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Get out of Huawei, it's an avalanche of news from everyone's favourite Chinese bogeyman
2019-05-17 14:28

We read this week's Huawei happenings and filleted it so you don't have to Roundup Huawei has been kicked by a US national emergency proclamation hitting "foreign" gear, spent some cash in France,...

Researchers Link Disparate Chinese Hacking Groups
2019-05-15 20:27

The Chinese government appears to have centralized control over several hacking groups previously believed to be separate threat actors, the BlackBerry Cylance Threat Intelligence security...

Reverse Engineering a Chinese Surveillance App
2019-05-13 11:37

Human Rights Watch has reverse engineered an app used by the Chinese police to conduct mass surveillance on Turkic Muslims in Xinjiang. The details are fascinating, and chilling. Boing Boing post....

Chinese Men Charged With Hacking Health Insurer Anthem
2019-05-10 13:18

Data of 78.8 Million Individuals Was Encrypted, Sent to China, US AllegesTwo Chinese men have been indicted on charges related to the breach of health insurer Anthem, which saw the personal...

U.S. Charges Chinese Hackers Over Massive 2015 Anthem Breach
2019-05-10 12:27

The U.S. Justice Department on Thursday announced charges against members of an “extremely sophisticated hacking group operating in China” in connection with the massive 2015 data breach that...

Uncle Sam accuses Chinese pair of romping through Anthem's servers for almost a year
2019-05-09 23:30

Fujie charged with killing them softly with his scripts. And by them, we mean, the healthcare giant's computers US prosecutors today formally accused two people of being part of a Chinese hacking...

US indicts a Chinese hacking crew that romped through Anthem's servers for almost a year
2019-05-09 23:30

Fujie accused of killing them softly with his scripts The US Department of Justice has announced indictments against two members of a China-based hacking crew it says was behind one of the biggest...

U.S. Charges Chinese Hacker For 2015 Anthem Data Breach
2019-05-09 21:48

The United States Justice Department today announced charges against a Chinese hacker and his hacking team member for their alleged role in the 2015 massive data breach at health insurance giant...

Chinese Hackers Behind 2015 Anthem Data Breach Indicted
2019-05-09 21:07

Two have been indicted in the 2015 massive data breach of health insurer Anthem, which compromised the data of at least 78 million customers.

Remember those stolen CIA hacking tools leaked online by the Shadow Brokers? The Chinese had them a year before
2019-05-07 19:39

Or so claims Symantec Months before CIA-built hacking tools were leaked to the public by a group calling itself the Shadow Brokers, the exploit code was apparently being used by Chinese state...