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National Security Officers Allegedly Interfere with Church-Organized Webinar on Google Meet
Source: CNews #Sep1
#NationalSecurityLaw #GoogleMeet #MassSurveillance #CyberSecurity
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National Security Officers Allegedly Interfere with Church-Organized Webinar on Google Meet
Source: CNews #Sep1
#NationalSecurityLaw #GoogleMeet #MassSurveillance #CyberSecurity
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National Security Officers Allegedly Interfere with Church-Organized Webinar on Google Meet
In Hong Kong on 30 August 2020, the Church of Christ in China (CCC) Tuen Mun Church held a webinar under the theme "The Historical Changes of the Crucifix under the Red Flag" through the communication software Google Meet.
The talk was a four-part series which discussed church and the religion policy in China. Soon after the webinar began, users who called themselves "Hong Kong Branch of China National Security Bureau", "China National Security Agency", and "Shenzhengovernment" (sic.) requested to join, but were refused by the webinar administrator.
Towards the end of the webinar, Pastor Chan Min-yi, who is also the director of the Tuen Mun Church, reported the incident to the participants. Following that, Chan was constantly being removed from the chat room by an unknown third party. In the end, Chen had to use his wife's phone to join the chat room, but whenever he turned on the camera to speak, he was being removed again. At the same time, several church members and speakers who were hosting the talk were also being removed from the chat room. Under the circumstances, he webinar was forced to end.
Pastor Chan said that the church chose to use Google Meet instead of Zoom for security reasons, but they suspected that they were still being monitored. He emphasized that the webinar was an introduction to the history of church policies in China and did not touch on the national security law. He said that the church will report the incident to Google, but has no intention to tell the police, "It is meaningless. The police are friends of the national security folks."
Source: CNews #Sep1
https://bit.ly/3joHJcS
#NationalSecurityLaw #GoogleMeet #MassSurveillance #CyberSecurity #CCCTuenMun #ChanMinYi
National Security Officers Allegedly Interfere with Church-Organized Webinar on Google Meet
In Hong Kong on 30 August 2020, the Church of Christ in China (CCC) Tuen Mun Church held a webinar under the theme "The Historical Changes of the Crucifix under the Red Flag" through the communication software Google Meet.
The talk was a four-part series which discussed church and the religion policy in China. Soon after the webinar began, users who called themselves "Hong Kong Branch of China National Security Bureau", "China National Security Agency", and "Shenzhengovernment" (sic.) requested to join, but were refused by the webinar administrator.
Towards the end of the webinar, Pastor Chan Min-yi, who is also the director of the Tuen Mun Church, reported the incident to the participants. Following that, Chan was constantly being removed from the chat room by an unknown third party. In the end, Chen had to use his wife's phone to join the chat room, but whenever he turned on the camera to speak, he was being removed again. At the same time, several church members and speakers who were hosting the talk were also being removed from the chat room. Under the circumstances, he webinar was forced to end.
Pastor Chan said that the church chose to use Google Meet instead of Zoom for security reasons, but they suspected that they were still being monitored. He emphasized that the webinar was an introduction to the history of church policies in China and did not touch on the national security law. He said that the church will report the incident to Google, but has no intention to tell the police, "It is meaningless. The police are friends of the national security folks."
Source: CNews #Sep1
https://bit.ly/3joHJcS
#NationalSecurityLaw #GoogleMeet #MassSurveillance #CyberSecurity #CCCTuenMun #ChanMinYi
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教會Google Meet辦中國政教講座 「中国国安局香港分局」等3不明帳號闖入踢走牧師 疑全程被監控
中華基督教會屯門堂星期日（30日）透過通訊軟件Google Meet，舉行一個名為「紅旗下十架的歷史變遷」的講座，內容主要圍繞中國的政教關係。講座進行期間，分別有自稱「中國國安局香港分局」、「中國國家安全局」、「Shenzhengovernment」（深圳政府）的用戶要求加入。
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China's Alipay Enters Hong Kong Schools, Worry Over the Collection Personal Data by China
Source: CUPID News; Apple Daily #Aug31
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China's Alipay Enters Hong Kong Schools, Worry Over the Collection Personal Data by China
Source: CUPID News; Apple Daily #Aug31
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China's Alipay Enters Hong Kong Schools, Worry Over the Collection Personal Data by China
Under the menace of the new coronvirus, "virtual classroom" will be adopted in all primary and secondary schools in Hong Kong in the new term.
Meanwhile, it is reported that more than 20 schools have switched to China-owned Alipay to handle fees. Parents and students expressed worries over Alipay infiltration on campus.
According to a student from the Chinese Christian Church Cheun Chun Middle School, the school in mid-August suddenly issued a notice through the its online platform, informing parents that they will have to pay by Alipay, instead of the previously used Hong Kong's Octopus system. In other words, parents are forced to install thd apps and open an Alipay account on or before August 31.
When downloading the App and signing up for an account, the user's mobile phone status and identification code will be accessed, and the user's identity may be tracked through the identification code.
Source: CUPID News; Apple Daily #Aug31
#Alipay #CCPControl
China's Alipay Enters Hong Kong Schools, Worry Over the Collection Personal Data by China
Under the menace of the new coronvirus, "virtual classroom" will be adopted in all primary and secondary schools in Hong Kong in the new term.
Meanwhile, it is reported that more than 20 schools have switched to China-owned Alipay to handle fees. Parents and students expressed worries over Alipay infiltration on campus.
According to a student from the Chinese Christian Church Cheun Chun Middle School, the school in mid-August suddenly issued a notice through the its online platform, informing parents that they will have to pay by Alipay, instead of the previously used Hong Kong's Octopus system. In other words, parents are forced to install thd apps and open an Alipay account on or before August 31.
When downloading the App and signing up for an account, the user's mobile phone status and identification code will be accessed, and the user's identity may be tracked through the identification code.
Source: CUPID News; Apple Daily #Aug31
#Alipay #CCPControl
#Cybersecurity
Chinese government's technological military attack on Canadian company
In 2004 Nortel cyber-security advisor Brian Shields investigated a serious breach in the telecom giant’s network. This would only turn out to be an attack from China. More than just experiencing a breach in the network, files and important documents were also downloaded. A data theft was going on.
While the Canadian company was experiencing what seemed to be a massive crisis, Huawei suddenly replaced Nortel as the world’s dominant internet technology provider.
The Chinese government is not just stealing information through the usage of technology, but also 'providing' technology to Huawei, in order to gain information.
Source: Global News #Aug25
#Canada #Nortel #Huawei #CCP #5G
Chinese government's technological military attack on Canadian company
In 2004 Nortel cyber-security advisor Brian Shields investigated a serious breach in the telecom giant’s network. This would only turn out to be an attack from China. More than just experiencing a breach in the network, files and important documents were also downloaded. A data theft was going on.
While the Canadian company was experiencing what seemed to be a massive crisis, Huawei suddenly replaced Nortel as the world’s dominant internet technology provider.
The Chinese government is not just stealing information through the usage of technology, but also 'providing' technology to Huawei, in order to gain information.
Source: Global News #Aug25
#Canada #Nortel #Huawei #CCP #5G
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China proposes Global Data Security Initiative, pledging not to monitor other countries and not to put "back doors" in their products.
Source: Stand News #Sep08
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China proposes Global Data Security Initiative, pledging not to monitor other countries and not to put "back doors" in their products.
Source: Stand News #Sep08
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China proposes Global Data Security Initiative, pledging not to monitor other countries and not to put "back doors" in their products.
According to the Chinese official media, Xinhua News Agency, its government presented the Global Data Security Initiatives (GDSI) at an international conference. Among the eight initiatives, there are calls to oppose the use of cyber technology to damage the infrastructure of other countries or steal important data; endanger the security of other countries; oppose the misuse of cyber technology to monitor other countries; collect personal data of citizens of other countries, and prohibit product and service providers from "installing backdoors in their provisions"; illegally obtaining user data, and controlling or manipulating user systems and equipment.
According to the Xinhua News Agency, China made the eight proposals at the "Seize the Digital Opportunity for Cooperative Development" conference in Beijing. Apart from the aforementioned initiatives, some other proposals include calling on countries to take a comprehensive and objective view on data security issues, opposing large-scale surveillance against other countries and not to request data located outside the country from enterprises or individuals without the permission of other countries' laws.
Source: Stand News #Sep08
#XinhuaNewsAgency #ChineseInternetTech #BackdoorTech
China proposes Global Data Security Initiative, pledging not to monitor other countries and not to put "back doors" in their products.
According to the Chinese official media, Xinhua News Agency, its government presented the Global Data Security Initiatives (GDSI) at an international conference. Among the eight initiatives, there are calls to oppose the use of cyber technology to damage the infrastructure of other countries or steal important data; endanger the security of other countries; oppose the misuse of cyber technology to monitor other countries; collect personal data of citizens of other countries, and prohibit product and service providers from "installing backdoors in their provisions"; illegally obtaining user data, and controlling or manipulating user systems and equipment.
According to the Xinhua News Agency, China made the eight proposals at the "Seize the Digital Opportunity for Cooperative Development" conference in Beijing. Apart from the aforementioned initiatives, some other proposals include calling on countries to take a comprehensive and objective view on data security issues, opposing large-scale surveillance against other countries and not to request data located outside the country from enterprises or individuals without the permission of other countries' laws.
Source: Stand News #Sep08
#XinhuaNewsAgency #ChineseInternetTech #BackdoorTech
Database of a Chinese Firm Collected Personal Data of 2.4M People, Targeting at Politicians, Military Officials and Celebrities
A Shenzhen-based private company was found to collect personal data globally and sold it to state agencies. Zhenhua Data, a technology company based in Shenzhen, was allegedly to be involved and linked to the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) of China. Its database of 2.4 million people included detailed personal data of tens of thousands of well-known and influential people. The database is thought to be used by Chinese intelligence agencies and described as “Cambridge Analytica on steroids”.
Zhenhua Data was established in 2018. It was believed to be owned by China Zhenhua Electronics Group, a state-owned firm controlled by China Electronics Corporation and the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of Guizhou Province.
The main customers of Zhenhua Data include the People's Liberation Army (PLA) and the Communist Party of China (CCP). Zhenhua collected data such as date of birth, address, marital status, photos, political connections, relatives and social media accounts, and even integrated personal account of Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram and TikTok. Information contained news reports, criminal and company records.
Source: Stand News #Sep14
#China #CambridgeAnalytical #Zhenhua #PLA #CCP #Cybersecurity #Shenzhen #DataProtection
A Shenzhen-based private company was found to collect personal data globally and sold it to state agencies. Zhenhua Data, a technology company based in Shenzhen, was allegedly to be involved and linked to the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) of China. Its database of 2.4 million people included detailed personal data of tens of thousands of well-known and influential people. The database is thought to be used by Chinese intelligence agencies and described as “Cambridge Analytica on steroids”.
Zhenhua Data was established in 2018. It was believed to be owned by China Zhenhua Electronics Group, a state-owned firm controlled by China Electronics Corporation and the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of Guizhou Province.
The main customers of Zhenhua Data include the People's Liberation Army (PLA) and the Communist Party of China (CCP). Zhenhua collected data such as date of birth, address, marital status, photos, political connections, relatives and social media accounts, and even integrated personal account of Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram and TikTok. Information contained news reports, criminal and company records.
Source: Stand News #Sep14
#China #CambridgeAnalytical #Zhenhua #PLA #CCP #Cybersecurity #Shenzhen #DataProtection
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中國企業數據庫被揭挖全球 240 萬人私隱情報 針對多國政要、軍官、名人 | 立場報道 | 立場新聞
深圳一家私營企業被揭在全球大肆收集個人資料，再售予國家機構。涉事的深圳振華數據被指同解放軍有聯繫，其積累達 2...
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Swedish Technology Company Cuts Business Ties With Hong Kong
//Stockholm-based Micro Systemation AB, a Swedish firm that supplies law enforcement and government agencies with technology to extract data from mobile phones, said it has pulled its business from Hong Kong following the White House’s executive order to strip Hong Kong of its special trading status on 14 July.
//The company’s technology was used by Hong Kong authorities to examine the phone contents of pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong after he was arrested in October last year, according to a police report. The company was originally in line for additional business from the Hong Kong government.
//The company specifically stated in an email that they would no longer “supply solutions” to the Cyber Security and Technology Crime Bureau of the Hong Kong Police Force nor any other government agencies as the White House’s executive order impacts the company’s legal entity and presence in the USA.
//The company has also pulled its business from China which started in 2013 earlier in 2020 due to changes in “regulatory regimes and restrictions” related to export control laws.
//Another firm whose technology was identified in the Joshua Wong case as being used by Hong Kong authorities, Israel-based Cellebite, is facing its own kind of pressure brought by the new national security law which restricts the many types of freedom associated with Western democracies in Hong Kong.
Full Article: Bloomberg
https://bloom.bg/36aO7AY
#nationalsecuritylaw #joshuawong #cybersecurity #MSAB
Swedish Technology Company Cuts Business Ties With Hong Kong
//Stockholm-based Micro Systemation AB, a Swedish firm that supplies law enforcement and government agencies with technology to extract data from mobile phones, said it has pulled its business from Hong Kong following the White House’s executive order to strip Hong Kong of its special trading status on 14 July.
//The company’s technology was used by Hong Kong authorities to examine the phone contents of pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong after he was arrested in October last year, according to a police report. The company was originally in line for additional business from the Hong Kong government.
//The company specifically stated in an email that they would no longer “supply solutions” to the Cyber Security and Technology Crime Bureau of the Hong Kong Police Force nor any other government agencies as the White House’s executive order impacts the company’s legal entity and presence in the USA.
//The company has also pulled its business from China which started in 2013 earlier in 2020 due to changes in “regulatory regimes and restrictions” related to export control laws.
//Another firm whose technology was identified in the Joshua Wong case as being used by Hong Kong authorities, Israel-based Cellebite, is facing its own kind of pressure brought by the new national security law which restricts the many types of freedom associated with Western democracies in Hong Kong.
Full Article: Bloomberg
https://bloom.bg/36aO7AY
#nationalsecuritylaw #joshuawong #cybersecurity #MSAB
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Swedish Technology Company Cuts Business Ties With Hong Kong
A Swedish firm that supplies law enforcement and government agencies with technology to extract data from mobile phones said it has pulled its business from Hong Kong.
India Sets up Expert Committee to Investigate Chinese Firms' Involvement in Personal Data Collection, Demands the Participation of Chinese Ambassador to India.
As tensions continue to mount between China and India, the Indian government set up an expert committee on Wednesday, to investigate the alleged collection of personal data by Chinese firm Zhenhua Data and asked the Chinese ambassador to India to participate.
The Indian Express, a local media outlet, revealed that Shenzhen Zhenhua Data Information Technology Co (ZDIT) had collected the personal data of over ten thousand Indian politicians and celebrities to build a database in preparation for a "hybrid warfare" with India. The newspaper also quoted the External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar as saying in a written response that the government has appointed the Chief Commissioner for Cyber Security, retired Army Lieutenant General Rajesh Pant, to head an expert committee. The committee will investigate and assess whether ZDIT was involved in any illegal activities and the implications thereof. The committee will submit its recommendations and report to the government within 30 days.
ZDIT, the company under investigation, was suspected of links with the Chinese government and the Chinese Communist Party. Jaishankar stressed that the Indian government took the protection of Indian citizens’ privacy and personal data very seriously. He also said that the government was deeply concerned with foreign organisations that access or seek access of citizens’ personal data without their consent.
Source: Apple Daily #Sep17
#ZhenhuaData #ChinaIndiaConflict #India #PersonalData #CyberSecurity #CCP #ZDIT #Jaishankar
https://bit.ly/3cCQs8V
As tensions continue to mount between China and India, the Indian government set up an expert committee on Wednesday, to investigate the alleged collection of personal data by Chinese firm Zhenhua Data and asked the Chinese ambassador to India to participate.
The Indian Express, a local media outlet, revealed that Shenzhen Zhenhua Data Information Technology Co (ZDIT) had collected the personal data of over ten thousand Indian politicians and celebrities to build a database in preparation for a "hybrid warfare" with India. The newspaper also quoted the External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar as saying in a written response that the government has appointed the Chief Commissioner for Cyber Security, retired Army Lieutenant General Rajesh Pant, to head an expert committee. The committee will investigate and assess whether ZDIT was involved in any illegal activities and the implications thereof. The committee will submit its recommendations and report to the government within 30 days.
ZDIT, the company under investigation, was suspected of links with the Chinese government and the Chinese Communist Party. Jaishankar stressed that the Indian government took the protection of Indian citizens’ privacy and personal data very seriously. He also said that the government was deeply concerned with foreign organisations that access or seek access of citizens’ personal data without their consent.
Source: Apple Daily #Sep17
#ZhenhuaData #ChinaIndiaConflict #India #PersonalData #CyberSecurity #CCP #ZDIT #Jaishankar
https://bit.ly/3cCQs8V