Cybersecurity Starts in the Boardroom
The Belgium government has issued documents to the Chinese government urging them to take action against Chinese hacking groups attacking Belgium public services and military. China: Declaration by the Minister for Foreign Affairs on behalf of the Belgian Government urging Chinese authorities to take action against malicious cyber activities undertaken …
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Of course there is, and in some surprising places. Here is a report by the The Citizen Lab, examining how Microsoft Bing censors autosuggestions on politically sensitive Chinese names and other topics. This is not only applied in China, as we would expect, but in other regions too! Bada Bing, …
This is an interesting story from Cedric Pernet at TechRepublic looking at the types of threats and attacks faced by journalists: State-sponsored cyberespionage campaigns continue targeting journalists and media | TechRepublic It gives you an idea of the investment in time, money and technical resources state sponsored hacking groups make. …
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Well according to report by the House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee it is “incoherent and muted”: Encoding values: Putting tech at the heart of UK foreign policy – Foreign Affairs Committee (parliament.uk) Then there was this from last week: UK response to Chinas tech push ‘incoherent and muted’ • …
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This post was first published on 5 July 2022. The Chinese President, Xi Jinping, is calling for improved cyber security, in the country following the unprecedented alleged data theft by ChinaDan: Security warning after sale of stolen Chinese data – BBC News Details of the theft are starting to be …
