cyber espionage

Report: Chinese Hackers Faked Emails from Top Republican

The FBI and Capitol Police are reportedly investigating a string of fake emails sent to House staffers by Chinese hackers masquerading as Rep. John Moolenaar (R-MI), chairman of the House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party.

Joe Stewart, director of malware research at Dell SecureWorks, a unit of Dell Inc., works

Report: China Could Use Huawei Cloud to Blackmail Global Economies

A report published by the Washington-based Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) warns China could gain “coercive leverage” – in essence, blackmail material – over Asian, African, and Latin American countries thanks to telecom giant Huawei’s strategy to provide massive amounts of Internet storage to dozens of governments at discounted prices.

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Indian Journalist Says Chinese Spies Are Monitoring Him

The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is allegedly spying on various members of India’s Zee news group – including the editor-in-chief of its WION news subsidiary – following Zee’s critical coverage of Beijing’s coronavirus coverup and China’s aggressive actions toward India along their shared border near the northern Indian state of Ladakh in recent months.

China arrested a U.S. citizen in 2016 on charges of espionage, a Hong Kong newspaper repor

Chinese Hackers Target Universities to Steal Naval Technology

The Wall Street Journal on Tuesday quoted cybersecurity experts, including current and former U.S. officials, who said Chinese hackers have targeted almost 30 universities around the world since April 2017 in a bid to steal research associated with military naval technology.

An undated photo of the future USS Washington (SSN 787). The Navy accepted delivery of the

Unknown Hackers Steal Data on North Korean Defectors

An unknown hacker or cyber espionage group penetrated the database of a resettlement agency for North Korean defectors and stole personal information for 997 of its clients, according to a statement from the South Korean Unification Ministry on Friday.

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Report: Obama-Era CIA Suffered ‘Catastrophic’ Tech Compromise in Iran – Before Iran Deal

A Yahoo News report published on Friday quoted several former U.S. intelligence officials who said the covert Internet system employed by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) to communicate with intel sources worldwide suffered a “catastrophic” compromise between 2009 and 2013, evidently beginning with Iran’s vengeful hunt for American spies after the discovery of a secret underground uranium enrichment plant.

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Ten Chinese Agents Charged with Hacking Aviation Companies

The Justice Department unsealed federal charges Tuesday against ten Chinese agents, including intelligence officers, accused of running a five-year hacking operation to steal technology from American aviation companies. The Justice Department promised more indictments of Chinese agents.

US authorities say malware from North Korea may be lurking in computer systems, giving hac

8 Big Points About China’s ‘Big Hack’ of U.S. Computers

Bloomberg Businessweek on Thursday reported on a three-year investigation into computer hardware compromised with spy chips by Chinese military hackers. The full report is lengthy, some of the details remain classified since the investigation is still ongoing, and many particulars of the report are contested by the American companies involved. Following is a summary of the most important elements of the “Big Hack” story.

India defence website 'hacked', 3 other govt websites down

Chinese Phones Identified as Security Risk Sold at U.S. Military Bases

Stars & Stripes reports that smartphones made by the Chinese company Huawei are being sold to U.S. military personnel at exchanges on military bases in Germany. Defense officials explained that until Huawei products are explicitly banned by statute or regulation, they will remain available. A bill that would bar U.S. government contractors from using Huawei equipment is currently making its way through Congress.

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