100 local governments hit by cyberattacks, mainly from abroad, as My Number approaches
At least 100 municipalities across Japan have suffered cyberattacks, many originating overseas, underscoring the threat local officials face as the My Number system comes on line.
The United States and China have been engaged in urgent negotiations in recent weeks on a cybersecurity deal and may announce an agreement when President Chinese President Xi Jinping arrives in Washington on a state visit on Thursday, the New York Times said on ...
Hackers made a "very powerful" attack on the Kremlin website Sunday, the Russian government said Monday. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov linked the attack to regional elections in Russia on Sunday in which the opposition sought to challenge government-allied politicians in the one region it was ...
Chinese hacking requires bolstered guard against cyberattacks, Clapper says
The United States must beef up cybersecurity against Chinese hackers targeting a broad range of U.S. interests to raise the cost to China of engaging in such activities, America's top intelligence official said on Thursday. The testimony by Director of National Intelligence James Clapper before ...
Chinese build factories in U.S., creating jobs and tensions
When Chen Mingxu was a boy, U.S. businessmen poured into rural China, welcomed with tax breaks and steamed turtle. Thirty years later, in a kind of reverse migration, Chen finds himself in southwestern Alabama smiling wanly over bacon-wrapped meatloaf and banana pudding. Chen, who employs ...
The United States is preparing to sanction Chinese companies connected to the cybertheft of U.S. intellectual property as early as next week, the Financial Times newspaper reported on Thursday. The FT cited three U.S. officials as saying the sanctions probably would come next week in ...
None of 21.5 million U.S. federal ranks hit by data hack has been informed, officials admit
The U.S. government has not yet notified any of the 21.5 million federal employees and contractors whose security clearance data was hacked more than three months ago, officials acknowledged on Tuesday. The agency whose data were hacked, the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), said the ...
The White House is considering applying sanctions against companies and individuals in China it believes have benefited from Chinese hacking of U.S. trade secrets, The Washington Post reported on Sunday. The newspaper, citing several unidentified Obama administration officials, said a final determination on whether to ...
British hacker for Islamic State killed in U.S. drone strike in Syria: sources
A British hacker who U.S. and European officials said became a top cyberexpert for Islamic State in Syria has been killed in a U.S. drone strike, a U.S. source familiar with the matter said on Wednesday. It was the second reported killing of a senior ...
Ashley Madison hack sends shivers through hook-up, porn sites
Larry Flynt, a defender of free speech and sexual freedom if there ever was one, has this advice for anyone worried by the hack of infidelity site Ashley Madison: Muzzle yourself. "Don't do or say anything you wouldn't want to read about on the front ...
Culture change needed at pension body after massive data hack
The report on the data leaks at the Japan Pension Service (JPS), released Thursday by its internal body, has revealed that a culture where no one takes responsibility existed in the Social Insurance Agency, the JPS's predecessor, and continued at the refurbished entity. Prime Minister ...
