Sitemap - 2020 - Daily Cyber and Tech Digest

A New Global Technology Initiative - The Sydney Dialogue | Swedish court upholds 5G ban for Huawei | Four massive tech companies join legal battle against Israeli hacking firm NSO

China used stolen data to expose CIA operatives | Universities warn foreign interference measures must be 'carefully calibrated' | Far-right chat groups discovered in German police department

How China censored the Coronavirus | U.S. charges China-based Zoom executive with disrupting Tiananmen crackdown commemorations | Dozens of journalists hacked with NSO 'zero-click' spyware

US nuclear weapons agency breached | France feuds with Facebook over disinformation | Alibaba showed clients how to use software that detected Uighur faces

Suspected Chinese hackers stole camera footage from African Union | Israeli spy firm suspected of accessing global telecoms via Channel Islands | NEW ICPC REPORT: The influence environment

French & Russian trolls wrestle for influence in Africa, FB says / China suspected of spying via Caribbean phone networks / Scope of Russian hack becomes clear: Multiple U.S. agencies were hit

US agencies hacked in foreign cyber espionage campaign linked to Russia | Israeli spy tech firm says it can break into Signal app | Thailand's digital activism

Hackers spied on U.S. Treasury emails for a foreign government | In India Facebook fears crackdown on hate groups could backfire on staff | Huawei worked on surveillance systems to identify ethnicity

US to curtail China Telecom's operation in the states | More regular auditing for Australia's Cyber Security agencies | Facebook's ad revenue behemoth and online scammers.

FTC calls for breakup of Facebook | BioNTech/Pfizer data accessed in cyberattack on EU medicines agency | Xinjiang data platform deems people suspicious by association

FireEye hacked by nation-state | Huawei tested AI software that could alert police to Uighurs | AFP's new hacking powers referred to committee

NEW REPORT: Attempted influence in disguise | NSA Warns That Russia Is Attacking Remote Work Platforms | UAE target of cyber attacks after Israel deal

‘Havana Syndrome' likely caused by microwave energy | China tweet that enraged Australia propelled by 'unusual' accounts | Chinese Scientists Claim Breakthrough in Quantum Computing Race

Facebook to remove Covid-19 vaccine misinfo | IBM finds cyber attacks targeting vaccines | Cyber Command sent to Estonia to protect U.S. election

WeChat censors Scott Morrison's post | North Korea-linked hackers targeted J&J, Novavax in hunt for COVID research | Journalists struggle through information blackout in Ethiopia

Twitter suspends Thai royalist account linked to influence campaign | Tech giants complicit in industrial-scale repression in Vietnam | Researchers find cellphone location surveillance in 25 countries

EU seeks anti-China alliance on tech with Biden | Aus MPs unite to condemn 'grossly insulting' Chinese government tweet | London A.I. Lab Claims Breakthrough That Could Accelerate Drug Discovery

Nike and Coca-Cola Lobby Against Xinjiang Forced Labor Bill | The Supreme Court will hear its first big CFAA case | New UK tech regulator to limit power of Google and Facebook

Australia to promote Cybersecurity role to Cabinet level | Brazil's president affected in COVID-related dataleak of 16 million patients | TikTok granted additional week to resolve concerns

Australia leads Five Eyes with new cyber security laws | China aims to shake US grip on chip design tools | France demands digital tax payments from US tech groups

UK telecoms face fines over Huawei | India bans 43 more Chinese apps | Facebook's "political whitelist"

China’s surveillance state sucks up data, U.S. tech is key to sorting it | Secret Amazon reports expose company’s surveillance of labor | U.S. drafts list of 89 firms with military ties

Apple is lobbying against a bill aimed at stopping forced labor in China | Twitter will hand @POTUS to Biden, even if Trump doesn’t concede | Fake Zoom invite cripples Aussie hedge fund with $8m hit

Canada cybersecurity agency calls out 4 countries as 'greatest strategic threats' | UK unveils National Cyber Force of hackers to target digital foes | Google working on end-to-end encryption for app

Top cybersecurity official ousted by Trump I Australian officials respond angrily to fresh attacks from Chinese diplomats I Companies could face hefty fines under new Canadian privacy law

China’s big tech companies upset Beijing I George Soros has stake in Palantir I Solomon Islands Cabinet Passes Ban on Facebook

How the U.S. Military Buys Location Data from Ordinary Apps | ASIO launches awareness campaign to warn Australians of spies on social media | Biden likely to remain tough on Chinese tech like Huawei

Top cyber official expecting to be fired as White House frustrations hit agency protecting elections | U.S. Backs Down on TikTok | Card payment data to be used to track people in coronavirus hotspots

Trump admin bans investment in firms linked to Chinese military | Telstra plans biggest restructure since privatisation | Biden’s China Tech Plan

Flaw in Philippines’ contact-tracing app exposed data on 30k health providers | DHS swatting down voter fraud claims pushed by Trump’s team | How The EU Funds Global iPhone And Facebook Surveillance

China clamps down on Big Tech putting more billionaires on notice | Facebook and Google are still banning political ads | Amazon hit by EU antitrust complaint facing new probe over sales

The former CEO of Google has applied to become a citizen of Cyprus | GCHQ in cyberwar on anti-vaccine propaganda | Zoom settles with FTC after making ‘deceptive’ security claims

Thousands of Facebook Groups buzzed with calls for violence ahead of U.S. election | Facebook fights hate speech, misinformation before Myanmar poll | TikTok used to censor content critical of China

Facebook bans 'STOP THE STEAL' group I U.S. feds seized nearly $1Bn in Bitcoin from wallet linked to Silk Road I TikTok censored content critical of China, senior exec admits

Confusion, conflict and conspiracy online as Trump falsely claims victory | Facebook suspend accounts to try and limit disinformation | Beijing's financial crackdown on Jack Ma's empire.

U.S. undertook cyber operation against Iran as part of effort to secure the 2020 election | China halts Ant Group’s blockbuster I.P.O. | Europe and the US are drifting apart on tech

QAnon received early boost from Russian accounts on Twitter I Microsoft thwarts series of cyberattacks by Iranian hacker group I Russian Sentenced for Role in $100 Million Botnet Conspiracy

Fake persona laid the groundwork for a Hunter Biden conspiracy | Australian Government mulls weaker tech giant rules | Russian hackers targeted California, Indiana Democratic parties

The new Anglo-Japanese alliance and the “Six Eyes” | US DOJ charges eight as part of alleged China conspiracy | Twitter removes tweet by former Malaysian leader for glorifying violence

NEW REPORT: Cyber-enabled foreign interference in elections and referendums | Australia, Japan, U.S. to fund cable for Palau | Trump campaign places Facebook ads telling users wrong election date

Cyberattack strikes company widely used by Aus gov | How politicians target you: 3,000 data points on every voter | How Syria's disinformation wars destroyed the co-founder of the White Helmets

Therapy patients in Finland blackmailed after data breach | Europe must 'wake up' to China threat, warns German ex-spy chief | New ASPI ICPC research: Covid-19 and the reach of pro-Kremlin messaging

Facebook Prepares Measures for Possible Election Unrest | Inside the campaign to 'pizzagate' Hunter Biden | Facebook and encryption experts unite against 'Sith Lord' Dutton

'Dumb mistake' shows Iran behind threatening email to voters | US Cyber Command and Microsoft launch campaign against Russian interference | Australia pushes back against app encryption

Dutton says cyber attacks on critical infrastructure rising | Chinese seek curbs on Nvidia's Arm Deal | Google AI tech to be used for virtual border wall

U.S. Accuses Google of Illegally Protecting Monopoly | Sweden bans Huawei, ZTE from upcoming 5G networks | Social media groups under fire in France over Islamist killing

US charges six Russian agents involved with state-sponsored hacking groups | Russia planned cyber-attack on Tokyo Olympics, says UK | EU countries sound alarm about growing anti-5G movement

Facebook says it rejected 2.2m ads seeking to obstruct voting in US election | Twitter updates hacked materials policy following blowup over New York Post story | China Lawmakers Pass Export Control

NEW REPORT: Critical tech and the Indo-Pacific: A new India-Australia partnership | YouTube bans QAnon, other conspiracy content | Advance NZ party's Facebook page removed for breaching misinfo policy

Twitter has blocked a controversial New York Post article on Joe Biden’s son over hacked data I Amazon to escape UK digital services tax I Norway blames Russia for cyber-attack on parliament

New report: The flipside of China's central bank digital currency | Nakasone, commander of US cyber army | Facebook bans anti-vaxxer ads

The White House announces quantum research initiative | Facebook to remove Holocaust denial content | Extensive threats from cyberspace confront Australia

Five-Eyes demands encryption backdoors | Pakistan blocks Tik-Tok | Twitter to take new measures before US Election.

American tech used to censor the Web from Algeria to Uzbekistan / Japan to launch 3 electronic warfare units in East China Sea / U.S. explores curbs on Ant Group, Tencent payment systems

'Mercenary' hacker group runs rampant in Middle East I United States Seizes Domain Names Used by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps I Online violence against women escalating

Facebook to ban all QAnon accounts from its platform | US Congress launches investigation in tech monopoly powers | South Korea accuses North of hacking science ministry

Australia to join the Quad opposing disinformation | China says U.S. TikTok, WeChat bans break WTO rules | Twitter accused of double standards over ban on tweets wishing death on Trump

Google to Pay Publishers Over $1 Billion for News Content | Russian operation masqueraded as right-wing news site to target US voters | Germany crackdown set to exclude Huawei from 5G rollout

Intel officials urged Trump spy chief not to disclose Russian claims about Clinton | China preparing antitrust investigation into Google | US House committee says spy agencies failing China challenge

Intel chief releases Russian disinfo | Coordinated push of conspiracy theories target Biden before debate | Duterte threatens to stop Facebook in the Philippines

Covid-19 disinformation & social media manipulation | One of the largest cyberattack hits major U.S. hospital system | How Taiwan's 'civic hackers' helped find a new way to run the country

New US-UK AI partnership | Britain acknowedges offensive cyber capability | Russia asks for election interference reset, without mentioning its past

NEW RESEARCH: The Xinjiang Data Project | TikTok Owner Puts Deal With Oracle, Walmart in Beijing’s Hands | Thailand to start legal action vs Facebook, Google, Twitter over content

Millions of Australians set to get ultra-fast broadband under upgrade to the NBN | Largest global dark web takedown results in 179 arrests | China to use social credit to punish academic plagarism

Facebook vows to restrict users if US election descends into chaos | Facebook Takes Down Inauthentic Chinese Network | Russia wants to ban the use of secure protocols such as TLS 1.3, DoH, DoT, ESNI

U.S. won't approve TikTok deal if China maintains control: Trump | China to lose access to Australian space tracking station | ‘Vital’ data sharing deal with US delayed

WeChat Ban Blocked by Federal Judge in Ruling Against Trump Administration I Trump Signs Off on TikTok Deal With Oracle I Hackers Leak Personal Data Of 1,000 Belarusian Police

Woman dies during a ransomware attack on a German hospital / FB to curb internal debate amid employee discord / TikTok accepts deal revisions as Trump prepares to review proposal

NEW ASPI ICPC REPORT: Australia needs to lead again in 5G | Seven charged in global hacking ring | Oracle's Tik-Tok bid leaves open security questions

Pro-Trump youth group enlists teens in 'troll farm' / Kushner backs Oracle-TikTok deal / Sandvine cancels Belarus deal, citing abuses

Whistleblower says Facebook ignored global political manipulation | More on the Zhenhua Data Leak | Florida Latinos swamped by wild conspiracy theories

Oracle wins bidding for TikTok US | China's social media warfare database lists key Australians | US company faces backlash for helping Belarus internet block

Russian Intelligence Hackers Are Back and Targeting Both Parties I D.H.S. Downplayed Threats From Russia and White Supremacists I ByteDance Will Likely Miss US Deadline for TikTok Sale

Twitter suspends QAnon account belonging to a family friend of Scott Morrison | US government keeps hackers from disrupting vaccine research | China speeds up efforts to reduce US chip reliance

NEW ICPC Report: TikTok & WeChat | ACCC examining Apple, Google app practices amid Fortnite scuffle | TikTok tries to remove widely shared suicide clip

China to launch initiative to set global data-security rules | Service NSW reveals hackers stole 738GB of data in email compromise | FBI sweep of China researchers leads to cat-and-mouse tactics

Race for Coronavirus Vaccine Pits Spy Against Spy | Islamic State: Giant library of group's online propaganda discovered | TikTok troubles narrow gap between Beijing and ByteDance founder Zhang Yiming

U.S. court: Mass surveillance program exposed by Snowden was illegal | Rwanda dissidents suspect Paul Rusesabagina was under surveillance | Facebook moves to limit election chaos in November

New Australian code of practice to prevent IoT hacking | India bans PUBG game and over a hundred other Chinese apps | CISA/FBI claim no hacks on election registration databases this year

Russians again targeting Americans with disinformation, Facebook says | Norway's parliament says it was hit by 'significant' cyber attack | Amazon is spying on its workers in closed Facebook groups

NEW ICPC Report: The Chinese Communist Party’s coercive diplomacy I Facebook Could Block Sharing of News Stories in Australia I ASD-head says spying on some Australians is essential

China Tightens Tech Export Rules Amid TikTok Talks | Russian Hacker Offered Tesla Employee $1 Million to Plant Malware at factory | Belarusian Officials Shut Down Internet With Technology Made by U.S.

TikTok CEO resigns / China secretly built a vast new infrastructure to imprison Muslims / Viral pro-Trump tweets came from fake African American spam accounts, Twitter says

New Zealand stock exchange hit by cyber attack for second day | Israeli phone hacking company faces court fight over Hong Kong sales | U.S. Sanctions Chinese Firms Active in the South China Sea

Beijing's Electronic Dragnet Closes on Hong Kong | US Military’s top cyber official defends more aggressive stance | India moves to cut Huawei gear from telecoms network

Digital attacks raise fears over press freedoms in Indonesia | Facebook's Zuckerberg stoked Washington’s fears about TikTok | Facebook blocks group of one million Thai monarchy critics

Facebook Braces Itself for Trump to Cast Doubt on Election Results | With Israel's Encouragement, NSO Sold Spyware to UAE and Other Gulf States | New ASPI ICPC report on vaccine disinformation

NEW ICPC Report: Hunting the Phoenix I Former Uber Security Chief Charged With Concealing Hack I Facebook employees internally question policy after India content controversy

Taiwan to block Chinese video streaming | Saudi Arabia's Harassment from inside Twitter | Co-Founder of NSO-group wants to explain himself.

Miami police used facial recognition technology in protester's arrest | What can America learn from Europe about regulating big tech? | The attack that broke Twitter is hitting dozens of companies

NEW ICPC REPORT: Working Smarter, Not Harder | U.S. tightening restrictions on Huawei access to tech & chips | Google delays local licensing deal, prepares for ACCC fight

Corporate America Worries WeChat Ban Could Be Bad for Business | The Week QAnon Went Mainstream | Facebook algorithm found to 'actively promote' Holocaust denial

North Korean Hacking Group Attacks Israeli Defense Industry I ByteDance Censored Anti-China Content in Indonesia Until Mid-2020 I US Government Dismantled Three Terror Finance Cyber-Enabled Campaigns

China's move to boost domestic chip industry | QAnon followers hijacking the #SaveTheChildren movement | Germany launches cybersecurity agency to strengthen 'digital sovereignty'

‘Hack back’ powers to repel cyber attack under proposed laws | UK court rules facial recognition violated human rights | TikTok tracker user data using tactic banned by Google

Huawei data centre built to spy on PNG | Belarus trying to block parts of the internet amid historic protests | QAnon groups have millions of members on Facebook, documents show

Huawei running out of processor chips | State Department mass texting Iran and Russia | The heist of Taiwanese semiconductor chips.

New Australian cybersecurity strategy will see Canberra get offensive / US "clean network" campaign shuts out Chinese apps / Twitter, FB to label state-affiliated media

Facebook, Twitter penalize Trump for posts containing coronavirus misinformation I AFP given $88 million to bolster cyber capabilities I Facebook’s Instagram Launches TikTok Copycat

The U.S. is now playing by China's internet rules | Thai minister threatens Facebook with legal action over restriction requests | Google Bans Ads Linking to Hacked Political Content

NEW REPORT: Automating influence operations on Covid-19 | US Gov exposes malware used in Chinese hacking efforts | Trump reverses course on TikTok, opening door to Microsoft bid

Microsoft & ByteDance's talks to buy TikTok on hold | Draft code forces Google & Facebook share revenue with media in Australia | Australian intelligence agencies investigate TikTok

FBI director Wray warns of China election interference | EU imposes the first ever sanctions against cyber-attacks | Four HK students arrested for 'inciting secession'

Big Tech CEOs face off with Congress | The Vatican is said to be hacked from China before talks with Beijing | Turkey's MPs vote to tighten grip on social media

Russia spreading coronavirus disinfo aimed at West, say US officials / Tech CEOs From Amazon, Apple, Facebook & Google to Testify Before Congress / Hackers ‘based in China’ targeted MP Tom Tugendhat

Encryption laws are hurting Australia's tech sector I New Zealand sets standards for government use of algorithms I AI uncovers more than 900 Chinese vessels in North Korean waters

US and Australia set to launch campaign to counter disinformation | Russia's GRU Hackers Hit US Government and Energy Targets | EU presses member states to take action on high-risk 5G vendors

Turkey headed towards showdown with Twitter, Facebook and YouTube | Malaysia asking users for a TikTok License | EU to impose santions on cyberattacking GRU and North Korean entitites

Clean pipes: Should ISPs provide a more secure internet? | Twitter bans 7,000 QAnon accounts, limits 150,000 others | The White House pushing a conspiracy theorist for top Pentagon position

US accuses hackers of stealing secrets for China | UK government failed to investigate Kremlin interference | Panel spotlights need to accelerate adoption of cyber security

US Sanctions on Companies Over Human Rights Concerns | China threats retaliations against Nokia and Ericsson if EU bans Huawei | Legal case against Uber to uncover app's algorithm

Hackers Tell the Story of the Twitter Attack From the Inside | TikTok, WeChat to face Australian social media security investigation | Europe and US can still compete with Chinese tech

Trump's TikTok decision expected in weeks | Russian Government Hackers turn targets to COVID vaccine research | EU's top court limits data sharing across the Atlantic

Barack Obama, Joe Biden, Elon Musk, and others compromised in unprecedented Twitter hack I CIA authorised by Trump to conduct covert cyber operations I Huawei allegedly bribes Namibian city councillor

Huawei to be stripped of role in UK's 5G network by 2027 | Spain is Customer of NSO Group | The Microsoft Police State: Mass Surveillance, Facial Recognition, and the Azure Cloud

UK selling spyware and wiretaps to repressive regimes around the world | US finalising federal contract ban for companies that use Huawei | AFP's use of controversial facial recognition technology

Hong Kong Police urged to "punish" Chinese Australians social media activity | Facebook Mulls Political-Ad Blackout Ahead of U.S. Election | Johnson set to curb Huawei role in UK’s 5G networks

How Tweets Were Used by Police to Spy on BLM Protests / Why Repair Techs Are Hacking Ventilators With DIY Dongles From Poland / TikTok Considers Changes to Distance App From Chinese Roots

Silicon Valley weighs whether to leave Hong Kong | Facebook removed hundreds of fake accounts | TikTok ventures into politics

In Hong Kong, a Proxy Battle Over Internet Freedom Begins | Trump administration considering TikTok ban | How US restrictions drove Deutsche Telekom and Huawei closer together

More Social Media sites deny requests from Hong Kong Police | Fake News law in Singapore targetting opposition | Black Lives Matter, on Animal Crossing.

Huawei faces 5G ban in Britain within months I Telegram to temporarily refuse data requests from Hong Kong courts I Militias flocked to Gettysburg to foil a supposed antifa flag burning

Hundreds arrested as UK organised crime network cracked / Silicon Valley elite think journalists have too much power / Chinese military has links to supplier of 5G equipment in Australia

China’s Software Stalked Uighurs Earlier and More Widely, Researchers Learn | FB Has Been Profiting From Boogaloo Ads Promoting Civil War | Over 82,000 Aussies' details leaked in crypto scam

Data on Financial Transfers Bolster Suspicions That Russia Offered Bounties | Facebook Bans Network with 'Boogaloo' Ties | FCC formally declares Huawei, ZTE ‘national security threats’

Australia goes on billion-dollar cyber war footing | India bans TikTok, dozens of other Chinese apps | Reddit bans ‘The_Donald’ subreddit

Zuckerberg Loses $7 Billion as Firms Boycott Facebook Ads | ‘PizzaGate’ Conspiracy Theory Thrives Anew in the TikTok Era | The Trump 2020 app is a voter surveillance tool of extraordinary power

Latino House Democrats demand answers on government coronavirus contracts with Palantir | Explaining the cyberattacks against Australia | Belgium to cut down on Huawei gear

New ASPI report into COVID disinformation and conspiracies | US DoD releases list of companies with ties to Chinese Military | America's first false arrest from facial recognition

Morrison recruits Trump aide Kirstjen Nielsen for cyber war I AI researchers call out scientific publisher I Chinese tech companies with government links face curbs

European Commission President calls out China for hitting hospitals with cyberattacks | Israeli spyware used to target Moroccan journalist | New taskforce to push cyber security standards

Mike Pompeo blasts China's 'coercion' of Australia after cyber-attack | Life in Myanmar under world's longest internet shutdown | Did TikTokers and Kpop fans foil Trump’s Tulsa rally? It’s complicated

Foreign govt behind major cyberattacks on Australian govts & business, PM says / Facebook removes Trump re-election ads that feature a Nazi symbol / China steps up cyberattacks on India

NEW REPORT: Genomic surveillance | EBay former PR chief in cyberstalking indictment | India to bar BSNL from sourcing Chinese gear

Theft of CIA Hacking Tools | Australia to Establish Taskforce to Counter Online Disinformation | EU Opens Investigation into Apple

Australia joins world-first AI group | U.S. to allow companies to work with Huawei on 5G standards | Norway shuts down Coronavirus tracing app due to privacy concerns

China's push to overtake US in emerging tech | White supremacists strategising around COVID | Taiwan's "Nerd immunity" against disinformation

NEW REPORT: Retweeting through the Great Firewall I Microsoft won’t sell police its facial-recognition technology I Zoom confirms Beijing asked it to suspend activists over Tiananmen Square meetings

Amazon bans police from using its facial recognition technology for next year | Zoom closes account of U.S.-based Chinese activist after Tiananmen event | Facebook Helped the FBI Hack a Child Predator

Indian Cyber Firm Behind Worldwide Espionage Campaign | The Accounts Amplifying China's Twitter Campaign | Lawmakers Demand Federal Agencies Stop Spying on Peaceful Protests

NEW REPORT: The party speaks for you / Spy chief calls on tech companies to co-operate / Huawei founder takes off the gloves in fight against U.S.

Presidential Campaigns Targeted by Suspected Chinese, Iranian Hackers | Europe Nears Tipping Point on Russian Hacking | Facebook Places State Media Labels on Russian, Chinese Outlets

Snap Will No Longer Promote Trump’s Account | Early Facebook Employees Disavow Zuckerberg’s Stance on Trump | Google takes down smartphone service targeting Chinese apps

Russia and China target US protests on Social Media | Usage of App that lets users tune into police radio broadcasts surges amidst protests| Huawei's terrible week

NEW REPORT: Winning Hearts and Likes I Twitter hides Donald Trump tweet I Downing Street plans new 5G club of democracies

Trump Signs Executive Order on Social Media | Israeli official confirms attempted cyberattack on water systems | NSA warns Russia's infamous hackers are still active

Trump to sign executive order on social media | Meng Wanzhou extradition upheld by court | Indian hackers impersonating WHO

Twitter fact-checks Trump's tweets about mail-in voting | China’s virus apps may outlast the outbreak, stirring privacy fears | U.S. signals broader crackdown on Chinese telecoms

Thai phone data hacked | US COVID dosier from background State Department document | Tory MPs urging to restrict foreign investment in the UK

Dozens of Chinese companies added to US blacklist I Boris Johnson to reduce Huawei’s role in Britain’s 5G network I Hackers Just Dropped a Jailbreak They Say Works for All iPhones

BGI’s testing in Middle East raises new U.S. tensions / FEMA tells states to hand public health data over to Palantir / Labor wants to name & shame poor Commonwealth entity cyber posture

NSO Group Impersonated Facebook to Help Clients Hack Targets | China launches 90,000 conspiracy tweets in info war | Australia slams Covid-19 cyber attacks |

New Report: Cyber Crime in Southeast Asia | Pandemic Strengthening China-Russia Partnership | Easyjet Target of Cyber Attack

Pentagon Contractors’ Report on ‘Wuhan Lab’ Origins of Virus False | FBI finds al Qaeda link on Pensacola attacker's iPhone | Spyware lets police log suspects' passcodes

US moves to cut Huawei off from silcone chip supply chain | Police use military surveilance tech at California protest | 1,200 EU officials have data leaked

U.S. Says Chinese, Iranian Hackers Seek to Steal Coronavirus Research | Merkel outraged by Russian hack | China fears over cable too dear to use

Australian public's confidence in 5G 'shaken' by misinformation campaign | Get ready for a vaccine information war | Concern as China targets Pacific mobile networks

Facebook setting up DC lobbying group | US Gov released details of North Korean hacking tools | Twitter allows indefinite work from home

U.S. to Accuse China of Trying to Hack Vaccine Data I Twitter to label disputed COVID-19 tweets I Trump and Chip Makers Seek Semiconductor Self-Sufficiency

U.S., U.K. officials warn of cyberattacks on hospitals | Russian hackers accessed emails from Merkel's office | Putin Bans Armed Forces Members From Carrying Electronic Devices

Australian govt denies Chinese ‘spies’ targeted PM’s office / WeChat users outside China face surveillance while training censorship algorithms / Zoom adds H.R. McMaster to board

Facebook Names the 20 People Who Can Overrule Mark Zuckerberg | China Starts Major Trial of State-Run Digital Currency | Twitter Steps Up Its Fight Against 5G Coronavirus Conspiracy Theories

White House conducts major Huawei review | Arrest warrant issued for suspected Russian hacker | Cybersecurity and Covid-19 - the first 100 days

Apple, Google ban use of location tracking in contact tracing apps | Amazon VP resigns in protest | Spies consulted on Forrest deal

Coronavirus Tracking Apps Raise Questions About Bluetooth Security | Gene firms linked to surveillance | U.S. Moves to Address ‘Extraordinary Threat’ From Some Foreign Electric Gear

Trump’s disinfectant talk trips up sites’ vows against misinformation | Privacy concerns over contact tracing apps around the world | FBI head helped Facebook defend encryption he's now fighting

Israeli spyware company involved in WhatsApp hacking | The White House asks intel agencies to look for COVID coverup | 3 in 5 Americans don't want a COVID tracking app

NEW REPORT: Weaponised deep fakes webinar at noon I Cyber-intel firms pitch governments on spy tools to trace coronavirus I NSO Employee Targets Love Interest with Phone Hacking Tech

WhatsApp ties NSO Group’s hacking operations to America | FCC Signals Likely Revocation of Four Chinese Telecom Firms’ Licenses | Huawei employees sue company after police detention

NEW REPORT: Covid-19 attracts Chinese patriotic troll campaign | FB to label national origin of popular posts | Child sexual abuse images surge during pandemic

Hackers Target Top Officials at WHO | Chinese Agents sowed virus panic in the US | Vietnamese actors collect intelligence on Covid-19 in Wuhan

Neo-Nazis Data Dump Targets Gates Foundation and WHO I Russian, Chinese and Iranian disinformation narratives echo one another I French lawmakers to vote on controversial Covid-19 tracing app

Johnson Huawei Plans at Risk | Google blocking 18m covid-19 scam emails every day | China-linked ‘Electric Panda’ hackers seek U.S. targets, intel agency warns

Facebook and Google to face mandatory code of conduct to 'level playing field' with traditional news media | Huawei Headache Returns for UK | Prague Airport says thwarted several cyber attacks

NEW ASPI ICPC REPORT: Covid-19 disinformation and social media manipulation trends | Security lapse exposed Clearview AI source code | Liechtenstein rolls out radical Covid-19 bracelet programme

U.S. warning on North Korean hacking / Hackers selling Zoom zero-day for $500k / U.N. backs down on partnership with Tencent

Coronavirus lockdowns could end sooner if Australians willing to have movements monitored | China tensions in Southeast Asia flare online | Australian police officers trialled Clearview AI

Apple and Google team up to fight COVID | London believes it needs to rethink China | Beijing's social media ad buy.

Links to the extreme-right in facial recognition company | Google told to avoid Hong Kong, by the US | EU's call for guidelines for privacy in tech fight against COVID-19

Huawei sending millions of masks to Canada I Taiwan Bans Government Use of Zoom I NSO Group points finger at state clients

Hackers use VPN zero-day to breach Chinese govt agencies | Australia on the cyber offence to bring down COVID-19 scammers | Thousands of Zoom video calls left exposed

State-owned Chinese investor to seize control of UK chip designer | Mobile phone location data used to track Australians during crisis | Broadband engineers threatened due to 5G conspiracies

Hackers linked to Iran target WHO staff emails / U.S. officials agree on new ways to control high tech exports to China / Privacy experts say responsible coronavirus surveillance is possible

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Uyghurs for Sale Q&A at noon | Europe shares code for new coronavirus warning app | Tencent and United Nations announce global partnership | Palantir providing monitoring to CDC

FBI warns Zoom vulnerable to hijacking | 5.2 million of Marriott guests' personal info likely breached | Huawei’s P40 phone contains US parts despite blacklisting

UK's ICO Says Mobile Tracking is Legal During COVID-19 Crisis | Security Lapse Exposed Republican Voter Data |Twitter Deleted Tweets from Brazil’s President for Spreading Misinformation

China and Huawei propose reinvention of the internet I US Govt Tracking Peoples Movements Around Coronavirus Pandemic I Russia Pushing Coronavirus Lies As Part of Anti-NATO Influence Ops in Europe

China's coronavirus Twitter propaganda machine / Zoom sending data to Facebook / Phineas Fisher paid $10k to hacker of Chilean military emails

Mobile phone industry explores worldwide tracking of users | Tencent launches videoconferencing app | Chinese hackers hit Citrix, Cisco vulnerabilities

As coronavirus surveillance escalates, personal privacy plummets | Huawei offers to help India contain the pandemic | Hong Kong’s faulty wristbands allow quarantined to wander free

Cyber attacks target WHO | The digital fence at the forefront of Taiwan's COVID response | MyGov's pseudo-DDOS

'A worldwide hackathon': Hospitals turn to crowdsourcing and 3D printing | Asia deploys innovative, if invasive, tech to curb virus | U.S.-China tensions hit a dangerous new high

Alarm sounded over foreign social media platforms | Indian government alleged illegal surveillance | Ransomware gangs to stop attacking health orgs during pandemic

US in talks to use location data to slow COVID spread | Russian Media spreading Disinformation on COVID | Chinese researcher driven out of the US developed COVID test in China with results in 40min

China announces ban on journalists from WSJ, NYT and the Washington Post I Israel's Secret Service Receives Approval to Track Patients I German Military Laptop Sold on eBay I

Cyber attack hits U.S. health agency | China empowers Internet police to mute coronavirus anger | UK ministers will no longer claim 'no successful examples' of Russian interference

False Coronavirus Claim Spread Quickly In Romanian Facebook Groups | Russian-led troll network in west Africa uncovered | Beijing Pushing a Conspiracy Theory That the US Brought COVID-19 to China

White House asks Silicon Valley for help to combat coronavirus | Ottawa to release unprecedented report into foreign espionage in Canada | Seeking diversity in Australia's spook and cyber workforce

Nike to review supply chains in China I Congressional study finds US ill-prepared to deter cyber attacks I Microsoft takes down one of the world’s largest botnets

UK govt wins vote after Huawei rebellion / Russia trying to stoke US racial tensions / Trump intel chief declines to meet with Congress for election threats briefing

Twitter flags Trump retweet as ‘manipulated media’ / Australia sues Facebook over Cambridge Analytica / Melbourne professor quits after health department pressures her over data breach

Facebook is removing Trump campaign ads | Huawei execs admit they don't know whether their tech is used for surveillance | Peter Dutton pushes for overseas police to tap Australians’ phones

Defence Force database hacked | MPs to call for Huawei to be dropped by 2023 | Australian Signals Directorate spied on Australians

Coronavirus censorship | Chinese nationals charged with laundering over $100 mil in cryptocurrency | Chinese security firm says CIA hacked Chinese targets for the past 11 years

New ASPI Report: Uyghurs for sale | Automated surveilance in China's coronavirus fight | Hungarian news to ask permission before reporing on Greta & other issues.

New ASPI Report: Uyghurs for sale | Home Affairs savaged over poor data retention laws oversight | Millions of tweets peddled conspiracy theories about coronavirus in other countries

UK to launch specialist cyber force able to target terror groups / Clearview client list revealed / Cyberattack forces cancellation of wool sales across Australia

Facial recognition company's entire client list stolen in data breach | Google, Microsoft shift production from China faster due to virus | Internet shutdowns are favourite tool of governments

MI5 Requests 'Exceptional Access' To Encrypted Messages | Mexico's Economy Ministry Hit by Cyber Attack | China’s Virus Censorship and Propaganda Backlash

ASIO Director-General warns of Neo-Nazi threat I Vicky Xu on Q&A I Chinese government monitoring people on Twitter and WeChat over coronavirus information

Governments of the world just ramped up spying on reporters | White House plans 5G summit with global tech leaders amid Huawei battle | How the Coronavirus Revealed Authoritarianism’s Fatal Flaw

US intel officials warned lawmakers of Russian meddling, angering Trump / US & allies blame Russia for cyberattack on Georgia / US defense agency personal data may have been 'compromised'

NEW PAPER: ICT for development in the Pacific islands | ASD to help in hunt for paedophiles | Claims Trump offered Assange pardon in exchange for cover-up.

Deepfakes in an Indian Election Campaign | US Labels China’s Official Media as Operatives of the Communist State | Ransomware Attack on US Pipeline Operator

Facial recognition tech breaches EU data rules | China stifles foreign internet to control coronavirus coverage | U.S. limits to China’s access to chip tech

Pentagon, FBI, DHS to jointly expose a North Korean hacking effort | Munich security conference and 5G chatter | Google redraws the borders on maps depending on who’s looking

China loosens internet restrictions for Aussie students | New charges for Huawei | Russia demands continuous access to ISPs

Leaked: Australian parliament's cyber security has 'low level of maturity' | Facebook disables Russian, Iranian efforts to manipulate users | China's censors tighten grip after coronavirus respite

U.S. Officials Say Huawei Can Covertly Access Telecom Networks | Amazon wants Trump to testify over $10bn Pentagon contract | CIA controlled global encryption company for decades

U.S. charges members of Chinese military in connection with Equifax hack | 6.4 million Israelis data exposed | Aus MP delivers stunning rebuke to UK Dominic Raab on Huawei

Facebook, Microsoft warn defamation laws risk censoring speech | Trump shared an edited Pelosi video on social media | Tech Giants Seek Hong Kong Alternative After U.S. Blocks Data Cable

Child-welfare activists attack FB over encryption plans / The billion-dollar disinformation campaign to reelect the President / Pyne under fire for joking about cyber attack on Parliament

Iran-linked hackers pose as journalists I Vodafone to remove Huawei from core European networks I Iowa Caucuses App Could Have Been Hacked

US Pushing Effort to Develop 5G Alternative to Huawei | A Bad App Plunged Iowa Into Chaos | Kenya’s High Court Delays National Biometric ID Program

Chinese spies eye-up new Aussie targets on LinkedIn | Coronavirus: How Facebook, TikTok and other apps tackle fake claims | community backs new laws to fix online hate

FBI probes use of Israeli firm's spyware in personal and government hacks | Russia moves to fine Facebook, Twitter again under data localization law | Raytheon engineer arrested for taking US missile

Coronavirus misinformation surges | Facebook to pay $550m to settle facial recognition suit | Europe wants single data market

Simeon Gilding on the UK's 5G decision / Leaked report shows United Nations suffered hack / Home Affairs report reveals deeper problems with Australia's encryption laws

The UK to allow limited role by Huawei in 5G | New York Times reporter targetted by Saudi-linked spyware hacking | A cyber decade in review

Huawei threatens US-UK relationship I Hackers acting in Turkey's interests believed to be behind recent cyberattacks I Australian Gov Release Sensitive Medical Records to Police

Australian MPs urge Britain to ban Huawei I Student jailed in China over tweets I UN Warns Against the Global Threat to Elections

GOP bill against Huawei | India to stop anonymised WhatsApp messages | Russian disinformation as a hurricane, China's as climate change.

Amazon boss hacked by Saudi crown prince | Cyber Command's mission against ISIS | Trade war tensions between the US and China

NSA, CIA withholding Ukraine info due to White House pressure | Vietnam’s biggest mobile company to roll out 5G | EU industry chief dismisses fears strict security rules could delay 5G

The Secretive Company That Might End Privacy as We Know It | Vietnam's battalions of 'cyber-armies' silencing online dissent | Johnson will defy US and allow use of Huawei, says top security adviser

EU mulls five-year ban on facial recognition tech in public areas | CSIRO says laws should be published in code | The crime-fighting app that caused a phone-hacking scandal in Italy

Boris Johnson resists US pressure to ban Huawei | UK Home Office proposes offence of possessing terrorist propaganda | Slate's 30 "most evil" tech companies

US Senators Urge $1 Billion Plan to Loosen China’s Grip on 5G | Russians Hacked Ukrainian Gas Company at Center of Impeachment | Malcolm Turnbull intervenes in UK's Huawei debate

United States presents Britain with fresh intelligence on Huawei risks | Australian cyber security boss: Don't hide hacks | FBI spied on Chinese students and scientists

MI5 head shrugs off risk to intelligence sharing from Huawei links | Congress struggles on rules for cyber warfare with Iran | Iran's disinformation machine

Belgium warns against Huawei | New cyberthreat from Iran | Password-spraying of US power grid linked to Iran

5G is where China and the West finally diverge | Awash in disinformation before vote, Taiwan points finger at China | False and unverified information about Iran's missile attack on US bases in Iraq

Facebook to ban deepfakes / U.S.-Iran cyberwar concerns / + all the major stories you may have missed over the break