Sitemap - 2022 - Daily Cyber and Tech Digest

Meta takes down surveillance-for-hire firms | Europol shut down 48 DDoS-for-hire services, arrest 7 alleged administrators | U.S. widens ban on military and surveillance tech sales to China

‘Active foreign interference network' found in 2019 Canadian election | Iran-linked cyberspies expand targeting | Israel to crack down on social media companies to tackle offensive content

China readying $143B package for its chip firms in face of U.S. curbs | U.S. lawmakers unveil bipartisan bid to ban China's TikTok | Australia and Vanuatu sign defense and cybersecurity pact

China’s internet censors target deepfake tech to curb disinformation | Local US govts allegedly targeted with Iranian malware | Google faces pressure in HK over search results for national anthem

Telstra apologises for accidentally publishing data of thousands of customers online | Foxconn to invest US$500 million in India | Why is Twitter shutting down Chinese activists' accounts?

Stolen data of 600,000 Indians sold on bot markets | TikTok is sued by State of Indiana, accused of targeting teens with adult content | Netherlands plans curbs on China tech exports in deal with US

Cyber extortion of Australian companies at highest level in 18 months | Maryland latest US state to ban public servants using TikTok | Apple to offer full encryption of sensitive user data on iCloud

Amnesty International Canada says it was hacked by Beijing | Meta told to overhaul moderation system for high-profile users | Russian hacking group spoofed Microsoft login page of US military supplier

Hackers linked to Chinese government stole millions in Covid benefits, Secret Service says | Iranian espionage campaign targets journalists, diplomats, activists | NATO prepares for cyber war

US judge dismisses indictment against Huawei CFO | Finnish PM warns that democracies need to wean themselves off critical tech from authoritarian states | Musk leaks Twitter's Hunter Biden files

EU warns Musk to beef up Twitter controls ahead of new rules | Cuba ransomware raked in $60 million from over 100 victims | China clamps down on internet as it seeks to stamp out Covid protests

Protests stretch China’s censorship to its limits | New ordinance lets US police robots use lethal force | Left-wing voices are silenced on Twitter as far-right trolls advise Elon Musk

China Covid protesters become targets of Beijing’s surveillance state | Sandworm hacking group linked to new ransomware deployed in Ukraine | Twitter rolls back COVID misinformation policy

5.4 million Twitter users' stolen data leaked online | Twitter grapples with Chinese spam obscuring news of protests | War in space would have devastating effects, military experts say

Chinese protestors use tricks to evade censors, vent anger | US bans Huawei, ZTE equipment sales amid Chinese spying fears | Interpol seized $130M from cybercriminals in global crackdown operation

Internet disruptions in Ukraine & Moldova after Russian missile strikes | UK govt bars Chinese security cameras from sensitive sites | Closure of Twitter Brussels office prompts online safety fears

European Parliament website hit by cyberattack | Indian medical institute server down | TikTok on 'high alert' in Malaysia over election wrangle

Meta told to overhaul content removal policy | Australia: Children’s charity The Smith Family hit by cyberattack | Belarusian hacktivists claim to breach Russia’s internet regulator

ID.me lied about its facial recognition tech | Musk’s impact on content moderation at Twitter faces test in Germany | Phishing attacks targeting Middle East countries double ahead of World Cup

What could become of Twitter? | Xi stacks government with science and tech experts | Meta fined $18.6m for breaking EU's GDPR

UK govt blocks Chinese takeover of UK's largest semiconductor producer | Democrats urge FTC probe of Musk's Twitter | EU secures deal on satellite internet system

Russian software disguised as American finds its way into U.S. Army | Facebook fact-checkers will stop checking Trump | Apple prepares to get made-in-US chips in pivot from Asia

FBI Director warns of potential Chinese gov’t exploitation of TikTok | Australia spearheads online safety push | Tuvalu turns to the metaverse as rising seas threaten existence

Australia called in to help after hackers shut down Vanuatu government | Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube suspended in Turkey after blast | Russian software disguised as American found in US Army

Spyware targets Uyghurs by ‘masquerading’ as Android apps | Australia: Cyber Security Minister flags multiple reforms to protect personal data | Thales confirms hackers have released its data

Twitter’s content moderation head quits as departures alarm the FTC | Russian hackers post Medibank abortion data to dark web | Vanuatu Govt network paralysed by cyber attack

Alleged Medibank hackers reveal ransom demands | Facebook-owner Meta to cut 11,000 staff | Chip-making juggernaut TSMC eyes mutibillion-dollar Arizona factory expansion

Cyberattack on Chilean observatory raises concerns about space tech security | Hacking group stole $11M from 12 African countries | U.S. has seen no 'specific or credible threat' to disrupt midterms

China is likely stockpiling and deploying vulnerabilities, says Microsoft | Cop27 wifi in Egypt blocks human rights and key news | Putin-linked businessman admits to US election meddling

Smart Asian women the target of CCP digital repression | Medibank won't pay data hack ransom | Mass layoffs in Twitter after Musk's takeover

Ukraine war, geopolitics fuelling cybersecurity attacks | Four-year cybercrime campaign targeting African banks netted $30 million | TikTok says staff in China can access UK and EU user data

Australia to convene world's cyber chiefs | Saudis in US targeted as kingdom cracks down on dissent | How Elon Musk’s Twitter buy raises cybersecurity risks for the rest of us

France's Thales says hackers claim to have stolen data | Russia fines Wikimedia Foundation over Ukraine war entries | Tweak to US export control rules forces Chinese entities to cooperate

Australian Defence caught up in ransomware attack | Leaked documents outline DHS's plan to police disinformation | Musk’s plan to charge for Twitter verification will be a misinformation nightmare

Musk denies reports he is firing Twitter employees to avoid payouts | Biden Admin weighing further controls on Chinese tech | Ireland moves towards a ban on telecom companies in Ireland using Huawei

Australia: $460,000 ransom bid in latest cyber breach | UK police use of live facial recognition unlawful and unethical | Big Tech is failing to fight election lies, civil rights groups charge

Chinese influence operation seeks to sow political discord, 'aggressively' targets U.S. | Twitter is losing its most active users | U.S. alleges Seagate broke export rules to sell Huawei hard drives

German cyber agency warns threat situation is ‘higher than ever’ | Aus: Optus hack prompts $5.5m for privacy commissioner | Elon Musk pledges to close Twitter deal by Friday

Two alleged Chinese intelligence officers accused of trying to buy info about federal prosecution | Iran says foreign country behind leak of atomic energy emails | Cuba ransomware targets Ukraine

ByteDance planned to use TikTok to monitor the physical location of American citizens | US to expand China tech ban to Quantum computing and AI | EnergyAustralia latest to be hit by cyber-attack

Twitter purges foreign network of fake accounts trying to sway Israeli elections | Texas sues Google for allegedly capturing biometric data of millions | New ASPI report: Frontier influencers

Medibank hackers threaten to release stolen health data in ransom demand | Russia urges WhatsApp ban for state employees | Chip maker TSMC weighs expansion in Japan to reduce geopolitical risk

Cyberattack disrupts Bulgarian government websites over ‘betrayal to Russia’ | Germany removes cyber chief accused of ties to Russia | Hackers target Asian casinos in lengthy cyberespionage campaign

Western suppliers cut ties with Chinese chipmakers as U.S. curbs bite | American technology boosts China’s hypersonic missile program | South Korea orders support for outage-hit messenger app

Free world sweats on big business of global security | Woolworths says 2.2 million customers’ details exposed in data breach | State Department urges Silicon Valley to aid national security efforts

Secret agents targeting drug cartels in Australia exposed in data hack | China quashes social media about protest banners in Beijing | TSMC gets 1-year U.S. license for China chip expansion

U.S. firm supplied networking tech to maker of Russian missiles | Musk appeasement of Putin and China stokes fears of new Twitter policies | Amazon to launch prototype internet satellite in 2023

Internet disruptions, cyberattacks hit Ukraine following Russian missile strikes | Cyberattacks reported at US airports | Aus: OAIC opens investigation into Optus over data breach

Fear driving China's tech manipulation poses threat to all - UK spy chief | German cybersecurity chief investigated, Russia ties | Japan, Singapore to pace up talks on defense equipment, tech pact

U.S. imposes tough rules to limit China’s access to high-tech chips | Ukrainian forces report Starlink outages | Meta warns 1 million Facebook users their login info may have been compromised

Changes to telco laws to allow data sharing between Optus and banks | Taiwan pursuing backup internet infrastructure | US DoD releases list of Chinese military companies operating in US

US: Hackers maintained deep access inside military organization's network | TikTok sibling Douyin cuts off Cantonese live streams in China | Nigeria regulator seeks $70M in lawsuit against Meta

New report: Suppressing the truth and spreading lies | Top Australian defence officials hit by 'sophisticated' Singapore cyber hack | Mexico denies government spied on journalists

China’s extensive use of genetic information sounds a warning | Optus data breach could hit telco’s multi-billion-dollar defence business | U.S. crafting new rules to curb China’s advanced computing

UK online safety bill threatens security, WhatsApp chief | Finnish intel warns Russia ‘highly likely’ to turn to cyber | Danish capital bans hikvision purchases, calls 'critical security threat'

Russia waging most intensive cyber campaign on record | Vietnam preparing rules to limit news posts on social media accounts | US media company hacked, racist push notifications sent to Apple iPhones

Meta dismantles China-based network targeting Americans | Aus: Hacker claiming to be behind data leak drops ransom threat | Ukraine’s internet army of ‘NAFO fellas’ fights Russian trolls

UN to vote on next Secretary-General of the International Telecommunication Union | TikTok moving towards US security deal | EU telcos call for shared network costs amid rising energy costs

Federal government to unveil new security measures following massive Optus data breach | Iran's internet shutdown hides a deadly crackdown | Child predators use twitch to track kids livestreaming

Iran restricts access to Instagram, WhatsApp | Researchers unearth hacking group that's been active, yet undetected for years | Inside Russia’s vast surveillance state

US agency adds Chinese telecoms firms to national security threat list | Indonesia parliament passes data protection bill | New report: Australia’s semiconductor national moonshot

Russian cyber operations in Ukraine continue even as army loses ground | Pentagon opens sweeping review of clandestine psychological operations | Understanding AUKUS

‘Pretty creepy’: Agencies illegally obtained emails, voicemails and texts | China accelerates global campaign to sway foreign media | TikTok’s C.E.O. navigates the limits of his power

Uber investigates reported cybersecurity breach | US to sharpen its focus on foreign transactions that involves data and advanced tech | AUKUS' potential as tech accelerator for the Indo-Pacific

Tibetan police bought Thermo Fisher DNA equipment | Google loses challenge against EU antitrust, other probes loom | Iranian hackers target high-value targets in nuclear security and genomic research

Google faces €25bn lawsuit over digital advertising | Australia cyber skills shortage to hit 30,000 in four years | US midterms text message disinformation is a problem with few answers

Insider cyber threats pose ‘significant’ risk to Australia’s defence force | UN prepares vote on Xinjiang persecution | New cyberespionage group 'Worok' targeting entities in Asia

WeChat warns users their likes, comments and histories are being sent to China | U.S. imposes sanctions on Iran over cyber activities | TikTok begins lobbying the Aus government

White House outlines six principles to reform Big Tech | US loosens restrictions on tech sharing with blacklisted firms | Classified NATO documents stolen from Portugal during cyberattack

Chinese social media sites are putting digital fingerprints on screenshots | Tech giants rally against data localisation in Australia | Albania severs diplomatic ties with Iran over cyberattack

Suspicious Papua tweets promoted Indonesian government’s agenda | Putin scrambles for high-tech parts as his arsenal goes up in smoke | New evidence of mass DNA collection in Tibet

UN Uyghur report leaves no room for denial and no excuse for inaction | China Says US Hacked Aeronautics Research University | Twitter can’t afford to be one of the world’s most influential websites

Australian Home Affairs to review data harvesting by TikTok and WeChat | Biden considering moves to restrict US tech investment in China | China expected to announce new domestic semiconductor funding

The social media army taking on Putin one meme at a time | Tech companies slowly shift production away from China | India’s high-stakes bid to join the global semiconductor race

Australian quantum leaders form industry alliance | U.S. officials order Nvidia to halt sales of top AI chips to China | Google employee who played key role in protest of contract with Israel quits

Chinese hackers pose as Australian News Corp sites in cyber espionage scam | Iran sends first shipment of drones to Russia for use in Ukraine | China-linked hackers target South China Sea

Twitter’s whistleblower just rewrote boards' digital futures | Xi Jinping’s vision for tech self-reliance in China runs into reality | Nelnet Servicing breach exposes data of 2.5M student loans

National jobs summit a chance for Australia to reset on AI | Facebook settles in Facebook-Cambridge Analytica data breach lawsuit | LastPass password manager source code stolen by hackers

Megaprojects in China's $1 trillion infrastructure plan | US Cyber Command touts election security ahead of midterms | The AI startup erasing call center worker accents

Facebook and Twitter remove covert pro-Western campaign | South Asian social media is now a contested space | Togo cybersecurity center to support African cybersecurity

Whistleblower exposes Twitter security gaps | Ukraine and Poland sign cyber cooperation agreement | Intel, Brookfield to invest up to $30 bln in Arizona chip factories

Labor looks to protect and promote critical tech | Singaporean PM says foreign influence efforts on the rise | Pakistan's former PM Khan says government's Youtube block aims to censor him

Coalition calls for urgent cyber detail |5G wars: the US plot to make Britain ditch Huawei | Labor wipes slate on Morrison’s cyber strategy

Solomon Islands signs $100 million Huawei deal | TikTok vows to close loophole letting users skirt ban on political ads | Saudi Arabia jails woman for 34 years for using Twitter

Former US Cyber Command and NSA chief makes case for cyber competition strategy | Third-Party SMS service used to take over signal accounts | TikTok reinforces ban of paid political influencer videos

New report finds human rights organisations and think tanks targeted by Chinese-linked hackers | US technology exports to China remain strong | Meta to new ban political ads in week before US midterms

Microsoft disrupts Russia-linked hackers targeting defence orgs | China, Nepal agree on building a trans-Himalayan network | Signal says 1900 phone numbers could have been leaked

China has censored a top health information platform | CISA expands efforts to fight election disinformation ahead of midterms | Hacker offers to sell data of 48.5mil users of Shanghai's COVID app

Pro-Russian hackers target Latvia’s parliament | CCP pushes anti-Pelosi narratives across global media | Al Jazeera investigates Cambodian cyber slave captors

Chipmakers tumble on warnings of worst downturn in a decade | One Nation may lose website names ahead of Indigenous Voice referendum | Former Twitter employee found guilty of spying for Saudi Arabia

Reserve Bank to trial digital currency | China launches 272 attempts at spreading disinformation in Taiwan in a week | New era of US industrial policy kicks off with signing of the Chips Act

Thai National Cyber Security Agency signs MoU with Huawei | Samsung to invest US$3.3 billion, produce new chip parts in Vietnam | As Russian missiles struck Ukraine, Western tech still flowed

Pegatron's China factory disrupted after exec met Pelosi | Facial recognition smartwatches to monitor foreign offenders in UK | Cyber spies using bogus WhatsApp and Signal apps to snoop on thousands

Global network of fake news sites push Chinese propaganda, researchers find | The US made a breakthrough battery discovery- then gave the technology to China | Meta has banned a pro-Russia troll group

Hacktivists deface Chinese government website to welcome Pelosi to Taiwan | Meta sued for violating patient privacy with data tracking tool | US State Department prepares new focus on cyber diplomacy

Taiwan's presidential office receives foreign cyberattack | China steps up information war on Taiwan | First submarine internet cable to be built in offshore Antarctica

TikTok under Australian privacy watchdog scrutiny | Who is APT41? | U.S. considers crackdown on memory chip makers in China

Chinese government asked TikTok for stealth propaganda account | Facebook approved pro-genocide ads in Kenya | Russia fines WhatsApp, Snap and others for storing user data abroad

Corruption crackdown on high-ranking tech official in China | Israeli government report expected to identify excesses in police's use of digital surveillance | Breach of US court systems revealed

Former ByteDance employee say company pushed pro-China content on TopBuzz | Spyware found on EU staff smartphones | Half of all Australian adults have experienced technology-facilitated abuse

Kraken crypto exchange is suspected of violating sanctions | China targeted Fed to build informant network and access data | Facial recognition cameras in UK retail chain challenged by privacy group

Researcher finds Russia-based ransomware network with foothold in U.S. | Aus: Bunnings, Kmart halt use of facial recognition tech | Documents show how Roblox planned to bend to Chinese censorship

Huawei equipment could disrupt US nuclear arsenal communications | Instagram slow to tackle bots targeting Iranian women’s groups | New tool in the cyber ‘arms race’ against child sexual abusers

Russia fines Google for refusing to bend to Putin’s war propaganda | Aussie audit reveals apps aimed at children were collecting personal data | China fines Didi $1.2 billion for poor data protection

Mapping Russia's Stalemate in Ukraine | Australian Border Force has seized more than 1,000 devices | Government censorship requirements leave Chinese tech companies struggling overseas

New Report: Assessing the impact of CCP info operations - Xinjiang | Russia released Ukrainian app for hacking Russia that was actually malware | Instagram slow to tackle bots targeting Iranian Women

India escalates crackdown on Chinese phonemakers | Shutting out Windows | APT groups target journalists and media organizations since 2021

US Secret Service erased January 6 text messages | Newly discovered North Korean ransomware gang HolyGhost targets global businesses | TikTok's global security chief to step down

Alibaba executives called in by China authorities as it investigates data heist | Twitter’s case in India could have ripple effects | Nearly half of Telegram’s Holocaust content contains denial

White house supports transparency on US investment in China | Microsoft discloses phishing campaign targeting over 10,000 organisations | Australian views on the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework

Uber paid academics six-figure sums for research to feed to the media | Russia fines Apple and Zoom for alleged data storage violation | Privacy watchdog to investigate Bunnings and Kmart

US defence contractor abandons talks to acquire Pegasus spyware creator | UK watchdog seeks review into internal government communications | Semiconductor manufacturers building a new plant in France

Uber broke laws, duped police & secretly lobbied governments, leak reveals | China’s internet expresses glee at Abe’s assassination | Myanmar's junta expands roll out of Chinese surveillance systems

Hackers linked to Chinese government increasingly target Russia | Private information of 100+ Australians exposed amid huge China data leak | Polish PM claims Russia hacked, tweaked, leaked govt email

MI5 and FBI heads warn of ‘immense’ China threat | North Korea is targeting hospitals with ransomware | Apple to launch ‘lockdown mode’ to protect against Pegasus-style hacks

Cultivating friendly forces- the CCP’s influence operations among Xinjiang diaspora | EU passes landmark big tech regulations | Twitter fights India’s order compelling the company to block some tweets

Vast cache of Chinese police files offered for sale in alleged hack | China: Buyout of UK's largest microchip plant raises concerns | How the Russian media spread false claims about Ukrainian nazis

TikTok confirms Chinese employees can access US data | Bipartisan push to increase US semiconductor production faces new Republican scrutiny | Indian cyber mercenaries involved in global lawsuits

Chinese graduates lured into digital espionage | US FCC commissioners asks Apple and Google to remove TikTok from app stores | NATO to form cyber response program

Canada’s national police force admits use of spyware to hack phones | The CCP’s information campaign targeting rare earths and Australian company Lynas | News organization Rappler ordered to shut down

Russian hacker group says cyber attacks continue on Lithuania | Chinese posed as Texans on social media to attack rare earths rivals | Indian Govt asks Twitter to 'take down' Freedom House's tweets

Australian retail giants named in facial recognition tech complaint | Are you ready to be surveilled like a sex worker? | Facebook is bombarding cancer patients with ads for unproven treatments

Chinese academic database investigated citing protection of national data | US tech companies embroiled in abortion ruling | Japan faces engineer shortage amid semiconductor industry demand

G7 pledges to counter state-driven censorship | New report reveals Airbus' links to Chinese military-industrial complex | Meta says UK online safety bill risks messages being surveilled

Police linked to hacking campaign to frame Indian activists | Russian hackers targeting Ukraine's allies | Meta and other tech giants form metaverse standards body, without Apple

China’s expanding surveillance state | Ukrainian cybersecurity officials disclose two new hacking campaigns | Microsoft stops selling emotion-reading tech, limits face recognition

Chinese gov-backed hackers have breached major telecom companies | Uncertainty whether Iran behind siren cyberattacks in Jerusalem | Ransomware ring claims attack on Africa’s largest retail chain

Russian spy caught trying to infiltrate war crimes court | China wants all social media comments to be pre-reviewed before publishing | US user data has been repeatedly accessed from China

U.S., EU plan joint foreign aid for cybersecurity to counter China | Encrypted messaging apps should be regulated to tackle extremism | Police linked to hacking campaign to frame Indian activists

Investigation renews calls for Australian guidelines on facial recognition technology | Japan seeks to produce cutting-edge 2-nm chips | Google, Facebook, Twitter to tackle deepfakes or risk EU fines

Sky News a central source for global climate misinformation | Taiwan launches massive investment in chipmaking | Tech giants ready to sign onto EU's updated anti-disinformation code

Indo-Pacific needs to establish a center for countering hybrid threats | Lawmakers make bipartisan push to block U.S. investments in China| Google sidelines engineer who claims its A.I. is sentient

Russia says West risks 'direct military clash' over cyber attacks | Six cybersecurity challenges for the new Aus government | Chinese-linked threat used porn to lure victims in Asia and Australia

Australian Chinese news site hit by cyber attack | Disinfo and hate speech flood TikTok ahead of Kenya’s elections | Thousands of Mobike users’ passports and IDs exposed online

The US-Russia conflict is heating up in cyberspace | Top economist urges China to seize TSMC if US ramps up sanctions | Italy's PM Draghi vetoes technology transfer to China

New ASPI ICPC Report: A proposal for an Indo-Pacific hybrid threat centre | Russian construction ministry hacked | Elon Musk threatens to pull out of Twitter deal

Smart Asian women are the new targets of CCP global online repression | How censoring China’s open-source coders might backfire | Russian hackers boast of holding Costa Rica to ransom

VPN provider pulls out of India over push to ‘limit internet freedom' | China's draft cybersecurity rules pose risks for financial firms | Russian business hit hard by tech sanctions

China develops world's first autonomous drone carrier | US confirms offensive cyber operations against Russia in response to Ukraine War | Technologists lobby US congress to crack down on cryptos

Ukraine joins its first NATO cyber center meeting | Chinese APT hackers exploit Microsoft zero-day | Costa Rican Social Security Fund hit with ransomware

More than 100 ADF personnel to be sent to PNG to help with election, cyber threats | Chokepoints: China’s self-identified strategic technology import dependencies | Belgium wants to ban Signal

A surveillance AI firm with hidden ties to China is seeking US contracts | Global CEOs commit to collective action on cyber resilience | FBI asks for more than $100M in cyber and data funding

China seeks Pacific island security cooperation | Russian hackers linked to new Brexit website leak | Twitter pays $150 million to settle privacy & security violation lawsuit

China spreading anti-Ukrainian Russian conspiracy theories on social media | The faces from China’s Uyghur detention camps | Quad announce cybersecurity initiatives on software, supply chains

Clearview AI fined in UK for illegally storing facial images | Notorious cybercrime gang Conti ‘shuts down' | What to expect from the incoming Labor government

New ASPI ICPC Report: China’s messaging on the Ukraine conflict | United States and Republic of Korea leaders announce new tech initiatives | YouTube removes channels related to Ukraine war

Canada bans Chinese tech giant Huawei from 5G network | Twitter to tackle Ukraine conflict misinformation with warning labels | Media giant Nikkei’s Asian unit hit by ransomware attack

Russia is swaying Twitter users outside the West to its side | Hikvision, Xinjiang, Uyghurs & human rights abuses | US rushes to catch up with China in supercomputer race

Hong Kong considers blocking Telegram | US warns over risk of hiring North Korea IT workers | Costa Rican president claims collaborators are aiding Conti's ransomware extortion efforts

Chinese TikTok users are in love with ‘Daddy Putin’ | Circumstances surrounding the Nauru Police Force hack and leak | U.S, E.U will seek to head off subsidy race over chip production

The Twitter account defending Australian democracy | Twitch says livestream of Buffalo mass shooting was removed in less than 2 minutes | Russia downed satellite internet in Ukraine

Election misinformation on WeChat targets Chinese Australians | Japan, EU agree to step up 'Beyond 5G' cooperation | Costa Rica declares emergency in ongoing cyber attack

Five eyes cybersecurity authorities warn managed service providers are being targeted | Japan passes bill to protect sensitive technology | EU proposes new rules to scan users’ messages for CSAM

How is WeChat being used in Australia’s 2022 federal election? | Costa Rica declares state of emergency amidst Conti ransomware attacks | Spain dismisses spy chief in Pegasus phone spyware scandal

Pentagon’s China warning prompts calls to vet U.S. startup funding | Clearview AI to stop selling facial recognition tool to private firms | Italy launches inquiry into Kremlin disinformation

Chinese tech companies pulling out of Russia | Musk's plans for Twitter | UK ministers retreat from giving new tech regulator statutory backing

Facebook deliberately caused havoc in Australia to influence new law: whistleblowers | S. Korea's spy agency joins NATO cyber defence group | Data firm provides abortion clinic visitor home locations

Chinese hackers took trillions in intellectual property | Your phone could reveal if you’ve had an abortion | Ethiopia ‘foils’ cyber-attack on Nile dam & financial institutions

Hack of Spanish PM’s phone deepens Europe’s spyware crisis | Russia reroutes internet in occupied Ukrainian territory | Meet abortion bans’ new best friend—your phone

Spanish prime minister's phone infected by Pegasus spyware | FBI conducted potentially millions of searches of Americans’ data last year | Israel keen to set up cyber 'Iron Dome'

Russia cyberattacks more nuanced than expected | ALP pledges new defence research agency | Musk's China investments poses risk to Twitter

US and Partners launch Declaration of the Future of the Internet | French police investigate vandalism of internet cables | Apple to face fresh antitrust charges in Brussels

Microsoft discloses onslaught of Russian cyberattacks on Ukraine | US tech giants duped into giving data used to sexually extort minors | Bitcoin becomes official currency in Central African Republic

China looms large over Twitter’s future under Elon Musk | U.S. intel helped Ukraine protect air defenses | Maps show exactly where Scott Morrison is targeting his slick video ad campaign

Musk seals $44 billion deal for Twitter | Ukraine's postal service gets DDOS'd after printing stamps of sunken Russian battleship | Phone-tracking firm demo'd surveillance powers by spying on CIA

Obama calls for tech regulation to combat disinformation | EU to unveil law to force Big Tech to police illegal content | US politicians press Biden on sale of Newport Wafer Fab to Chinese

Five Eyes warn Russia-backed hackers targeting critical infrastructure globally | UN coordinator calls for focus on North Korean cybercrime | AI industry profits from economic catastrophe

China to step up financial support for technology innovation | Fake BBC tweet spreads fabricated Macron quote | UK govt targeted with spyware

Ukraine is scanning faces of dead Russians, then contacting the mothers | AEC alarmed at 'dangerous' voter fraud claims | Ronan Farrow investigates Pegasus malware

TikTok created an alternate universe just for Russia | DHS foiled cyberattack on undersea internet cable in Hawaii | Political campaigns are facing risks with crypto donations

Ukraine disrupts Russian attempt to take down Ukrainian energy supplier | U.S. Justice Department seizes RaidForums | Taiwan's premier pushes for new laws to prevent chip theft

Senior EU officials were targeted with Israeli spyware | Europe seeks to block U.S. snooping on cloud data with cyber label | The chip challenge: Keeping Western semiconductors out of Russian weapons

Artificial intelligence: your questions answered | The life and career of Australia’s first female intelligence agency boss | The figure behind the viral 'Ukrainian biolab' conspiracy theory

Chinese hackers launch cyberattacks against Ukraine | U.S. FBI says it disrupted Russian hackers | Meta removes Facebook accounts to tackle misinformation ahead of Philippines polls

Parties using microtargeting to sway Australian voters | Nigerian social media accounts targeted in Ukraine conflict influence campaign | Google bans apps with hidden data-harvesting software

Biden to announce US, UK & Australia co-operation on hypersonic weapons | Shutdown of Russia's Hydra market disrupts a crypto-crime ATM | Top EU court says phone data cannot be held 'indiscriminately'

PNG ‘super tax’ disrupts Telstra-Digicel deal | Europe's new digital rules are giving tech leaders nightmares | Social media campaigns in Africa and Asia tap into distrust of west

China accused of hacking Ukraine days before Russian invasion | Tech workers urge companies to join digital blockade of Russia | UK ministers quietly approve Chinese microchip factory takeover

Close ties allow Russian propaganda to spread swiftly through China | Cyber war talks heat up at UN with Russia at Table | A Facebook bug led to increased views of Harmful content over six months

Apple and Meta gave user data to hackers who used forged legal requests | Ukrainian leader wages digital war | How China’s TikTok, Facebook influencers push propaganda

Australia announces $10 billion plan to bolster cybersecurity | China makes genetic data a national resource | New report: Understanding global disinformation and information operations

Ukrainian telecom company's internet service disrupted by cyberattack | US, Australia boost space, cyber co-operation to counter China | DPRK hackers target employees of news outlets through Chrome

Spotify suspends its streaming services in Russia | Four Russian nationals indicted for cyber intrusions by U.S. | Telegram signs agreement to combat misinformation ahead of Brazilian election

Russian cyber threat to US could invoke ANZUS Treaty | Under fire, out of fuel, no air support: what Russian radio chatter reveals | Weibo put on notice by SEC for potential delisting from Nasdaq

‘The Ukrainians Are Listening’: Russia’s Military Radios Are Getting Owned | NYPD accused of collecting DNA for 'rogue' database | Indonesia preparing tough new curbs for online platforms

Space commander 'scared' Australia lagging in military space capability | Apple’s political censorship leaves Taiwan, remains in Hong Kong | Authentication firm Okta probes report of digital breach

Russian banks targeted by "protestware" | Australian Space Command strengthens high-tech bonds with U.S. | Government introduces new laws to combat misinformation, disinformation

Brazil lifts its ban on Telegram after two days | Hikvision, Dahua, Uniview, Tiandy stand by Russia sales | How Kremlin accounts manipulate Twitter

Hacked News Channel and Deepfake of Zelenskyy Surrendering Is Causing Chaos Online | US DOJ Admission on Predictive Policing Tools | Meta is going on a subpoena spree, targeting Snap, Twitter and more

Russian state media muffled by social media giants | FCC bans two Chinese telecommunication companies from U.S. | Rwandan authorities targets domestic dissent on YouTube

Germany issues hacking warning for users of Russian anti-virus software Kaspersky | Israel says government sites targeted by cyberattack | Facebook ramps up 'fake news' fight ahead of Aus May election

EU to collectively invest in defence capabilities and innovative technologies | Influencers in the middle of information battle | Chinese propaganda is backing Russian disinformation narratives

Twitter unveils version of site that can bypass Russia block | China's state media buys Meta ads pushing Russia's line on war | SEC proposes requiring firms to report cyberattacks within four days

Ukraine prepares potential move of sensitive data to another country | Huawei [UK] board members resign over silence on Ukraine | Weight Watchers app gathered data from children

U.S. state governments hit in Chinese hacking spree | New sanctions on Russia as Australia seeks to counter Ukraine misinformation | EU countries call for cybersecurity emergency response fund

Arming Ukraine: 17,000 anti-tank weapons in 6 days and a clandestine Cybercorps | Chinese brands stay put in Russia for now despite Western exodus | Biden appointees split on key cyber bill

The Sydney Dialogue -The crisis of automation in the Indo-Pacific | Russian banks rush to switch to Chinese card system | TikTok suspends livestreaming and new uploads from Russia

Ukraine's tech diaspora races to mobilize Silicon Valley | Geofenced searches on Twitter: a case study detailing South Asia’s Covid crisis | Unpacking the first true cyberwar

Ukrainian cyber resistance group targets Russian infrastructure | Australian anti-vaccine groups switch to Putin praise | German court rules against online hate-speech law

Social media platforms ban Russian state media in Europe | South Korea invests $187m to build its national ecosystem on metaverse | Chinese tech companies now have to tell users about their algorithms

Russian media outlets hacked to display casualties | China-linked hackers exposed in espionage operations | Documents allegedly reveal Ericsson bribes to ISIS

Ukraine calls on hacker underground | Russia's cyberattacks could go global | NEW REPORT: Producing policy-relevant China research and analysis

Ukrainian defence capabilities targeted by cyberattacks | Chinese hackers attack Taiwan financial sector | UN members to vote on the next secretary-general of the International Telecommunication Union

TikToks and satellite images show Russia on the brink of full invasion | China is about to regulate AI—and the world is watching | Ukraine prepares to remove data from Russia’s reach

Biden enlists Asian partners for Russia sanctions | EU to mobilize cyber team to help Ukraine | NEW report: The future of assistance to law enforcement in an end-to-end encrypted world

Ukraine braces for cyber invasion | At Olympics, cybersecurity worries linger in background | How Cambodia’s Internet gateway will harm the Internet

Australia promises cyber support to Ukraine | Home Affairs Bills covering cyber, ransomware, telco data enter Parliament | Israel appoints ex-general as head of govt cyber security

Indian tax authorities search premises of China's Huawei | Trump app opens to hundreds of testers ahead of expected launch | How a Saudi woman's iPhone revealed hacking around the world

Russian state-sponsored hackers target US defence contractors | Israel to build quantum computer for national security | Ukraine's security service suspects Russia behind cyber attacks

Ukraine says defence ministry and banks hacked | Google has been forced to withdraw more than 100 phone apps | European Commission sets out a 6 billion-euro satellite communications plan

AFP on alert for domestic protests, disinformation and foreign interference as election looms | 54 Chinese apps banned by Indian govt | Ukraine shores up cyber defences against Russia

Videos reveal Russian forces closing in on Ukraine | C.I.A. Is collecting in bulk certain data affecting Americans | Australian government introduces ‘troll’ bill in Parliament

European Central Bank preparing for Russian cyber-attacks | Binance - a Crypto exachage - seeking $200mil stake in Forbes | Australia deploys diplomatic teams to garner support for AUKUS

ASIO disrupts foreign interference in Australian election | Pro-CCP Twitter accounts flood Olympics hashtags | New ASPI report: Digital Southeast Asia, Opportunities for Australia–India cooperation

Quad to build ties with other blocs to counter Chinese influence | U.S. charges Chinese company Hytera with conspiring to steal tech | Thiel to exit Meta’s Board to support Trump-aligned candidates

Meta may shut down Facebook and Instagram in Europe, data-sharing dispute | I.R.S. to end use of facial recognition for ID verification | Israel ramps up scrutiny of police as NSO scandal spreads

Ex-Australian embassy staff member charged by Thai police | Cyberattack on News Corp targeted emails of journalists, others | North Korea: Missile programme funded through stolen crypto

Winter Olympic translation technology also used to track China ethnic minorities | India seeks tougher action from tech giants on fake news | Trump memo suggested using NSA to 'prove' stolen election

US sends top security official to help NATO brace for Russian cyberattacks | EU to outline tech standards plan to counter China influence | North Korea hacked him. So he took down their internet

White House official to discuss Ukraine cyber security with European allies | NSO offered ‘bags of cash’ for access to U.S. cell networks | Berlin blocks takeover of chip supplier by Taiwan rival

WeChat is good for business, but not elections | Google to invest up to $1 billion in India's Bharti Airtel | Myanmar junta set to pass draconian cyber security law

Israel reaped diplomatic gains from NSO | Japan and US to lead 6G standards for unmanned tech | China’s diplomats and state media take to Twitter over Russia-Ukraine

Cyber-attack takes down Ukrainian promotional website | Biden administration to protect water sector from cyberattacks | State-sponsored hacking groups quiet ahead of Beijing Olympics

China pledges 'purification' of the internet ahead of Olympics | Europe pitches tech ‘principles’ to rule the internet | Russia steps up propaganda war amid tensions with Ukraine

U.S. threatens use of novel export control to damage Russia’s strategic industries | Australia will consider cybersecurity support to Ukraine | Intel plans $20bn 'megasite' in Ohio in chip race

Scott Morrison’s WeChat account taken over as pro-China propaganda page | China hires western TikTokers to polish image during 2022 Winter Olympics | U.S. bill targeting Big Tech approved by Senate

Australia-UK sign cybersecurity agreement | Ukraine asks Australia for more 'technical assistance' to combat increasing Russian cyber attacks | Russia proposes ban on use & mining of cryptocurrencies

Red Cross begs hackers not to leak data of “highly vulnerable people” | Twitter expands misinformation reporting feature to more markets | Chinese investment in US plane maker draws FBI

Security flaws in Beijing 2022 Olympics app | Israel police uses NSO’s Pegasus to spy on citizens | Twitter's Nigeria deal

Renewable energy and industrial technology organizations targeted in cyber-espionage campaign | Eastern Europe testing new forms of censorship | Women’s rights campaigners hacked with NSO spyware

Ukraine says Russia behind cyberattack in ‘hybrid war’ move | Facebook faces $3.2 bln UK class action over market dominance | Cambodia’s Internet May Soon Be Like China’s: State-Controlled

MI5 warning over 'Chinese agent' in Parliament | Dozens of El Salvador journalists, activists hacked | Switzerland tests digital currency payments with top investment banks

World Economic Forum warns cyber risks add to climate threat | China to crack open 'Great Firewall' for Winter Olympic athletes | EU to stage large-scale cyberattack exercise on supply chains

FBI, NSA and CISA warn of Russian state-sponsored hacks | French government launched new quantum computing platform | Economist says rising inequality stems from automation

Covid test misinformation spikes along with spread of Omicron | China plans its first ‘free data port’ in Guangzhou | EU orders Europol to delete data on citizens who have not committed crimes

China harvests masses of data on Western targets, documents show | U.S. catches Kremlin insider who may have secrets of 2016 hack | + all the other major stories you may have missed over the break