Republicans Want Digital Yuan Restricted at Beijing Olympics
āRepublican Senators Marsha Blackburn, Roger Wicker, and Cynthia Lummis urged the U.S. Olympic Committee to forbid American athletes from using Chinaās new digital currency at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, citing espionage and data-security concerns.
āOlympic athletes should be aware that the digital yuan may be used to surveil Chinese citizens and those visiting China on an unprecedented scale, with the hopes that they will maintain digital yuan wallets on their smartphones and continue to use it upon return,ā the lawmakers wrote in a letter sent Monday to Susanne Lyons, board chair of the U.S. Olympic Committee.
Source: Bloomberg #Jul20
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-07-19/republicans-want-digital-yuan-restricted-at-beijing-olympics
#Restricted #Beijing #Olympics
āRepublican Senators Marsha Blackburn, Roger Wicker, and Cynthia Lummis urged the U.S. Olympic Committee to forbid American athletes from using Chinaās new digital currency at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, citing espionage and data-security concerns.
āOlympic athletes should be aware that the digital yuan may be used to surveil Chinese citizens and those visiting China on an unprecedented scale, with the hopes that they will maintain digital yuan wallets on their smartphones and continue to use it upon return,ā the lawmakers wrote in a letter sent Monday to Susanne Lyons, board chair of the U.S. Olympic Committee.
Source: Bloomberg #Jul20
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-07-19/republicans-want-digital-yuan-restricted-at-beijing-olympics
#Restricted #Beijing #Olympics
U.S. and allies accuse China of global hacking spree
The United States and its allies accused China on Monday of a global cyberespionage campaign, mustering an unusually broad coalition of countries for an initiative angrily rejected by Beijing.
The United States was joined by NATO, the European Union, Australia, Britain, Canada, Japan and New Zealand in condemning the spying, which U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said posed "a major threat to our economic and national security".
Simultaneously, the U.S. Department of Justice charged four Chinese nationals - three security officials and one contract hacker - with targeting dozens of companies, universities and government agencies in the United States and abroad
Source: Reuters #Jul20
https://www.reuters.com/technology/us-allies-accuse-china-global-cyber-hacking-campaign-2021-07-19/
#China #US #Hacking #NATO
The United States and its allies accused China on Monday of a global cyberespionage campaign, mustering an unusually broad coalition of countries for an initiative angrily rejected by Beijing.
The United States was joined by NATO, the European Union, Australia, Britain, Canada, Japan and New Zealand in condemning the spying, which U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said posed "a major threat to our economic and national security".
Simultaneously, the U.S. Department of Justice charged four Chinese nationals - three security officials and one contract hacker - with targeting dozens of companies, universities and government agencies in the United States and abroad
Source: Reuters #Jul20
https://www.reuters.com/technology/us-allies-accuse-china-global-cyber-hacking-campaign-2021-07-19/
#China #US #Hacking #NATO
Kodak Removes Instagram photos of Uyghurs' Mass Imprisonment in Xinjiang and Apologizes After Being Snipped by Chinese Netizens
Source: Stand News #Jul20
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Kodak Removes Instagram photos of Uyghurs' Mass Imprisonment in Xinjiang and Apologizes After Being Snipped by Chinese Netizens
Kodak, a camera equipment company, published photos of Xinjiang taken by a French photographer on Instagram. The post mentioned Xinjiang Uyghur human rights issues, causing dissatisfaction among Chinese netizens and left many messages under their Instagram account. Kodak then deleted the photos and published a statement at midnight, emphasizing that the post was not written by the company but by the photographer. They pointed out that their Instagram āis designed to promote creativity, not a platform of commencing politics" and apologized for the misunderstanding and offence caused by the post.
Chinese netizens forwarded the post to Weibo and launched a crazy flood to Kodak and Wack's accounts. Many Chinese netizens left messages on Wackās posts ātalentless and catch the eyeballs ideologyā and āregardless how beautiful the picture is, if bias comes in place, the photographer will put a layer of filter on itā. Some Chinese media criticized, āUnder Wackās lens, the magnificent of Xinjiang is attractive but also carrying hidden messagesā. Somebody supports him and praises his shots under his posts.
Source: Stand News #Jul20
https://bit.ly/3xoFpJr
#China #Xinjiang #Uyghurs #Kodak #Wack #HumanRights #Instagram #Weibo
Kodak, a camera equipment company, published photos of Xinjiang taken by a French photographer on Instagram. The post mentioned Xinjiang Uyghur human rights issues, causing dissatisfaction among Chinese netizens and left many messages under their Instagram account. Kodak then deleted the photos and published a statement at midnight, emphasizing that the post was not written by the company but by the photographer. They pointed out that their Instagram āis designed to promote creativity, not a platform of commencing politics" and apologized for the misunderstanding and offence caused by the post.
Chinese netizens forwarded the post to Weibo and launched a crazy flood to Kodak and Wack's accounts. Many Chinese netizens left messages on Wackās posts ātalentless and catch the eyeballs ideologyā and āregardless how beautiful the picture is, if bias comes in place, the photographer will put a layer of filter on itā. Some Chinese media criticized, āUnder Wackās lens, the magnificent of Xinjiang is attractive but also carrying hidden messagesā. Somebody supports him and praises his shots under his posts.
Source: Stand News #Jul20
https://bit.ly/3xoFpJr
#China #Xinjiang #Uyghurs #Kodak #Wack #HumanRights #Instagram #Weibo
USA and NATO Condemn China's Malicious Cyberattack
Source: Stand News #Jul20
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USA and NATO Condemn China's Malicious Cyberattack
The Guardian reported that the USA and NATO along with the European Union, United Kingdom, Japan, Canada, Australia and New Zealand condemned Malicious Cyberattacks by China. The attack includes the invasion of 250,000 Microsoft Exchange email servers, affecting at least 30,000 US governmental and non-governmental organizations. It is the first cyber behaviour condemn by NATO since its establishment in 1949. Antony Blinken, the United States Secretary of State, indicates that the systemic cyberattack from China is irresponsible, destructive and brings instability, seriously threatening the economy and national security of the USA.
On the same day, the US Department of Justice prosecuted four China citizens, including three security department officials and one criminal hacker contractor, accusing them of extorting and endangering the USA national security. Between 2011 and 2018, they invaded the computer system of various organizations, universities and government institutions, asking for trade secrets of aeronautics, national defence, education, government, medical, biopharmaceutical and maritime.
Source: Stand News #Jul20
https://bit.ly/2ViBmkW
#USA #NATO #China #Blinken #Hacker #MicrosoftExchange #CyberAttack
The Guardian reported that the USA and NATO along with the European Union, United Kingdom, Japan, Canada, Australia and New Zealand condemned Malicious Cyberattacks by China. The attack includes the invasion of 250,000 Microsoft Exchange email servers, affecting at least 30,000 US governmental and non-governmental organizations. It is the first cyber behaviour condemn by NATO since its establishment in 1949. Antony Blinken, the United States Secretary of State, indicates that the systemic cyberattack from China is irresponsible, destructive and brings instability, seriously threatening the economy and national security of the USA.
On the same day, the US Department of Justice prosecuted four China citizens, including three security department officials and one criminal hacker contractor, accusing them of extorting and endangering the USA national security. Between 2011 and 2018, they invaded the computer system of various organizations, universities and government institutions, asking for trade secrets of aeronautics, national defence, education, government, medical, biopharmaceutical and maritime.
Source: Stand News #Jul20
https://bit.ly/2ViBmkW
#USA #NATO #China #Blinken #Hacker #MicrosoftExchange #CyberAttack
How Chinaās Hacking Entered a Reckless New Phase
For years, China seemed to operate at the quieter end of the state-sponsored-hacking spectrum. While Russia and North Korea carried out hack-and-leak operations, launched massively disruptive cyberattacks, and blurred the line between cybercriminals and intelligence agencies, China quietly focused on more traditionalāif prolificāespionage and intellectual property theft. But a collective message today from dozens of countries calls out a shift in China's online behaviorāand how its primary cyber intelligence agency's trail of chaos increasingly rivals that of the Kim Regime or the Kremlin.
Source: Wired #Jul20
https://t.co/GaLdf8UTGR
#China #Russia #NorthKorea #Hacking
For years, China seemed to operate at the quieter end of the state-sponsored-hacking spectrum. While Russia and North Korea carried out hack-and-leak operations, launched massively disruptive cyberattacks, and blurred the line between cybercriminals and intelligence agencies, China quietly focused on more traditionalāif prolificāespionage and intellectual property theft. But a collective message today from dozens of countries calls out a shift in China's online behaviorāand how its primary cyber intelligence agency's trail of chaos increasingly rivals that of the Kim Regime or the Kremlin.
Source: Wired #Jul20
https://t.co/GaLdf8UTGR
#China #Russia #NorthKorea #Hacking
Huawei equipment quality still insufficient says UK
Huawei has made āno overall improvementā in its software engineering and cyber security quality three years after it promised to fix systemic problems, according to the UK body that monitors its equipment.
The annual report from the Huawei Cyber Security Evaluation Centre (HCSEC) said that despite āsustained progressā by the Chinese company in resolving historic issues, new problems had been uncovered that indicated that the telecoms equipment maker was still not performing to the industry standard.
Huaweiās role in the UK telecoms market has diminished over the past year after the British government opted to ban the use of new 5G equipment from the Chinese company from the end of 2020. It also set a seven-year phaseout plan for kit that had already been installed.
Source: Financial Times #Jul20
https://www.ft.com/content/269fd590-03bf-44bc-87cd-086897c14876
#Huawei #UK #HCSEC
Huawei has made āno overall improvementā in its software engineering and cyber security quality three years after it promised to fix systemic problems, according to the UK body that monitors its equipment.
The annual report from the Huawei Cyber Security Evaluation Centre (HCSEC) said that despite āsustained progressā by the Chinese company in resolving historic issues, new problems had been uncovered that indicated that the telecoms equipment maker was still not performing to the industry standard.
Huaweiās role in the UK telecoms market has diminished over the past year after the British government opted to ban the use of new 5G equipment from the Chinese company from the end of 2020. It also set a seven-year phaseout plan for kit that had already been installed.
Source: Financial Times #Jul20
https://www.ft.com/content/269fd590-03bf-44bc-87cd-086897c14876
#Huawei #UK #HCSEC
Chinese Suppliers to Apple, Nike Shun Xinjiang Workers as U.S. Forced-Labor Ban Looms
Chinese factories that supply Apple Inc. and Nike Inc. and make other products sold in the U.S. are shunning workers from Xinjiang, as Western countries increase scrutiny of forced labor from the remote northwestern region where Beijing has been accused of committing genocide against local ethnic minorities.
Lens Technology Co. Ltd, a Chinese maker of smartphone touch screens and supplier to Apple and other companies, phased out Uyghur factory workers transferred from Xinjiang through a state-backed labor program last year, according to former staff and shop owners near one of its factories. The company has also ceased hiring Uyghur workers, according to current staff.
Source: WSJ #Jul20
https://www.wsj.com/articles/chinese-suppliers-to-apple-nike-shun-xinjiang-workers-as-u-s-forced-labor-ban-looms-11626795627
#Apple #Nike #Xinjiang #US #Supplier
Chinese factories that supply Apple Inc. and Nike Inc. and make other products sold in the U.S. are shunning workers from Xinjiang, as Western countries increase scrutiny of forced labor from the remote northwestern region where Beijing has been accused of committing genocide against local ethnic minorities.
Lens Technology Co. Ltd, a Chinese maker of smartphone touch screens and supplier to Apple and other companies, phased out Uyghur factory workers transferred from Xinjiang through a state-backed labor program last year, according to former staff and shop owners near one of its factories. The company has also ceased hiring Uyghur workers, according to current staff.
Source: WSJ #Jul20
https://www.wsj.com/articles/chinese-suppliers-to-apple-nike-shun-xinjiang-workers-as-u-s-forced-labor-ban-looms-11626795627
#Apple #Nike #Xinjiang #US #Supplier
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China says Microsoft hacking accusations fabricated by US and allies
The US and other Western countries on Monday accused China of hacking Microsoft Exchange - a popular email platform used by companies worldwide.
They said it was part of a broader pattern of "reckless" behaviour that threatened global security.
China says it opposes all forms of cyber-crime, and has called the claims "fabricated".
China's foreign ministry spokesman said the US had got its allies to make "unreasonable criticisms" against China.
The UK, EU, New Zealand, Australia and others joined the US to accuse Chinese state-sponsored hackers.
Source: BBC #Jul20
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-57898147
#China #Microsoft #Hacking #US #UK #EU #NewZealand #Australia
China says Microsoft hacking accusations fabricated by US and allies
The US and other Western countries on Monday accused China of hacking Microsoft Exchange - a popular email platform used by companies worldwide.
They said it was part of a broader pattern of "reckless" behaviour that threatened global security.
China says it opposes all forms of cyber-crime, and has called the claims "fabricated".
China's foreign ministry spokesman said the US had got its allies to make "unreasonable criticisms" against China.
The UK, EU, New Zealand, Australia and others joined the US to accuse Chinese state-sponsored hackers.
Source: BBC #Jul20
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-57898147
#China #Microsoft #Hacking #US #UK #EU #NewZealand #Australia
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Hong Kong Authorities Accuses Speech Therapists of "Conspiring printing, publishing, distributing or copying seditious publications" for publishing "Sheep Village" children's books
There was prima facie evidence against them. The prosecutor gave a closing statement on #July18 that this case does not need to prove the defendants have seditious incitement or that someone is incited. As long as the defendants understand the publications are with incitement but still publishing, they can be charged. The prosecutors cite previous cases to emphasise incitement can lead to severe consequences such as rebellions and internal wars. It can be similar to the Crime of #Treason.
The defendants stated in the closing statement on #July20 that the related kid's books are not seditious but reflect the defendants' views on social issues, which should not be criminal. The definitions of "#hatred", "#contempt", and ā#subvert" are vague and broad, which allow the authority to punish dissidents, causing a chilling effect. People are frightened to be arrested with no bail due to providing non-official perspectives, just like these defendants being under detention for a year.
The defendants then listed a number of former-UK colonies, including India, Kenya and Uganda, to show "the Crime of Incitement" is unconstitutional and has been abandoned.
The case was extended until July 30, 2022 to continue the closing statements.
Sources: InMedia #Jul18 #Jul22 ; You are not alone HK #Jul20
https://bit.ly/3RJLD1O
https://bit.ly/3PoFEOi
https://t.me/youarenotalonehk_en/349
Hong Kong Authorities Accuses Speech Therapists of "Conspiring printing, publishing, distributing or copying seditious publications" for publishing "Sheep Village" children's books
There was prima facie evidence against them. The prosecutor gave a closing statement on #July18 that this case does not need to prove the defendants have seditious incitement or that someone is incited. As long as the defendants understand the publications are with incitement but still publishing, they can be charged. The prosecutors cite previous cases to emphasise incitement can lead to severe consequences such as rebellions and internal wars. It can be similar to the Crime of #Treason.
The defendants stated in the closing statement on #July20 that the related kid's books are not seditious but reflect the defendants' views on social issues, which should not be criminal. The definitions of "#hatred", "#contempt", and ā#subvert" are vague and broad, which allow the authority to punish dissidents, causing a chilling effect. People are frightened to be arrested with no bail due to providing non-official perspectives, just like these defendants being under detention for a year.
The defendants then listed a number of former-UK colonies, including India, Kenya and Uganda, to show "the Crime of Incitement" is unconstitutional and has been abandoned.
The case was extended until July 30, 2022 to continue the closing statements.
Sources: InMedia #Jul18 #Jul22 ; You are not alone HK #Jul20
https://bit.ly/3RJLD1O
https://bit.ly/3PoFEOi
https://t.me/youarenotalonehk_en/349
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Trial of five Hong Kong speech therapists adjourned as prosecutors play animation of āseditiousā kidsā books in court
The books about sheep and wolves were said to have āindoctrinatedā readers with separatism. District Judge Kwok ruled that the evidence presentedā¦
The books about sheep and wolves were said to have āindoctrinatedā readers with separatism. District Judge Kwok ruled that the evidence presentedā¦