Chinese Cyberwarfare capabilities - Enter the cyber dragon....

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https://techcrunch.com/2019/11/22/chinese-spy-defects-to-australia-alleging-election-interference-and-cybercrimes/2019/11/22/chinese-spy-defects-to-australia-alleging-election-interference-and-cybercrimes/

 

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UN approves Russian-sponsored, China-backed bid on new cybercrime convention

The resolution was approved on Friday by the general assembly by a vote of 79-60, with 33 abstentions

www.scmp.com

 

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US concern at Huawei isn’t bluff or bluster

If you had a neighbour who came over and rummaged through your garage tools every day, occasionally slipping silverware from your kitchen, would you trust him to redo the locks on your house?

www.telegraph.co.uk

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Facing Pushback From Allies, U.S. Set for Broader Huawei Effort

The U.S. is preparing for a longer and broader campaign to banish Huawei Technologies from next-generation 5G cellular networks around the world, as Washington faces resistance on the front line of its lobbying campaign.

www.wsj.com

 

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Pentagon Blocks Clampdown on Huawei Sales

The Commerce Department has withdrawn proposed regulations making it harder for U.S. companies to sell to Huawei from their overseas facilities after objections from the Pentagon and the Treasury Department.

www.wsj.com

 

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Huawei will be allowed to build parts of Britain’s 5G network

Huawei will be allowed to build parts of Britain’s 5G network, Boris Johnson has ruled.

www.telegraph.co.uk

Politics latest news: Dominic Raab admits risk in UK telecoms cannot be eliminated after Huawei given role in 5G

Dominic Raab has admitted it is impossible to eliminate risk from telecoms as he said it was the Government's job to "reduce vulnerabilities" after Huawei was given a role in the UK's roll out of 5G.

www.telegraph.co.uk

UK defies US and refuses to ban Huawei from 5G networks

Telcos can use the equipment with restrictions.

www.theverge.com

 

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EU will not ban Huawei, but impose 'strict' 5G rules

METATEXT

www.sinodaily.com

 

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Dominic Raab admits risk in UK telecoms cannot be eliminated after Huawei given role in 5G (The Daily Telegraph)

Key Republicans seek ban on intel sharing with countries that use Huawei

The legislation could potentially downgrade America’s “special relationship” with the U.K., which is reportedly expected to grant Chinese telecom giant Huawei some access to its nascent 5G network.

www.c4isrnet.com

 

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Germany Has Proof That Huawei Worked With Chinese Intelligence: Handelsblatt - Slashdot

The German government is in possession of evidence that Huawei, the leading maker of telecoms network equipment, has collaborated with Chinese intelligence, the Handelsblatt daily reported on Wednesday. Reuters: "At the end of 2019, intelligence was passed to us by the U.S., according to which...

it.slashdot.org

 

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U.S. Indicts Four Chinese Military Members Over 2017 Equifax Hack

The U.S. Department of Justice has announced that four members of the Chinese military have been indicted for the 2017 hack of Equifax that compromised

gizmodo.com

 

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Huawei Can Covertly Access Telecom Networks, US Officials Say - Slashdot

U.S. officials say Huawei can covertly access mobile-phone networks around the world through "back doors" designed for use by law enforcement [Editor's note: the link may be paywalled; an alternative source was not immediately available.], as Washington tries to persuade allies to exclude the...

news.slashdot.org

 

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Via Slashdot:

The US is charging Huawei with racketeering | TechCrunch

Ratcheting up its pressure campaign against Huawei and its affiliates, the Department of Justice and the FBI announced today that it has brought 16

techcrunch.com

 

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Looks Like Huawei Might Be Screwed This Time [Update: Huawei Responded]

The Department of Justice announced on Thursday that it was unsealing a superseding indictment against Chinese tech giant Huawei, charging the company and

gizmodo.com

 

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Huawei: US issues new charges of racketeering and theft

US prosecutors have added racketeering and theft to a list of charges against the embattled telecoms company.

www.bbc.com

 

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Huawei's Silicon Valley Outpost Allegedly Stole Trade Secrets From Cisco - Slashdot

"Controversial Chinese technology firm Huawei and its Santa Clara-based subsidiary Futurewei allegedly stole trade secrets from San Jose tech giant Cisco and used them to copy Cisco routers," reports the San Jose Mercury News, citing the federal indictment released Thursday. The U.S. Department...

yro.slashdot.org

 

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Two stories via Slashdot:

In Coronavirus Fight, China Gives Citizens a Color Code, With Red Flags (Published 2020)

A new system uses software to dictate quarantines — and appears to send personal data to police, in a troubling precedent for automated social control.

www.nytimes.com

Exclusive: Newly obtained documents show Huawei role in shipping prohibited U.S. gear to Iran

China’s Huawei Technologies, which for years has denied violating American trade sanctions on Iran, produced internal company records in 2010 that show it was directly involved in sending prohibited U.S. computer equipment to Iran’s largest mobile-phone operator.

www.reuters.com

 

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How China Built a Twitter Propaganda Machine Then Let It Loose on Coronavirus

ProPublica analyzed thousands of fake and hijacked Twitter accounts to understand how covert Chinese propaganda spreads around the globe.

www.propublica.org

In other news, from last Friday:

US Officials Reportedly Agree To Cut Off Huawei From Global Chip Suppliers - Slashdot

Senior U.S. government officials have agreed to new rules to cut off Huawei from global chip suppliers, according to a Reuters report Thursday, citing sources familiar with the matter. CNET reports: Under the new measures, foreign companies that use American chipmaking equipment would first...

yro.slashdot.org

 

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Raytheon Gets OK, $378M To Replace Risky OCX Hardware - Breaking Defense

"Raytheon has been executing as planned, giving us confidence in OCX’s ability to transition into operations,” Lt. Gen. John Thompson, SMC commander, said today.

breakingdefense.com

 

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China floods Facebook with undeclared coronavirus propaganda ads blaming Trump

Exclusive: State news outlets have bought numerous ads extolling China's response to the pandemic and attacking the mistakes of the US

www.telegraph.co.uk

 

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BlackBerry uncovers China-backed hacking campaign

The Waterloo-based company says it has uncovered how China-backed hackers have been able to extract data without being noticed.

kitchener.ctvnews.ca

 

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The Great Firewall is apparently being reinforced:

China to ban online gaming, chatting with foreigners outside Great Firewall: report | Taiwan News | 2020-04-15 17:00:00

Say goodbye to your guildmates in China, as CCP extends its political censorship to online gaming world | 2020-04-15 17:00:00

www.taiwannews.com.tw

 

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I'm not seeing the point of this topic. It is increasingly random and unrelated to the original post.

 

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China’s strategy to reorient US tech companies is exposed — what next?

The government of China has been engaged in a deliberate campaign to re-orient U.S. technology companies towards China.

thehill.com

 

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Internet Governance Body RIPE Opposes China's Internet Protocols Upgrade Plan - Slashdot

EU-based Internet governance body RIPE is opposing a proposal to remodel core internet protocols, a proposal backed by the Chinese government, Chinese telecoms, and Chinese networking equipment vendor Huawei. From a report: Named "New IP," this proposal consists of a revamped version of the...

tech.slashdot.org

 

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Chinese Internet Users Who Uploaded Coronavirus Memories To GitHub Have Been Arrested - Slashdot

schwit1 shares a report from Quartz: A group of volunteers in China who worked to prevent digital records of the coronavirus outbreak from being scrubbed by censors are now targets of a crackdown. Cai Wei, a Beijing-based man who participated in one such project on GitHub, the software...

yro.slashdot.org

Chinese Agents Helped Spread Messages That Sowed Virus Panic In US: Officials - Slashdot

An anonymous reader quotes a report from The New York Times: The alarming messages came fast and furious in mid-March, popping up on the cellphone screens and social media feeds of millions of Americans grappling with the onset of the coronavirus pandemic. Spread the word, the messages said: The...

news.slashdot.org

 

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US to accuse China of trying to hack vaccine research amid surge in cybertheft

Pointed allegation forms part of a deeper counter-strategy

www.independent.co.uk

 

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Boris Johnson to reduce Huawei’s role in Britain’s 5G network in the wake of coronavirus outbreak

The Prime Minister has instructed officials to draw up plans that would see China’s involvement in the UK's 5G network reduced to zero

www.telegraph.co.uk

 

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Fresh UK review into Huawei role in 5G networks

The National Cyber Security Centre involvement follows new US sanctions on Chinese telecoms giant.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

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YouTube is deleting comments with two phrases that insult China’s Communist Party

The two anti-communist phrases you can’t say on YouTube.

www.theverge.com

YouTube fixes error that deleted comments critical of the Chinese Communist Party

YouTube says it’s now begun fixing the problem

www.theverge.com

More that likely this 'error' was a hack and/or inside job.

 

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Chinese Bank Required Two Western Companies to Use Tax Software With a Hidden Backdoor - Slashdot

A Chinese bank required at least two western companies to install malware-laced tax software, according to a new report from the cyber-security firm Trustwave. "The two companies are a UK-based technology/software vendor and a major financial institution, both of which had recently opened...

it.slashdot.org

America Pushes Europe to Reject Chinese Baggage Screening Tech - Slashdot

An anonymous reader quotes Engadget: The U.S. fight against Chinese technology appears to be extending to another category: the security screening you normally see at the airport or border. Wall Street Journal sources understand the National Security Council and other U.S. agencies are pushing...

yro.slashdot.org

 

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UK universities comply with China's internet restrictions

But universities reject that tests on online learning in China are accepting "censorship".

www.bbc.com

 

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UK universities comply with China's internet restrictions

But universities reject that tests on online learning in China are accepting "censorship".

www.bbc.com

One wonders what leverage China has over them.

 

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UK universities comply with China's internet restrictions

But universities reject that tests on online learning in China are accepting "censorship".

www.bbc.com

One wonders what leverage China has over them.

10 or so years from now the world will be remembering the halcyon days of US hegemony.

 

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Quite possible. Certainly the days of Liberal Democracy seem numbered.

 

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One wonders what leverage China has over them.

At least partly financial, though I wouldn't be surprised at all if there was more individually targeted blackmail involved here and there. Recordings of bribes taken, oaths broken, goats in beds, all that sort of thing.

 

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Telecoms firms call for target on pulling out Huawei kit to be eased

The country's biggest mobile networks may also call for compensation as Government mulls Huawei ban

www.telegraph.co.uk

 

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UK to purge Huawei from 5G by end of 2027, siding with Trump over China

Prime Minister Boris Johnson ordered Huawei equipment to be purged completely from Britain's 5G network by the end of 2027, risking the ire of China by signalling that the world's biggest telecoms equipment maker is not welcome in the West.

www.reuters.com

As Britain bans Huawei, U.S. pressure mounts on Europe to follow suit

Britain's decision to ban China's Huawei from its 5G network increases further pressure on EU countries to impose stricter limits on the world's largest telecoms equipment maker just as the company expands its footprint across Europe.

www.reuters.com

 

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Malware stashed in China-mandated software is more extensive than thought

Move over GoldenSpy, earlier GoldenHelper malware also targeted businesses in China.

arstechnica.com

 

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Flag lowered at US consulate in Chengdu as China takes control

Troops posted outside building as Chinese authorities take over diplomatic mission

www.theguardian.com

 

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Former CIA officer charged with spying for China

The method prosecutors said they used to get Alexander Yuk Ching Ma to reveal the nature of his espionage was worthy of a spy novel itself.

www.nbcnews.com