Cyber Security
Monday 4 December 2023
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“Canada was a downright liar and disseminator of false information….Beijing has never meddled in another nation’s domestic affairs.”
The Canadian government report exposed China’s Spamouflage campaign designed to use social media to influence public opinion and politics in target countries. -
“The IPR rhetoric is just one of the many disguises that the U.S. employs to conceal its real intention to crack down on emerging economies like China, whom it perceives as a potential threat to its economic hegemony.”
U.S. legal action against China for economic espionage is a response to Beijing’s large-scale theft of intellectual property. -
“Global power is exactly what the so-called West has at stake in its game. But this game is certainly dangerous, bloody and, I would say, dirty.”
Putin’s war on Ukraine has killed thousands of innocent Ukrainian civilians and soldiers on both sides. Putin initiated the bloodshed without any military provocation from Ukraine. -
“[Some U.S. law enforcement officials] have sought to suppress Chinese companies …”
U.S. prosecutors say two Chinese spies paid Bitcoin bribes to a double agent for inside info about an ongoing criminal case against a company identified as Huawei Technologies. -
“[Proofpoint] has frequently collaborated with the U.S. government to systematically spread disinformation on the so-called ‘China hacking attacks,’ serving as the ‘white gloves’ of the U.S. government.”
China has long sought to deflect growing body of evidence showing state involvement in global hacking operations. -
“This tool and similar tools are very important tools in the fight against terrorism and in the fight against serious crime, but they are not intended for widespread ‘phishing’ among Israeli citizens or public figures in the country.”
Israeli-made Pegasus spyware has been used globally by repressive states to crackdown on dissent. A new expose reveals its abuse inside Israel. -
“With regard to what you mentioned about cyberattack, China firmly opposes and combats all forms of cyberattacks. It will never encourage, support or condone cyberattacks.”
Though a perfect fingerprint is hard to come by in clandestine cyber-operations, Beijing has repeatedly been linked to malicious online activity. -
“You know that the Russian state is making attempts to create an international information security system on various international platforms.”
Lest we forget, Russia has a decades-long history of cyberattacks against foreign targets. -
“Russia has repeatedly denied the accusations of complicity in hacker attacks in Germany. No German agency or organization concerned has provided any evidence that might prove the charges …”
The cyber intrusions in Germany are attributed to the hacker collective Ghostwriter, which has been associated with Russia. -
“The Russophobic agitprop continues to propagate fakes … Fictions about some psi rays are beyond common sense.”
President Vladimir Putin and Russia’s defense ministry, military developers, and experts all hinted or boasted about weaponized electromagnetic technology. -
"China firmly opposes and combats all forms of cyberattacks. It will never encourage, support or condone cyberattacks.”
Beijing denies role hacks, but analysts regularly see a Chinese state hand in cyberattacks -
“The party itself denied the fact of a cyber attack...There is no evidence that the attack took place.”