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Attorney General William P. Barr Announces Indictment of Four Members of China’s Military for Hacking into Equifax | OPA | Department of Justice

By Securities Docket on February 10, 2020, 12:40 pm

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 […]

Posted in Data Breach, Top | Tagged China, Equifax

China Enforces First Action Under Developing Cyber Security Law

By Securities Docket on August 9, 2017, 1:08 pm

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 […]

Posted in Regulatory, Top | Tagged China

Chinas new cybersecurity law takes effect today — CNBC

By Securities Docket on June 1, 2017, 9:07 am

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 […]

Posted in Regulatory, Top | Tagged China

China says criminals were behind US federal data breach — TNW News

By Securities Docket on December 3, 2015, 9:37 am

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 […]

Posted in Data Breach, Global | Tagged China, OPM

China to Get Tough on Cybersecurity – WSJ

By Securities Docket on July 9, 2015, 8:09 am

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 […]

Posted in Regulatory, Top | Tagged China

McCaul: Fed data breach “most significant” in history – CBS News

By Securities Docket on June 8, 2015, 7:21 am

“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 […]

Posted in Data Breach, Top | Tagged China

Cybersecurity Giant FireEye Accuses Chinese Government of Major Hacking Operation | DC Inno

By Securities Docket on April 13, 2015, 9:06 am

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 […]

Posted in Regulatory, Risk Mgmt, Top | Tagged China, Hackers

Canada Blames China for Data Breach – GovInfoSecurity

By Securities Docket on July 30, 2014, 9:51 am

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

Posted in Data Breach, Regulatory | Tagged Canada, China

Lew says cybersecurity on agenda for US-China talks | TheHill

By Securities Docket on July 2, 2014, 9:28 am

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 […]

Posted in Regulatory, Top | Tagged China

Pittsburgh Is Fertile Ground for Prosecution of Cybercrime Cases | The Legal Intelligencer

By Securities Docket on June 10, 2014, 7:50 am

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.

Posted in Regulatory, Top | Tagged China, Russia

Second China unit accused of cyber crime — FT

By Securities Docket on June 10, 2014, 7:49 am

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 […]

Posted in Data Breach, Top | Tagged China, Hackers

China to block IT products that don’t pass cybersecurity vetting — PCWorld

By Securities Docket on May 22, 2014, 7:52 am

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

Posted in Regulatory | Tagged China

China halts cybersecurity cooperation with U.S. over hacking charges | GlobalPost

By Securities Docket on May 20, 2014, 7:42 am

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

Posted in Regulatory, Top | Tagged China, Hackers

China on frontlines of cyber security threat — Xinhua

By Securities Docket on April 20, 2014, 9:48 am

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 […]

Posted in Regulatory, Risk Mgmt, Top | Tagged China

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