Security News > 2019 > May > Senator: US govt staff may be sending their smartphone web traffic 'wrapped in a bow' to Russia, China via VPNs
2019-05-30 19:49
No policy to stop use of dodgy foreign network providers. You'd hope common sense would prevail, but... US government workers may be placing America's national security at risk as there is no official policy banning them from running their smartphones' personal and official internet traffic through untrustworthy foreign-hosted VPN services.…
News URL
http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2019/05/30/dhs_alarm_vpn/
Related news
- US Cyber Command reportedly pauses cyberattacks on Russia (source)
- China's Silk Typhoon, tied to US Treasury break-in, now hammers IT and govt targets (source)
- Feds name and charge alleged Silk Typhoon spies behind years of China-on-US attacks (source)
- China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea Intelligence Sharing (source)
- Vivaldi integrates Proton VPN into the browser to fight web tracking (source)
- China’s FamousSparrow flies back into action, breaches US org after years off the radar (source)