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U.S. Confirms Chinese Hackers Compromised Telecommunications Networks

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telecommunications infrastructure. broadband providers, including AT&T, Verizon, and Lumen Technologies. We have identified that PRC-affiliated actors have compromised networks at multiple telecommunications companies to enable the theft of customer call records data," CISA and the FBI explained in the joint release​.

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On Chinese "Spy Trains"

Schneier on Security

Meanwhile, the chairman of China's technology giant Huawei has pointed to NSA spying disclosed by Edward Snowden as a reason to mistrust US technology companies. Even so, these examples illustrate an important point: there's no escaping the technology of inevitable surveillance.

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Experts link Hermit spyware to Italian surveillance firm RCS Lab and a front company

Security Affairs

Experts uncovered an enterprise-grade surveillance malware dubbed Hermit used to target individuals in Kazakhstan, Syria, and Italy since 2019. Lookout Threat Lab researchers uncovered enterprise-grade Android surveillance spyware, named Hermit, used by the government of Kazakhstan to track individuals within the country.

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Attorney General William Barr on Encryption Policy

Schneier on Security

Some hold this view dogmatically, claiming that it is technologically impossible to provide lawful access without weakening security against unlawful access. This is exactly the policy debate we should be having­not the fake one about whether or not we can have both security and surveillance.

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Attorney General Barr and Encryption

Schneier on Security

Some hold this view dogmatically, claiming that it is technologically impossible to provide lawful access without weakening security against unlawful access. This is exactly the policy debate we should be having -- not the fake one about whether or not we can have both security and surveillance.

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Section 889: the US Regulation that extends far beyond the US

IT Security Guru

It went into effect on 13 th August 2020 and addresses the new prohibition on the use of banned telecommunications equipment and services, while also clarifying the ban from 2019 on buying such equipment. There are five specific companies that fall under the category of ‘Prohibited Technology’. government and industry. .

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3.5m IP cameras exposed, with US in the lead

Security Affairs

Businesses and homeowners increasingly rely on internet protocol (IP) cameras for surveillance. And while cosmetic security measures are in place, security leaders have long warned that technologies produced by Chinese companies can be exploited by China’s government. Surge in internet-facing cameras. Most insecure brands.