Source: The New York Times
China has issued a new call for international “rules and cooperation” on Internet espionage issues, while insisting that accusations of Chinese government involvement in recent hacking attacks were part of an international smear campaign.
Tag Archives: China
In wake of cyberattacks, China seeks new rules
March 10, 2013 – 11:13 pm
TOM-Skype surveillance research in Bloomberg Business Week
March 8, 2013 – 2:24 pm
Bloomberg Business Week reports on joint Citizen Lab and University of New Mexico research on surveillance in the TOM-Skype instant messaging client (Chinese version of Skype).
Chinese cyberwar and the US ‘myth of scheming’
March 7, 2013 – 1:23 pm
Source: Graham Webster, Al Jazeera
Last week, after the Washington Post reported that numerous Washington institutions in and outside government have experienced hacking attributed to China, the Post’s excellent political writer Ezra Klein had an unfortunate foray into commentary on Chinese elite politics.
Citizen Lab at the Boston Freedom in Online Communications Day (BFOC)
February 28, 2013 – 5:47 pm
Citizen Lab Post-Doctoral Fellow Philippa Gill and Senior Analytics and Visualization Developer Greg Wiseman will participate at this year’s Boston Freedom in Online Communications Day (BFOC), taking place on 8 March 2013.
Hacking isn’t cyberwar, for now
February 28, 2013 – 9:02 am
Source: Chris Bronk, The New York Times
“There’s no cyberwar without a real war,” argues cryptographer Bruce Schneier. Yet some sort of cyberconflict with China is afoot.
State-sponsored hackers steal more than a terabyte of data per day, says new report
February 27, 2013 – 1:00 pm
Source: The Verge
Two decades after computer security began generating billions by selling expertise and software designed to protect unwanted network intrusions, experts say those networks are more vulnerable than ever.
Call to help Tibetans puts pressure on Canada’s new religion envoy
February 26, 2013 – 1:33 pm
Source: The Globe and Mail
The political leader of exiled Tibetans is calling on Canada’s ambassador for religious freedom to investigate religious repression and suicide in his homeland, squeezing the week-old post into a tricky diplomatic position.
Senior Researcher Sarah McKune quoted in AFP piece
February 22, 2013 – 1:36 pm
In a piece for Agence France Press, Citizen Lab Senior Researcher Sarah McKune was quoted in response to a recent report outlying alleged Chinese hacking of US firms.
China, the US and cybersecurity: Is Mandiant promoting a Cold War mentality?
February 21, 2013 – 11:56 am
Source: Internet Governance Project
The release of the Mandiant report on “Advanced Persistent Threat 1″ (APT1) marked a watershed in US-China relations on cybersecurity.
Mandiant APT1 report has critical analytic flaws
February 19, 2013 – 12:59 pm
Source: Jeffrey Carr
Mandiant’s APT1 report is the latest infosec company document to accuse the Chinese government of running cyber espionage operations.
