U.S. ask allies not to buy network equipment from Huawei
The United States is asking allies in Europe to stop purchasing network equipment from Huawei, China. The hope is that a subsidy for companies and governments to buy equipment from other companies will make them change their minds. For example, the U.S. government intends to enforce its ban on Chine... Read more
Oracle confirms: China Telecom led U.S. Internet traffic to
Oracles Internet Intelligence division today confirmed the findings of an academic research paper that accuses China of taking over the crucial backbone of the Internet from Western hands. China Telecom would hijack Internet traffic from the west and redirect it through its own infrastructure.
The r... Read more
Trump hint to antitrust investigation Amazon, Facebook and Google
Silicon Valley is on the edge of his seat. President Donald Trump announced that his government is seriously considering an antitrust investigation into Amazon, Facebook and Google. According to Trump, the three tech companies have a monopoly position, which is why a study may be carried out.
At lea... Read more
Americans sue Chinese and Taiwanese companies for stealing trade secrets
The Department of Justice has today charged two companies - one from China and one from Taiwan - as well as three Taiwanese. They would have stolen trade secrets from an American semiconductor development and manufacturing company.
The American government claims that the Chinese government is violat... Read more
Americans sue Chinese hackers for stealing information from aerospace companies
The US Attorney General's office today charged ten Chinese spies with hacking American and European aerospace companies. Six hackers, two Chinese intelligence agents and two insiders were part of a conspiracy to steal information from the companies concerned.
The indictment states that the ten Chine... Read more
U.S. government network infected with malware after employee visited 9,000 porn sites
A government employee has been blamed for infecting the computer network of the American Geological Survey with malware. This is because the employee is said to have visited no less than 9,000 porn sites via his USGS laptop. Part of it was hosted in Russia.
The employee not only visited numerous por... Read more
“Chinese and Russian spies eavesdropping on American President Donald Trump.
Chinese and Russian spies are listening to American President Donald Trump's phone calls. The chief executive owns three iPhones, two from the government and a personal one, which he would use very regularly to call friends, business partners and acquaintances. That's why he's vulnerable, according ... Read more
Also AWS and Super Micro want Bloomberg to rectify story about Chinese spy chips
After Apple's Tim Cook asked Bloomberg yesterday to withdraw his story about Chinese espionage chips, now the CEOs of Amazon Web Services and server manufacturer Super Micro are also doing so. Earlier Bloomberg stated that Chinese microchips had compromised the computer networks of as many as thirty... Read more
Apple CEO asks Bloomberg to rectify message about Chinese spy chips
Apple CEO Tim Cook wants financial news agency Bloomberg to withdraw a recent controversial story about Chinese microchips on U.S. servers. The boss of the world's largest tech company hopes that the news agency will do the right thing and expects a formal rectification.
Buzzfeed News reports that o... Read more
“Several critical vulnerabilities found in American weapon systems.
The U.S. Army invested more than a trillion dollars in his arsenal of weapons. However, a report states that not enough attention has been paid to its security. Critical cyber vulnerabilities are said to have been found in the advanced weapon systems.
This is apparent from a report by the US Governm... Read more