Cybersecurity

2024.05.13

09:53

Chinese criminal network scams over $50 million from European, U.S. consumers, report says

Asia Tech Wire (May 13) -- Germany-based cybersecurity firm SR Labs recently claimed in a report that a Chinese criminal network scammed more than $50 million from European and American consumers.

2024.01.23

05:55

Huge data leak of 26 billion records from Tencent, Weibo, Twitter and more, is discovered

Asia Tech Wire (Jan 23) -- Researchers have discovered a historic data breach of 26 billion records from Tencent, Weibo, Twitter and others.

2023.09.20

03:45

China says US NSA started hacking Huawei HQ servers in 2009

Asian Tech Press (Sep 20) -- China's Ministry of State Security (MSS) said earlier Wednesday that the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) began hacking into servers at the headquarters of Chinese telecom giant Huawei in 2009.

2022.04.15

11:32

U.S. links N. Korean hackers to NFT game Axie Infinity's over $600 million crypto loss

Asian Tech Press (Apr. 15) -- U.S. linked North Korean hackers to the theft of over $600 million in cryptocurrency from NFT game Axie Infinity.

2022.04.11

07:31

Reuters: senior EU officials were targeted with Israeli spyware

Asian Tech Press (Apr. 11) -- Senior European Commission officials were targeted last year by spy software designed by an Israeli surveillance firm, Reuters reported on Monday.

2022.04.08

10:34

China's Foreign Ministry says India has not linked cyber activity in question to China

Asian Tech Press (Apr. 8) -- China's Foreign Ministry said on Friday that India has not linked the cyberattack campaign targeting its power sector to China.

2022.03.11

11:09

TikTok nearing deal with Oracle to store U.S. user data locally

Asian Tech Press (Mar. 11) -- TikTok is nearing a deal with U.S. cloud computing giant Oracle Corp. to store U.S. user data without its Chinese parent company ByteDance having access to it.

05:19

Didi said to suspend plans for Hong Kong IPO due to cybersecurity review

Asian Tech Press (Mar. 11) -- Chinese ride-hailing giant DiDi Global Inc. (DIDI) is said to suspend its plan to list in Hong Kong due to cybersecurity review.

2022.03.08

05:12

Samsung says no user information leaked in recent hacking attack

Asian Tech Press (Mar. 8) -- Samsung Electronics said Monday that the recent hacking attack did not cause the leakage of user information.

2022.03.07

06:40

Samsung Electronics attacked by hacker group Lapsus$

Asian Tech Press (Mar. 7) --South Korean giant Samsung Electronics has been attacked by the hacker group Lapsus$, resulting in the leakage of a large amount of confidential data.

2022.02.22

18:00

Israel inquiry sees no evidence of alleged use of Pegasus spyware by police

Asian Tech Press (Feb 22) -- Israel's judicial authority said there's no evidence to support allegations that police illegally used Pegasus app to hacked the mobile phones of dozens of public figures.

2022.02.09

09:42

Japan to check phones of returning Olympians amid security concerns about Beijing Games app

Asian Tech Press -- Japan will reportedly check the mobile devices of returning Olympians out of security concerns over the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games app.

2022.01.14

07:38

Micron says potential vulnerability in SATA SSDs could hardly be exploited by attacker

Asian Tech Press (Jan 14) -- Micron Technology Inc., the largest U.S. maker of memory chips, said on Wednesday that a potential vulnerability in its SATA SSDs could hardly be exploited, but the company will still roll out a firmware update to help users concerned about the issue.

06:32

German regulator says no evidence of censorship function in Xiaomi phones

Asian Tech Press (Jan 14) -- Germany's federal cybersecurity regulator, the BSI, said on Thursday in a notice that there is no evidence of censorship functions in smartphones made by Chinese company Xiaomi Corp (1810.HK).

2022.01.12

12:03

Teen hacker says he remotely controlled 25 Tesla cars worldwide

Asian Tech Press (Jan 12) -- A 19-year-old German hacker says he found a software vulnerability in Tesla's system that allowed him to remotely hack into more than 25 Tesla electric cars in 13 countries to turn off their security systems.

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