Security News

Police Probe Sale of 130 Million Chinese Hotel-Goers' Data
2018-08-30 11:48

Hotel Giant Huazhu May Have Accidentally Uploaded Access Credentials to GitHubPolice in Shanghai are investigating the apparent loss of 130 million customers' personal details from Huazhu Hotels...

Chinese hotel chain warns of massive customer data theft
2018-08-29 23:55

130 million could be impacted by Huazhu Group hack China’s largest hotel chain is investigating an apparent data theft that is said to involve as many as half a billion pieces of information.…

Juno this ain't right! Chinese hackers target Alaska
2018-08-16 20:11

Tsinghua University blamed for espionage attack An attack on US government facilities in Alaska has been traced back to China's Tsinghua University and a larger hacking effort.…

Accenture forms strategic alliance, invests in Chinese AI start-up Malong Technologies
2018-08-14 13:59

Accenture has formed a strategic alliance with and made an investment in Malong Technologies, an artificial intelligence (AI) start-up headquartered in Shenzhen, China. Through the alliance,...

Pentagon 'do not buy' list says нет to Russia, 不要 to Chinese code
2018-07-30 20:55

Protect and survive, or old-fashioned protectionism – we'll let you decide The US military is drawing up a list of overseas organizations – primarily in Russia and China, funnily enough – that the...

Pentagon 'do not buy' list says nyet to Russia, 没有 to Chinese software
2018-07-30 20:55

Protect and survive – or old-fashioned protectionism, you decide The US military is drawing up a list of overseas organizations – primarily in Russia and China, funnily enough – that the Pentagon...

Chinese Hackers Mount Espionage Campaign During Trump-Putin Summit
2018-07-20 16:05

An uncharacteristic spate of strikes against IoT devices in Finland during the summit was likely an indicator of a coordinated cyberespionage effort, researchers said.

UK's Huawei handler dials back support for Chinese giant's kit in critical infrastructure
2018-07-20 12:17

'Limited assurance' that there is no risk to national security A UK government-run oversight board has expressed misgivings about the security of telecoms kit from Chinese firm Huawei.…

New Report on Chinese Intelligence Cyber-Operations
2018-07-20 11:38

The company ProtectWise just published a long report linking a bunch of Chinese cyber-operations over the past few years. The always interesting gruqq has some interesting commentary on the group...

Apple Transfers Chinese Users' iCloud Data to State-Controlled Data Centers
2018-07-18 16:18

There's terrible news for Apple users in China. Apple's Chinese data center partner has transferred iCloud data, belonging to 130 million China-based users, to a cloud storage service managed by a...