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US Broadcom Probe Cites Fears China Could Dominate 5G

The US warns Broadcom's hostile takeover of Qualcomm could give China an opportunity to take over next-generation networking standards

7 years ago

‘Russian’ Fancy Bear State-Backed Hackers Attack US Senate

The Fancy Bear hacking group, best known for infiltrating the DNC, is making efforts to steal information from US political…

7 years ago

US Customs Agents Now Need ‘Reasonable Suspicion’ To Copy Data

Officials at US border-crossing points such as airports now have new restrictions on when they can copy data from devices…

7 years ago

Amazon Sparks City Bidding War For New North American HQ

Amazon invites North American cities to host new HQ, which will be equal to its base in Seattle. But what…

7 years ago

Lenovo Gets £2.7m Fine For Pre-Loading Superfish Adware On PCs

Lenovo is hit with fine and conditions in settlement with US authorities after it was determined Superfish harmed consumers

7 years ago

US Hosting Firm Hails ‘Win’ On Protest Site User Data

Dreamhost said it plans to hand over data on users of a protest organisation website to the US government, after…

7 years ago

US Arrests Chinese Man For Multiple Cyber-Attacks

The 36-year-old was arrested in Los Angeles on hacking charges linked to the high-profile hacks of the US Office of…

7 years ago

Tech Quiz: The Week In Review (21 July)

Test your weekly tech news knowledge!

7 years ago

US Airline Security Measures Stop Short Of Laptop Airplane Cabin Ban

Busy passengers can still work on airlines travelling to the US

7 years ago

Two Russian Spies Indicted By US Justice Department For Orchestrating Yahoo Hack

The Kremlin has denied the accusations that FSB agents facilitated one of the largest data breaches in history

8 years ago

RSA 2017: Microsoft President Calls On World Governments To Join Forces In Cyber Battle

As nation state cyber attacks have grown in prominence, is collaboration the solution?

8 years ago

Smartphone Wars: Android Dominates China, Struggles in US While iOS Ticks Along

The smartphone war between Apple and Android continued as both made gains and losses at the end of 2016

8 years ago

Yahoo Calls For US Intelligence To Declassify Email Surveillance Order

UPDATED: The email giant wants the US government to publish the order so it can accurately respond to claims it…

8 years ago

AWS Extends Cloud Reach In US By Opening Ohio Region

Amazon Web Services continues with its global cloud expansion

8 years ago

Dropbox Receives Privacy Shield Certification For EU-US Data Transfers

Dropbox says it is protecting the privacy of its customers but is Privacy Shield better than Binding Corporate Rules?

8 years ago

Google Agrees To Privacy Shield Framwork

Google is latest giant to adhere to new rules about data transfer between Europe and the US

8 years ago

US To ‘Regain’ Supercomputer Crown In 2018

The Summit supercomputer will have roughly double the power of China's top system, according to the DOE

8 years ago

Safe Harbour 2.0: EU And US Reach New Transatlantic Data Sharing Deal

EU happy with new Safe Harbour data sharing framework after US provides written assurances protecting against mass surveillance

9 years ago

China Is Home To The Second Largest Amount Of Data Centres In The World

Fuelling its 700 million internet users, China makes up for 10 percent of the world’s major cloud and internet data…

9 years ago

US And China Agree To Work Together To Fight Cybercrime

Agreement comes on last day of Chinese President Xi Jingping’s visit to US

9 years ago

US ‘May Impose Hacking Sanctions On Russia’

China isn't the only country in the US government's sights as it considers sanctions in retaliation for economic cyber-attacks

9 years ago

US Names China As Top Government Hack Suspect

The top US intelligence official has gone on the record naming China as the likely culprit in a major hack…

9 years ago

US Military Twitter Suffers Apparent Islamic State Hack Attack

Attack on Central Command Twitter and YouTube accounts came hours before President Obama was due to outline plans to strengthen…

10 years ago

UPS Hacked, Customer Financial Data Could Be Compromised

The world’s largest package-shipping company says it found malware at 51 retail outlets in the US

10 years ago

Hacked US Hospital Operator Thought To Be Victim Of Heartbleed

TrustedSec says hackers got into Community Health Systems database through unpatched Juniper equipement

10 years ago

US Healthcare Provider Hacked, 4.5 Million Patient Records Stolen

Mandiant suspects the involvement of the Chinese hackers

10 years ago

US Supermarket Chain SuperValu Suspects Hackers Stole Customer Data

The retail giant claims there’s no reason to panic after admitting its Point-of-Sale systems were infected by malware

10 years ago

Iran Spies ‘Using Facebook To Snoop On US Government’

'Newscaster' operation seeks to dupe government personnel out of passwords, says cyber intelligence firm

11 years ago

US Considers Blocking Chinese From Major Security Conferences

Chinese might not be allowed at Def Con or BlackHat, following US charges against PLA members

11 years ago

China Urges US To Drop Cyber Espionage Charges

Five charged for cyber espionage in China, leading to outrage and claims the US is the one doing the hacking

11 years ago