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Senegal on Tuesday inaugurated a cybersecurity school to strengthen West Africa's defenses against computer hackers and use of the internet for terror funding and propaganda. Senegalese Foreign Minister Sidiki Kaba and French counterpart Jean-Yves Le Drian gave the ceremonial start to the National Cyber-Security School ...
Vietnam could give tech companies such as Facebook one year to obey cyberlaw
Vietnam may give internet companies such as Google and Facebook one year to comply with a controversial cybersecurity law, according to a draft decree that outlines how the draconian bill could be implemented. The cybersecurity bill, which observers say mimic China's repressive web control tools, ...
Australia's highly secretive signals intelligence agency — tasked with eavesdropping and decrypting adversaries' communications — has made a tongue-in-cheek Twitter debut, while issuing a serious warning of security risks from Chinese technology. The Australian Signals Directorate, a sister agency to Britain's GCHQ or America's NSA, ...
Cathay Pacific reveals data breach affecting 9.4 million passengers
Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd. said Wednesday that data for about 9.4 million passengers of Cathay and its unit Hong Kong Dragon Airlines Ltd. had been accessed without authorization. Cathay said 860,000 passport numbers, about 245,000 Hong Kong identity card numbers, 403 expired credit card numbers ...
British Airways hacked; details on 380,000 customers' bank cards stolen
British Airways said the personal and financial details of customers who made bookings between Aug. 21 and Sept. 5 have been stolen in a data breach involving 380,000 bank cards. The almost two-week-long hack did not involve travel or passport details, the airline said, adding ...
A panel of experts advising the prime minister started discussions Wednesday on the revision of the National Defense Program Guidelines, a policy document that outlines the nation's defense objectives for the next decade, with the aim of addressing the new realities that permeate the ...
U.S. election security steps hobbled by Congress-White House funds feud
A battle between U.S. President Donald Trump and Democrats over federal funding to help secure November's U.S. elections stymied legislation in Congress on Wednesday, at least for now, that is aimed at thwarting Russian meddling by strengthening states' voting procedures. The Senate Rules Committee unexpectedly ...
'Race without a finish line': U.S. states scramble to tap into cash for election security
Racing to shore up their election systems before November, states are using millions of dollars from the federal government to tighten cybersecurity, safeguard their voter registration rolls and improve communication between county and state election officers. The U.S. Election Assistance Commission released a report Tuesday ...
Japan crafts new cybersecurity strategy for 2020 Tokyo Olympics
The government crafted a new cybersecurity strategy Wednesday as it steps up preparations for the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games in 2020. During a meeting at the prime minister's office, it also decided to introduce a five-stage index to classify the severity of cyberattacks to ...
Rod Rosenstein cites growing cyberthreat by foreign adversaries against U.S. elections
The threat of foreign adversaries such as Russia trying to influence U.S. politicians, campaigns and the public "continues to grow," with elections presenting an especially attractive target, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein said. "Influence operations are a form of information warfare," Rosenstein said in prepared ...
U.S. counterspy warns World Cup travelers' devices could be hacked
The top U.S. counterintelligence official is advising Americans traveling to Russia for soccer's World Cup beginning this week that they should not take electronic devices because they are likely to be hacked by criminals or the Russian government. In a statement to Reuters on Tuesday, ...
As EU privacy law looms, debate swirls on cybersecurity impact
Days ahead of the implementation of a sweeping European privacy law, debate is swirling on whether the measure will have negative consequences for cybersecurity. The controversy is about the so-called internet address book, or WHOIS directory, which up to now has been a public database ...
