Security News

Telegram CEO Fingers China State Actors for DDoS Attack
2019-06-13 15:04

Durov took to Twitter to hint that Beijing tried to take Telegram offline to disrupt the Hong Kong protests.

Telegram Suffers 'Powerful DDoS Attack' From China During Hong Kong Protests
2019-06-13 10:48

Telegram, one of the most popular encrypted messaging app, briefly went offline yesterday for hundreds of thousands of users worldwide after a powerful distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack...

Telegram Hit by Cyber-attack, CEO Points to HK Protests, China
2019-06-13 05:02

Encrypted messaging service Telegram suffered a major cyber-attack that appeared to originate from China, the company's CEO said Thursday, linking it to the ongoing political unrest in Hong Kong. read more

China Telecom Routes European Traffic to Its Network for Two Hours
2019-06-10 13:30

For two hours last week, a BGP route leak resulted in large portions of European Internet traffic being routed through China Telecom’s network. read more

Spain Extradites 94 Taiwanese to China on Phone Scam Charges
2019-06-07 13:19

Spain has extradited 94 Taiwanese to China to face telephone and online fraud charges, drawing protest from Taiwan's government. The suspects arrived Friday morning at Beijing airport on a...

You go that way, we'll go Huawei: China Computer Federation kicks back at IEEE in tit-for-tat spat
2019-05-31 11:55

Now they're withdrawing co-operation too Following disquiet over the IEEE's decision to block Huawei-linked researchers from doing various academic tasks, a Chinese computer research body has...

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...

CIA traitor spy thrown in the clink for selling secrets to China. Stack Overflow, TeamViewer admit: We were hacked...
2019-05-18 10:01

...And more from the world of infosec this week Roundup Here's a quick catch-up of all things infosec beyond what we've already reported this week.…

Dutch Probe China's Huawei for Possible Spying: Report
2019-05-16 14:15

Dutch intelligence services are investigating Huawei for possibly spying for the Chinese government by leaving a "back door" to data of customers of major telecoms firms, a report said Thursday. read more

U.S. Blocks China Mobile, Citing National Security
2019-05-10 01:40

US regulators on Thursday denied a request by China Mobile to operate in the US market and provide international telecommunications services, saying links to the Chinese government pose a national...