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Join the Cybersecurity and Incident Response Group on LinkedInAttorney General William P. Barr Announces Indictment of Four Members of China’s Military for Hacking into Equifax | OPA | Department of Justice
As described in the indictment, the hackers broke into Equifax’s network through a vulnerability in the company’s dispute resolution website. Once in the network, the hackers spent weeks conducting reconnaissance, uploading malicious software, and stealing login credentials, all to set the stage to steal vast amounts of data from Equifax’s systems. While doing this, the […]
China Enforces First Action Under Developing Cyber Security Law
China’s Cyber Security Law (the Law) went into effect on June 1. We have now seen the first enforcement action under the Law (news report in Chinese here). Chongqing’s Public Security Bureau (PSB) issued a warning to a local Internet data center company for failure to preserve a blog. The company was ordered to rectify […]
Chinas new cybersecurity law takes effect today — CNBC
Chinas new cybersecurity law takes effect today, and experts are rattled about what it all means.The law has been largely touted by Beijing as a milestone in data privacy regulations, but critics say authorities havent provided enough information about how the wide-reaching law will be implemented. Thats a big concern, as failure to comply carries […]
China says criminals were behind US federal data breach — TNW News
China has finally acknowledged that this year’s cyberattack on the US Office of Personnel Management — in which more than 21.5 million citizens’ personal information was accessed — originated from within its borders. But the government asserts that it was the work of criminals and not ordered or carried out by the state. via China says […]
China to Get Tough on Cybersecurity – WSJ
China has released a draft cybersecurity law that seeks to beef up Beijing’s ability to guard against cyberthreats and protect data on Chinese users, while also tightening controls over the Internet. Chinese officials have made passage of a cybersecurity law a priority for this year, reflecting the urgency of the issue in the national-security agenda […]
McCaul: Fed data breach “most significant” in history – CBS News
“This is the most significant breach of federal networks in U.S. history,” McCaul said in an interview on CBS’ “Face the Nation” Sunday. “In my judgment, this was an attack by China against the United States government. It quantifies to espionage. And that raises all sorts of issues that we need to deal with. via […]
Cybersecurity Giant FireEye Accuses Chinese Government of Major Hacking Operation | DC Inno
On Sunday, the popular public stalwart of cybersecurity operations, FireEye, released a stark 65 page report outlining a series of high profile corporate espionage and cyber spying offenses against targets located throughout Asia. Evidence collected by FireEye following “months” of research, led FireEye’s APAC CTO Bryce Boland to tell TechCrunch, “There’s no smoking gun that […]
Canada Blames China for Data Breach – GovInfoSecurity
A “highly sophisticated Chinese state-sponsored actor” is responsible for a recent data breach at the National Research Council of Canada, according to Canada’s chief information officer. via Canada Blames China for Data Breach – GovInfoSecurity
Lew says cybersecurity on agenda for US-China talks | TheHill
Treasury Secretary Jack Lew said Tuesday he will continue to press China toward changing its cybersecurity policies to better protect U.S. companies from intellectual property theft. Lew said he hoped to make more progress on closing the gap between the views held by Washington and Beijing over the role governments play in protecting trade secrets […]
Pittsburgh Is Fertile Ground for Prosecution of Cybercrime Cases | The Legal Intelligencer
A pair of recent international cybercrime cases out of Pittsburgh—one against an organized conspiracy based in Russia and another against a hacking unit of the Chinese military—have been heralded as groundbreaking and likely forecast a focus on that kind of prosecution. via Pittsburgh Is Fertile Ground for Prosecution of Cybercrime Cases | The Legal Intelligencer.
Second China unit accused of cyber crime — FT
A second Chinese military unit has been accused of cyber crime, just weeks after the U.S. charged five Chinese officers with alleged economic espionage. CrowdStrike, a cyber security company, claims to have found a group of hackers operating under the code name “Putter Panda”. The Shanghai-based unit is accused of hacking into companies around the […]
China to block IT products that don’t pass cybersecurity vetting — PCWorld
China is threatening to block companies from selling IT products in the nation if they fail to pass a new “cybersecurity vetting system” meant to weed out secret spying and surveillance activities. via China to block IT products that don’t pass cybersecurity vetting — PCWorld
China halts cybersecurity cooperation with U.S. over hacking charges | GlobalPost
China said Tuesday that it has decided to suspend its cooperation with the United States on cybersecurity issues, in a furious reaction to Washington’s indictment of five Chinese military officials for alleged hacking. via China halts cybersecurity cooperation with U.S. over hacking charges — GlobalPost
China on frontlines of cyber security threat — Xinhua
Twenty years after it embraced the internet, China has become a cyber giant, but a weak one vulnerable to a skyrocketing number of threats. Since China formally became a member of the global internet club on April 20, 1994, internet users had grown to 618 million at the end of last year, the largest number […]