Worldwide massive surveillance from
Chinese company, a mosaic intelligence gathering
A Chinese company with links to Beijing's military and intelligence networks has been amassing a vast database of detailed personal information of 2.4 million people, including more than 35,000 Australians.
While much of the information has been "scraped" from open-source material, some profiles have information which appears to have been sourced from confidential bank records, job applications and psychological profiles.
Critics suspected the company sourced some of its information from the so-called "dark web".
656 of the Australians featured on the list as being of "special interest" or "politically exposed". While these terms are unexplained, the leak raises further questions about the spread and scope of China's intelligence gathering operations.
#surveillance #DataLeaks #DarkWeb #Australia
Source: ABC #Sep14
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-09-14/chinese-data-leak-linked-to-military-names-australians/12656668
Chinese company, a mosaic intelligence gathering
A Chinese company with links to Beijing's military and intelligence networks has been amassing a vast database of detailed personal information of 2.4 million people, including more than 35,000 Australians.
While much of the information has been "scraped" from open-source material, some profiles have information which appears to have been sourced from confidential bank records, job applications and psychological profiles.
Critics suspected the company sourced some of its information from the so-called "dark web".
656 of the Australians featured on the list as being of "special interest" or "politically exposed". While these terms are unexplained, the leak raises further questions about the spread and scope of China's intelligence gathering operations.
#surveillance #DataLeaks #DarkWeb #Australia
Source: ABC #Sep14
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-09-14/chinese-data-leak-linked-to-military-names-australians/12656668
Over 100,000 Join March in Belarus With Police Arresting 400, Shooting in the Air and Using Water Canon
Source: Stand News #Sep14
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Source: Stand News #Sep14
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Over 100,000 Join March in Belarus With Police Arresting 400, Shooting in the Air and Using Water Canon
Another mass anti-government demonstration took place in Belarusia on the eve of President Alexander Lukashenko’s meeting with the Russian president Vladimir Putin on 15 September. At least 100,000 citizens attended the “March of Heroes” on 14 September in the capital city of Minsk, demanding Lukashenko’s resignation.
Between 100,000 and 150,000 citizens took part in demonstration, chanting such slogans as “Long live Belarus!”, “You [Lukashenko] are a rat,” “We are the ones in power!” and “Step down.” Riot police armed with shields got in the way of the protesters, who shouted at them and called them “fascists.” Some protestors changed tactics and demonstrated in Drozhyd, where Lukashenko and other senior officials reside, instead of the usual sites. Riot police went after protestors with batons and dragged those who had fallen. Some peaceful protestors were carried away by masked officers.
Source: Stand News #Sep14
#Belarus #Russia #Putin #Lukashenko #Minsk #Protest #PoliceBrutality
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Another mass anti-government demonstration took place in Belarusia on the eve of President Alexander Lukashenko’s meeting with the Russian president Vladimir Putin on 15 September. At least 100,000 citizens attended the “March of Heroes” on 14 September in the capital city of Minsk, demanding Lukashenko’s resignation.
Between 100,000 and 150,000 citizens took part in demonstration, chanting such slogans as “Long live Belarus!”, “You [Lukashenko] are a rat,” “We are the ones in power!” and “Step down.” Riot police armed with shields got in the way of the protesters, who shouted at them and called them “fascists.” Some protestors changed tactics and demonstrated in Drozhyd, where Lukashenko and other senior officials reside, instead of the usual sites. Riot police went after protestors with batons and dragged those who had fallen. Some peaceful protestors were carried away by masked officers.
Source: Stand News #Sep14
#Belarus #Russia #Putin #Lukashenko #Minsk #Protest #PoliceBrutality
https://bit.ly/33M1DZd
Database of a Chinese Firm Collected Personal Data of 2.4M People, Targeting at Politicians, Military Officials and Celebrities
Source: Stand News #Sep14
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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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Chinese firm amasses trove of open-source data on influential Canadians
Source: The Globe and Mail #Sep14
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Chinese firm amasses trove of open-source data on influential Canadians
The office for Shenzhen Zhenhua Data Information Technology Co. Ltd., a small Chinese technology company that is building tools to process the world’s open-source informations about influential people.
The company claimed that their tools could manipulate content on Twitter, WhatsApp and other platforms, including Facebook, which said they banned Zhenhua from gathering data on its platform.
Zhenhua claimed to have collected information on more than 2.4 million people and 650,000 organizations from about two billion social-media articles.
Clients of the company included governments, the military, universities and academic institutes. The company is not merely a technology provider, as its employees actively work with customers and are based in cities across China, including Nanjing and Wuhan.
Source: The Globe and Mail #Sep14
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/world/article-chinese-firm-amasses-trove-of-open-source-data-on-influential/?fbclid=IwAR2cP_C3eElNtK65hHVhHUweFi-fJPyIEp6aMA5kv-JQJkHr3wp4tM2JVTM
#China #Canada #Zhenhua
The office for Shenzhen Zhenhua Data Information Technology Co. Ltd., a small Chinese technology company that is building tools to process the world’s open-source informations about influential people.
The company claimed that their tools could manipulate content on Twitter, WhatsApp and other platforms, including Facebook, which said they banned Zhenhua from gathering data on its platform.
Zhenhua claimed to have collected information on more than 2.4 million people and 650,000 organizations from about two billion social-media articles.
Clients of the company included governments, the military, universities and academic institutes. The company is not merely a technology provider, as its employees actively work with customers and are based in cities across China, including Nanjing and Wuhan.
Source: The Globe and Mail #Sep14
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/world/article-chinese-firm-amasses-trove-of-open-source-data-on-influential/?fbclid=IwAR2cP_C3eElNtK65hHVhHUweFi-fJPyIEp6aMA5kv-JQJkHr3wp4tM2JVTM
#China #Canada #Zhenhua
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Chinese firm amasses trove of open-source data on influential Canadians
Tech company has patents for tools to manipulate social media, boasts of its military ambitions
Exclusive: Wikipedia bans 7 mainland Chinese power users over ‘infiltration and exploitation’ in unprecedented clampdown
The move by the Wikimedia Foundation came after "long and deep investigations" into a group of mainland Chinese users, two months after HKFP revealed that some of them allegedly threatened to report their Hong Kong peers to the city's national security police.
The foundation that oversees Wikipedia has taken unprecedented action to ban seven mainland Chinese users from its websites globally and revoke administrator access and other privileges for 12 other users, following an HKFP report of alleged threats to Hong Kong users.
Source : HKFP #Sep14
https://hongkongfp.com/2021/09/14/exclusive-wikipedia-bans-7-mainland-chinese-power-users-over-infiltration-and-exploitation-in-unprecedented-clampdown
#Wikipedia #Mainland #HKFP #Ban #Revoke
The move by the Wikimedia Foundation came after "long and deep investigations" into a group of mainland Chinese users, two months after HKFP revealed that some of them allegedly threatened to report their Hong Kong peers to the city's national security police.
The foundation that oversees Wikipedia has taken unprecedented action to ban seven mainland Chinese users from its websites globally and revoke administrator access and other privileges for 12 other users, following an HKFP report of alleged threats to Hong Kong users.
Source : HKFP #Sep14
https://hongkongfp.com/2021/09/14/exclusive-wikipedia-bans-7-mainland-chinese-power-users-over-infiltration-and-exploitation-in-unprecedented-clampdown
#Wikipedia #Mainland #HKFP #Ban #Revoke
China opens unofficial police stations in Britain to hunt down people for their return
China has opened unofficial police stations in London as part of a growing network of Communist Party-linked offices accused of hunting down and blackmailing Chinese citizens to force them to return home.
Chinese authorities have established 54 “overseas police service centres” around the world in the last few years, according to a new report, as Beijing seeks to expand Chinese powers abroad.
Source: The Telegraph #Sep14
#China #Overseas #Police
https://t.co/wW45Kkkeo6
China has opened unofficial police stations in London as part of a growing network of Communist Party-linked offices accused of hunting down and blackmailing Chinese citizens to force them to return home.
Chinese authorities have established 54 “overseas police service centres” around the world in the last few years, according to a new report, as Beijing seeks to expand Chinese powers abroad.
Source: The Telegraph #Sep14
#China #Overseas #Police
https://t.co/wW45Kkkeo6