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China makes cybersecurity inspections mandatory for companies
China has made cybersecurity inspections mandatory for companies interested in applying for Hong Kong’s Public offering. The rule is being applied strongly across all business sections and will imply to companies that are handling sensitive data of over 1 million people. The Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) is the authorizing power behind this mandatory law […]
China Personal Information Protection Law starts from November 1st, 2021
All Multinational Companies operating in China should abide by the Personal Information Protection Law (PIPL) of China from November 1st, 2021. Otherwise, the permission for the company to conduct business operations will be seized for violating rules. Also, Chinese state authorities will from now on indulge in assessing the process of how professional institutions are […]
Microsoft says Russia indulged in 58% of state funded cyber attacks last year
Microsoft has made a recent study and discovered that Russia indulged in over 58% of state funded attacks last year with China’s responsibility detected less that 10%. The tech giant also concluded that the threat actors from the Putin nation mostly targeted IT infrastructure based in United States followed by Ukraine, Britain and European NATO […]
Poland drops Gene Project over Chinese Data Security concerns
Poland has taken a stringent decision by dropping a Chinese firm from leading its gene mapping project, and this news piece was published in renowned US news resource Reuters. When sources from Cybersecurity Insiders tried to dig into the facts, all that was reported was confirmed to be a fact to a certain extent. Going […]
China passes new automobile data security law
China has made some amendments to the existing laws and passed a new document that discloses several provisions on how automobile companies need to collect their user data as per the stated stipulations. According to a media update released by the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) the new law called the Personal Information Protection Law(PIPL) […]
Top Telecom Companies in the world digitally compromised by China
According to a report released by US Security firm Cybereason Inc, some of the top telecom companies in the world were digitally compromised by hackers sponsored by China stealing info, such as phone data and location information of telecom service users, respectively. Going deep into the details, Lior Div, the CEO of Cybereason confirmed the […]
China blamed for Ransomware attacks on Microsoft Exchange Servers
United States, NATO Member Countries and European Union has issued a joint statement early today accusing China for the ransomware attacks that targeted Microsoft Exchange Servers across the world and crippling computer networks of several companies. Point to be noted over here that this is for the first time that all the renowned countries of […]
China using AI to develop robots that can hide in sea launch bombs and cyber attacks
China is once again in the news for misusing the technology of Artificial Intelligence. Earlier, it was using AI tech to analyze loads of videos that were grabbed from the CCTV cameras installed across some of its major cities. The plan was to use machine learning tools and learn about the citizen activities taking place […]
Data flow vs. data security dilemma for China Didi
Because of fresh allegations and a criminal probe, Chinese ride sharing app ‘Didi’ has been asked by Chinese Ministry to stop adding new users and has asked app sharing platforms to delete the app as it was not complying with the data storage and security laws that existed in Republic of China. The Xi Jinping […]
US is forcing companies to install backdoors says China
For the first time in the past two years, the Ministry of China has disclosed that US is posing as a cyber threat to entities operating on its soil and has added that the Biden led nation is forcing companies to install backdoors to get user data- a clear cut violation of data privacy rules […]
