Hacking
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Japan days away from running out of Asahi Super Dry due to cyber attack – reports
The attack forced the company to halt production at most of its 30 factories nationwide, including those produ…
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South Korea raises cyber threat level after huge data centre fire sparks hacking fears
National cyber security centre raises alert level to ‘caution’ as technicians race to restore government syste…
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North Korea behind $1.5bn hack of crypto exchange ByBit, says FBI
The US agency said it refers to this specific North Korean malicious cyber activity as ‘TraderTraitor’North Ko…
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UK-based lawyers for Hong Kong activist Jimmy Lai targeted by Chinese state
Exclusive: Barristers at Doughty Street Chambers say they have been subject to surveillance, hacking and rape …
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The good hacker: can Taiwanese activist turned politician Audrey Tang detoxify the internet?
As the ‘civic hacker’ who became Taiwan’s first transgender cabinet minister, she is used to breaking boundari…
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FBI chief says Chinese hackers have infiltrated critical US infrastructure
Volt Typhoon hacking campaign is waiting ‘for just the right moment to deal a devastating blow’, says Christop…
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Western governments struggle to coordinate response to Chinese hacking
Experts say UK-imposed sanctions will make no difference when hacking is part of ecosystem of dealing with Bei…
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Why didn’t New Zealand impose sanctions on China?
New Zealand did not follow the US and UK in imposing financial restrictions after accusing Beijing of links to…
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Tuesday briefing: Why the US and UK are going public with warnings about Chinese hacking
In today’s newsletter: Information about 40 million UK voters was stolen by Chinese spies in a hack that also …
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New Zealand parliament targeted in China-backed hack in 2021, spy agency says
China’s NZ embassy denies involvement with the cyber-attack as fresh details provided in the wake of similar b…
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Cyber-attacks by North Korea raked in $3bn to build nuclear weapons, UN monitors suspect
Report is said to show that attacks on cryptocurrency-related companies helped development of dictatorship’s w…
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FBI and MI5 leaders give unprecedented joint warning on Chinese spying
Christopher Wray joins Ken McCallum in London, calling Beijing the ‘biggest long-term threat to economic secur…
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Don’t accidentally hire a North Korean hacker, FBI warns
Employing remote IT workers who are secretly working for Kim Jong-un’s regime poses risks and may breach sanct…
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MPs criticise cyber agency for not aiding China rights group after it was hacked
Ipac’s website went offline following comments about lawyer Christine Lee reportedly seeking to influence MPsM…
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MPs criticise cyber agency for not aiding China rights group after it was hacked
Ipac’s website went offline following comments about lawyer Christine Lee reportedly seeking to influence MPsM…