exploited to execute remote code.
International

US considers ban on China’s TP-Link over security concerns: WSJ

Several countries, notably the United States, have voiced alarm in recent years at what they say is coordinated Chinese-government-backed hacking activity targeting their governments, militaries and businesses. Beijing rejects the allegations.
International

United States says thwarted Chinese ‘state-sponsored’ cyber attack

Linda Sun, a former aide to New York State Governor Kathy Hochul, exits Brooklyn Federal court after she was charged with acting as an unregistered agent of China’s government in New York City, US, Sept 3, 2024.
International

US ex-official charged with selling influence to China for cash, salted duck

Chinese-American academic Wang Shujun speaks to the press after being convicted in Brooklyn federal court on charges of acting as an illegal agent of China's government, in New York, US, Aug 6, 2024.
International

Chinese-born academic convicted in US of acting as covert Chinese agent

Protestors in Tel Aviv demanding the return of hostages kidnapped during Hamas' Oct 7 attack on Israel, which laid bare the consequences of intelligence failure.
Opinion & Features

The tools of global spycraft have changed

The agreement says the rapidly growing spyware market raises concerns over its impact on national security and human rights, as well as expands the “potential pool of state and non state actors with access” to powerful spying tools.
Global Enterprise

Britain, France lead 35 nation agreement on controlling spyware, mercenary hackers

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