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The state-sponsored Chinese hacking campaign known as Volt Typhoon is exploiting a bug in a California-based startup to hack American and Indian internet companies, according to security researchers. From a report: Volt Typhoon has breached four US fir… Continue reading Chinese Hackers Breach US Internet Firms via Startup, Lumen Says
An anonymous reader quotes a report from CBC.ca: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Monday Canada will impose punitive tariffs on Chinese-made electric vehicles — copying a similar initiative that the U.S. is already pursuing to stop a flood of w… Continue reading Canada To Impose 100% Tariff On Chinese-Made EVs
Ping Li gave the Chinese government information about the country’s hacking of a major U.S. company and cyber training materials, the DOJ said.
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China’s world-leading clean energy boom has passed another benchmark, with its wind and solar capacity surpassing a target set by President Xi Jinping almost six years earlier than planned. From a report: The nation added 25 gigawatts of turbines and p… Continue reading China Hits Xi Jinping’s Renewable Power Target Six Years Early
Approvals for new coal-fired power plants in China dropped by 80% in the first half of this year compared to last, according to an analysis from Greenpeace and the Shanghai Institutes for International Studies. The Associated Press reports: A review of… Continue reading China Is Backing Off Coal Power Plant Approvals
Backdoor in millions of contactless cards made by Shanghai Fudan Microelectronics allows instantaneous cloning of RFID smart cards used to open office doors and hotel rooms around the world.
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Lawmakers want TP-Link to be investigated by the Department of Commerce over concerns that its routers can be easily hacked to infiltrate US systems.
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The top representatives from the chamber’s U.S.-China competition committee want an investigation into TP-Link Technologies and an assessment of its national security risks.
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According to Kaspersky, hackers linked to Chinese threat actors have targeted Russian state agencies and tech companies in a campaign named EastWind. The Record reports: [T]he attackers used the GrewApacha remote access trojan (RAT), an unknown PlugY b… Continue reading China-Linked Hackers Could Be Behind Cyberattacks On Russian State Agencies, Researchers Say
Massive data leak exposes 1.4 billion Tencent user accounts. Leaked data includes emails, phone numbers, and QQ IDs… Continue reading Hackers Leak 1.4 Billion Tencent User Accounts Online