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CYBER10h agoThe Limits of China’s Surveillance StateToday’s Beijing shows marks of how costly total control can be.Foreign Policy
CYBER1d agoHow China harnesses AI microdramas to shape public opinion at home and abroadBeijing is rapidly scaling up the use of artificial intelligence (AI) to produce short-form videos and microdramas in its publicity campaigns, aligning with directives stressing technology’s role in strengthening ideological work and guiding public opinion. In contrast to sensational tropes dominating AI content across Chinese media platforms – such as Cinderella romance, rebirth for revenge and post-apocalyptic survival – a new wave of AI-generated miniseries weaves Chinese culture, policies...South China Morning Post
CYBER4d agoTP-Link Sued by Four More U.S. States Over Router Security and China TiesFour more U.S. states sued router maker TP-Link Systems on October 6, bringing the total to five, with Texas filing a suit in February. Florida, Iowa, Montana and Nebraska allege the California company misled buyers about how secure its routers are and how separate it is from China. TP-Link denies the claims and says it will fight them in court. TP-Link Systems is based inThe Hacker News
CYBER5d agoFBI Says China-Linked Hackers Ran Portal Giving Third Parties Access to Stolen EmailsThe Hacker News
CYBER5d agoFormer head of German intelligence may have passed information to ChinaNOS Buitenland
CYBER5d agoCrowdStrike links South Korean bank hacks to China-based attacker using AICrowdStrike has attributed hacks against South Korean banks to a China-based attacker. The attacker reportedly utilized artificial intelligence in their operations.Seeking Alpha Tech
CYBER6d ago‘China already has spies’ at US AI labs, claims ex-Anthropic researcherFormer Anthropic and OpenAI researcher Jacob Coxon said he was 90 per cent certain that China already had spies inside both US artificial intelligence (AI) companies, without providing evidence. Coxon made the allegation in an interview with entrepreneur Patrick Bet-David on the PBD Podcast, arguing that China could steal advances from leading US AI labs and quickly close any technological gap. “Right now, if we just stopped, they would try and catch up. But I think one really important thing...South China Morning Post
CYBER6d agoIowa AG sues video surveillance company for making Iowans’ private data available to Chinacbnc · india
CYBER6d agoRecent Taiwan simulation highlights US cyberdefense gaps against China, experts warnDefense One
CYBER6d agoTrading platform Webull's China ties create national security risk, congressional panel findsA congressional committee says trading platform Webull is not the ordinary U.S. company it claims, but exposes customer data to Chinese surveillance risk.CNBC
CYBEROct 5US accuses mainland China of targeting Taiwan leader’s family in surveillance caseSouth China Morning Post
CYBEROct 5China’s LinkedIn Espionage Is Only Getting More AdvancedThe Diplomat
CYBEROct 5California real estate agent accused of spying on Taiwanese president’s son for ChinaThe Independent World
CYBEROct 5US arrests woman for spying for China and monitoring the son of the Taiwanese presidentClarín
CYBEROct 4China-Aligned TA419 Targets U.S. AI Policy Experts With Microsoft AitM PhishingThe Hacker News
CYBEROct 3China and Africa boost law enforcement ties in crackdown on cross-border cybercrimeFrom online-gambling rings in eSwatini to SIM swapping in Kenya and cybercrime networks in Zambia, a wave of cross-border fraud is drawing African governments and China into closer security cooperation. China hosted East African security ministers and police chiefs in Lianyungang, Jiangsu province, on September 10 for talks on terrorism, kidnapping, online fraud and other cross-border threats. China’s public security minister, Wang Xiaohong, said Beijing would strengthen law-enforcement...South China Morning Post
CYBEROct 2Antino Backdoor Uses Outlook and OneDrive for C2 in China-Nexus Espionage CampaignThe Hacker News
CYBEROct 2US accuses businessman of smuggling AI technology to ChinaUn empresario californiano fue arrestado por contrabandear más de 300 millones en tecnología de IA a China, usando documentos falsos y rutas indirectas.La empresa del acusado enviaba servidores a países sin restricciones y luego los redirigía a China, violando controles de exportación de EE. UU.Clarín
CYBEROct 2US arrests man over alleged smuggling of US$300 million worth of computer servers to ChinaGreg Lui operated a technology company called Earthmade Computer, which he used to buy and send items to China without the licences required by the US Department of Commerce from 2023 to 2024, said the Department of Justice.channelnewsasia · indonesia
CYBEROct 2China stockpiles ASML lithography tools, spurring US calls for complete export banChinese semiconductor plants amassed hundreds of immersion lithography machines worth billions of dollars in recent years, according to former US officials, who urged Washington and its allies to shut down further exports. Chinese-owned fabs had acquired an estimated 343 immersion deep ultraviolet (DUV) lithography systems by early 2026, said a report published in late September by the Centre for Technology & Statecraft (CTS), a Washington research group established in August. Co-authored by...South China Morning Post
CYBEROct 1Khanna asks AI firms for information on efforts by China to access codeThe leading Democrat on the House’s China Select Committee is calling on the U.S.’s leading AI labs for information on Beijing’s alleged efforts to steal model weights from their firms. Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.), the ranking member of the House Select Committee of the Chinese Communist Party, requested data on Thursday from OpenAI, Anthropic, Meta…The Hill
CYBEROct 1OpenAI links China’s Moonshot AI to attempt to extract its models’ reasoningOpenAI says it identified an attempt to extract protected reasoning from its AI models, linking part of the activity with China’s Moonshot AI.CNBC
CYBERBREAKINGSep 30UK accuses China of using academics to spy on AI and other tech researchSouth China Morning Post
CYBERSep 23Behind the diplomacy, the shadow war China is waging against the United StatesLe Figaro International