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Researchers unearth more Chinese links to defense contractor attacks

Posted: January 27th, 2012 | Author: | Filed under: Security | Tags: , , , , , , , | No Comments »

Symantec researchers have uncovered additional clues that point to Chinese hacker involvement in attacks against a large number of Western companies, including major U.S. defense contractors.

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Chinese hack on U.S. Chamber went undetected for 6 months

Posted: December 22nd, 2011 | Author: | Filed under: Security | Tags: , , , , , , | No Comments »

Chinese hackers lurked in the U.S. Chamber of Commerce network for six months without being detected, enjoying unrestricted access although it is unknown what information they exploited, according to a published report.

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Report: Google, Intel among Chinese hacker targets

Posted: December 14th, 2011 | Author: | Filed under: Security | Tags: , , , , , , | No Comments »

Cyberspies from China have hit 760 companies, research institutions, ISPs and government agencies over the past decade, according to a Bloomberg article published Tuesday.

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Chinese government defends its Internet policies as open and clear

Posted: October 20th, 2011 | Author: | Filed under: Internet | Tags: , , , , , , | No Comments »

China on Thursday responded to U.S. concerns about its blocking of company websites, saying that China’s Internet policies are open and clear. However, China said it objected to the U.S. exploiting the issue of Internet freedoms to interfere in its internal affairs.

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Suspected Chinese spear-phishing attacks continue to hit Gmail users

Posted: August 13th, 2011 | Author: | Filed under: Security | Tags: , , , , , , | No Comments »

Months after Google said that Chinese hackers were targeting the Gmail accounts of senior U.S. government officials, attempts to hijack Gmail inboxes continue, a researcher said.

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Chinese city draws ire with controversial cloud zone

Posted: June 30th, 2011 | Author: | Filed under: Internet | Tags: , , , , , | No Comments »

A cloud development zone being constructed in the Chinese city of Chongqing has drawn scrutiny for an alleged plan to offer uncensored Internet access, but only for foreign businesses.

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Chinese policies put foreign firms at disadvantage, U.S. report concludes

Posted: May 21st, 2011 | Author: | Filed under: Security | Tags: , , , , , , , | No Comments »

In order to boost local Chinese companies and thwart foreign-based firms, the Chinese government has shown strong favoritism toward Chinese-owned manufacturers in the telecommunications and software markets, according to a U.S. government agency report.

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Report: Chinese Far Outstrip US in Cyberspy Fight

Posted: April 15th, 2011 | Author: | Filed under: Security | Tags: , , , , | No Comments »

While most of the IT world was fretting over the break-in at Epsilon that probably netted some organized crime group a few million pre-confirmed email addresses, U.S. IT espionage specialists were finishing up a report showing the Epsilon hack is small potatoes compared to China.

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‘Sloppy’ Chinese hackers scored data-theft coup with ‘Night Dragon’

Posted: February 14th, 2011 | Author: | Filed under: Security | Tags: , , , , , , , | No Comments »

Chinese hackers who were “incredibly sloppy” still managed to steal gigabytes of data from Western energy companies, a McAfee executive said today.

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Google stops redirecting Chinese search traffic to .hk site

Posted: June 29th, 2010 | Author: | Filed under: Internet | Tags: , , , , , , | No Comments »

Google has stopped automatically redirecting some search traffic from China to its Hong Kong search engine in a bid to placate angry Chinese officials, the company said Tuesday.

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