China spy agency warns of growing cybersecurity threats amid call for Intel review

China spy agency warns of growing cybersecurity threats amid call for Intel review

China’s top spy agency has warned of state security threats following a Chinese cybersecurity group’s call for a review of Intel products sold on the mainland. “Cybersecurity threats and risks are becoming more pronounced, permeating various fields such as politics, economics, culture, society, ecology and national defence,” the Ministry of State Security (MSS) said in … Read more

Telegram CEO’s arrest assault on basic human rights: Edward Snowden

Telegram CEO’s arrest assault on basic human rights: Edward Snowden

San Francisco: US NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden on Sunday backed Telegram Founder Pavel Durov, saying his arrest is “an assault on the basic human rights of speech and association”. In a post on X social media platform, Snowden who was granted Russian citizenship last year, said that the moved has lowered not only France but … Read more

CrowdStrike-Microsoft outage: Chinese cybersecurity firms take victory lap

CrowdStrike-Microsoft outage: Chinese cybersecurity firms take victory lap

Chinese cybersecurity companies are taking advantage of the massive Microsoft Windows outage that upended businesses and grounded flights around the world on Thursday and Friday by promoting their own software, as Beijing pushes to cut the country’s reliance on foreign suppliers. Austin, Texas-based cybersecurity company CrowdStrike caused the outage, one of the largest in history, … Read more

Britain’s got some of Europe’s toughest surveillance laws. Now it wants more – POLITICO

Britain’s got some of Europe’s toughest surveillance laws. Now it wants more – POLITICO

Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. LONDON — The U.K. already has some of the most far-reaching surveillance laws in the democratic world. Now it’s rushing to beef them up even further — and tech firms are spooked. Britain’s government wants to build on its landmark Investigatory Powers Act, a … Read more