Russia spreading lies about Covid vaccines, says UK military chief

Posted on September 30, 2020 by Admin

Head of armed forces says both China and Russia trying to undermine cohesion in west

Russia is seeking to destabilise countries around the world by sowing disinformation about coronavirus vaccines that is shared rapidly across social media, the head of the armed forces has warned.

Gen Sir Nick Carter, the chief of defence staff, said the propaganda tactic reflected a strategy of “political warfare” aggressively undertaken by Beijing as well as Moscow “designed to undermine cohesion” across the west.

Your data is not destined for China, assures TikTok’s UK boss

Posted on August 23, 2020 by Admin

The controversial app’s users are ignoring geopolitical battle over its digital security, says Richard Waterworth

TikTok’s UK chief has strenuously denied the video-sharing app, which Donald Trump has threatened to ban, shares data with China.

Richard Waterworth told the Observer that the UK and European arm of TikTok was growing quickly, despite the “turbulent” geopolitical battle in which the Chinese-born app has found itself.

Australia is under cyber-attack from ‘state-based actor’, Scott Morrison says

Posted on June 18, 2020 by Admin

Australian prime minister says widespread assault on political and private sector organisations has been going on for months but is increasing in frequency and scale

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A wide range of political and private sector organisations in Australia have come under cyber-attack carried out by a “sophisticated state-based cyber actor”, the Australian government has revealed.

Scott Morrison disclosed the far-reaching attacks at a media conference in Canberra on Friday, while his defence minister declared that malicious cyber activity was “increasing in frequency, scale, in sophistication and in its impact”.

We need geeks, not James Bonds, for post-Covid world, says French spy chief

Posted on May 21, 2020 by Admin

Cybersecurity is ‘alpha and omega’ of global security, says DGSE director, in callout to young people ‘connected to technology’

The French secret service wants to recruit geeks rather than budding young James Bonds as it adapts to new demands in the post-coronavirus world, its technical director has said.

In rare public comments, Patrick Pailloux said there was a danger that many young tech-savvy French people did not consider themselves suitable for the stereotypes of France’s directorate-general for external security (DGSE).

Russian hacking attack on Bundestag damaged trust, says Merkel

Posted on May 13, 2020 by Admin

Chancellor says she was pained to learn outcome of inquiry pinning blame on Fancy Bear

Angela Merkel has said Russian hacking attacks on the Bundestag in which her emails were seized harmed efforts to build a trusting relationship with Moscow.

Merkel told the German parliament on Wednesday that she had been pained to learn of the 2015 hack and the perpetrator.

UK ministers will no longer claim ‘no successful examples’ of Russian interference

Posted on March 15, 2020 by Admin

Change of official line is first admission that Kremlin may have distorted UK elections

Ministers have been told they can no longer say there have been “no successful examples” of Russian disinformation affecting UK elections, after the apparent hacking of an NHS dossier seized on by Labour during the last campaign.

The dropping of the old line is the first official admission of the impact of Kremlin efforts to distort Britain’s political processes, and comes after three years of the government’s refusal to engage publicly with the threat.

US Navy bans TikTok from mobile devices saying it’s a cybersecurity threat

Posted on December 21, 2019 by Admin

Users who don’t remove the Beijing-based app will be blocked from Navy Marine Corp intranet

The United States Navy has banned the social media app TikTok from government-issued mobile devices, saying the popular short video app represented a cybersecurity threat.

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Australia is under cyber-attack from ‘state-based actor’, Scott Morrison says

We need geeks, not James Bonds, for post-Covid world, says French spy chief

Russian hacking attack on Bundestag damaged trust, says Merkel

UK ministers will no longer claim ‘no successful examples’ of Russian interference

US Navy bans TikTok from mobile devices saying it’s a cybersecurity threat