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US and UK accuse China of large-scale hacking
Published on 26/03/2024
» WASHINGTON - US and British officials have filed charges, imposed sanctions and accused Beijing of a sweeping cyberespionage campaign that hit millions of people including lawmakers, academics and journalists, and companies including defence contractors.
China ‘hacked Dutch defence network’
Published on 06/02/2024
» THE HAGUE, Netherlands - Chinese state-backed cyber spies hacked into an internal computer network at the Dutch Ministry of Defence last year, intelligence agencies in the Netherlands said in a rare report published on Tuesday.
How tyrants use tech to spy on us all
News, Published on 08/02/2023
» Parmy Olson: You're the co-authors of a new book, Pegasus: How a Spy In Your Pocket Threatens the End of Privacy, Dignity, and Democracy, which tells the story of Pegasus, a powerful spyware developed by the Israeli cybersecurity firm NSO Group. In recent years, a range of governments around the world purchased this technology, allowing them to gain remote-control access to people's mobile phones without their knowledge. In 2020, a secret source leaked a list to your team of investigative journalists in Paris that contained 50,000 phone numbers that NSO Group's clients wanted to spy on. Among the names on the list were French president Emmanuel Macron, the Saudi dissident Jamal Khashoggi and a raft of journalists, including your own colleagues.
Chinese hackers targeted Russian defence data, report says
New York Times, Published on 06/06/2022
» TEL AVIV: The emails landed March 23 in the inboxes of scientists and engineers at several of Russia’s military research and development institutes, purportedly sent by Russia’s Ministry of Health. They carried a subject line that offered seemingly tantalizing information about a “list of persons under U.S. sanctions for invading Ukraine".
Czech govt expels 18 Russian diplomats over 2014 blast
AFP, Published on 18/04/2021
» PRAGUE - The Czech government said Saturday it would expel 18 Russian diplomats identified by local intelligence as secret agents of the Russian SVR and GRU services that are suspected of involvement in a 2014 explosion.
US imposes sanctions on Moscow, expels 10 Russian diplomats
AFP, Published on 15/04/2021
» WASHINGTON - The United States announced sanctions against Russia on Thursday and the expulsion of 10 diplomats in retaliation for what Washington says is the Kremlin's US election interference, a massive cyber attack and other hostile activity.
Tokyo Olympics on alert for cyberattacks as alleged Russian plot revealed
AFP, Published on 20/10/2020
» TOKYO: Tokyo Olympics organisers said they were on constant alert for cyberattacks Tuesday but had yet to suffer "significant impact" after Britain accused Russia of targeting the Games.
Cyber warriors sound warning on working from home
AFP, Published on 14/10/2020
» TALLINN: Cyber warriors on Nato's eastern edge are warning that the growing number of people working from home globally due to the pandemic is increasing vulnerability to cyber attacks.
China says defector to Australia is 'unemployed' fugitive
AFP, Published on 24/11/2019
» BEIJING - China sought late Saturday to discredit a man identified as a Chinese spy who defected to Australia with a trove of intelligence on Beijing's political interference operations in Hong Kong and overseas, accusing him of being an unemployed fraudster and fugitive.
Chinese defector provides intelligence trove to Australia
AFP, Published on 23/11/2019
» SYDNEY: A Chinese defector involved in spying operations in Hong Kong, Taiwan and Australia has provided a trove of intelligence on China's political interference operations to Australian officials, according to a media report Saturday.