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Singapore says cyber espionage group targeting critical infrastructure
Reuters and AFP, Published on 19/07/2025
» SINGAPORE — Singapore said on Friday that it was responding to cyberattacks on its critical infrastructure by an espionage group alleged by security experts to be linked to China.
US Treasury says was targeted by China state-sponsored cyberattack
AFP, Published on 31/12/2024
» WASHINGTON - The US Treasury Department said Monday that a China state-sponsored actor was behind a cyber breach resulting in access to some of its workstations, according to a letter to Congress seen by AFP.
N.Korean hackers sent stolen crypto to Cambodian payment firm
Published on 15/07/2024
» LONDON - A major Cambodian payments firm received crypto worth over $150,000 from a digital wallet used by North Korean hacking outfit Lazarus, blockchain data shows, a glimpse of how the criminal collective has laundered funds in Southeast Asia.
South Korean defence firms ‘hacked by North’
Reuters, Published on 23/04/2024
» SEOUL - Major North Korean hacking groups have mounted “all-out” cyber attacks against South Korean defence companies for more than a year, breaching the firms’ internal networks and stealing technical data, South Korean police said on Tuesday.
China hacks Apple AirDrop feature
Bloomberg News, Published on 09/01/2024
» A Chinese state-backed institution has devised a way to identify users who send messages via Apple’s popular AirDrop feature, the Bejing government claims, as part of broader efforts to root out undesirable content.
US says disabled Russian spyware used for two decades
AFP, Published on 10/05/2023
» WASHINGTON - The US Justice Department said Tuesday that it had disabled a "sophisticated" malware network used by Russia's FSB intelligence agency for two decades to spy in 50 countries including a NATO ally.
'Cleanfluencers' sweep TikTok, drawing millions
AFP, Published on 23/03/2023
» HELSINKI - Marie Kondo may have admitted defeat, but a new generation of "cleanfluencers" is taking social media by storm, with millions watching them scour filthy homes and dole out cleaning hacks.
Meta subscriber plan risks digital divide, say critics
AFP, Published on 21/02/2023
» PARIS - Years after Facebook quietly removed a slogan that declared the site was "free and always will be", parent company Meta announced on Sunday a paid-for subscription service that has already been widely criticised.
Redacted affidavit in Trump home raid released
AFP, Published on 27/08/2022
» WASHINGTON - The Justice Department on Friday released a heavily-redacted copy of the affidavit that persuaded a US judge to authorize the stunning FBI search of the Florida residence of former president Donald Trump.
Trump 'wild' rally tweet was a 'call to arms': committee
AFP, Published on 13/07/2022
» WASHINGTON: Right-wing extremists and supporters of Donald Trump staged the January 6, 2021 assault on the US Capitol after a tweet from the former president seen as a "call to arms", lawmakers said Tuesday.