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China Says U.S. Hacking Huawei Since 2009

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National Security Agency (NSA) of infiltrating Huawei servers since as early as 2009. These allegations, which were made via China's official WeChat account , claim that the Tailored Access Operations (TAO) unit of the NSA conducted cyberattacks in 2009 and maintained continuous surveillance on Huawei's servers.

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China Accuses U.S. of Decade-Long Cyber Espionage Campaign Against Huawei Servers

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of breaking into Huawei's servers, stealing critical data, and implanting backdoors since 2009, amid mounting geopolitical tensions between the two countries. intelligence agencies have "done everything possible" to conduct surveillance, secret theft, and intrusions on China's Ministry of State Security (MSS) has accused the U.S.

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Cisco Pays $8.6M in First False Claims Suit for Vulnerabilities in Security Product

Dark Reading

A security consultant reported vulnerabilities in Cisco's Video Surveillance Manager in 2009 - but the company ignored the issues and fired the consultant.

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Russian spies are attempting to tap transatlantic undersea cables

Security Affairs

The Register reports that the secret structures of GCHQ are part of the surveillance programme codenamed “CIRCUIT” and also refers to an Overseas Processing Centre 1 (OPC-1), while another centre, OPC-2, has been planned, according to documents leaked by Snowden. In the documents, the company is referred to as a “partner” codenamed Gerontic.

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China planted tiny chips on US computers for cyber espionage

Security Affairs

In 2009 the company announced a development partnership with In-Q-Tel Inc. , Elemental manufactured equipment for Department of Defense data centers, the CIA’s drone operations, and onboard networks of Navy warships. “Elemental also started working with American spy agencies. government.” ” continues the report.

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Meta whistleblower says company has long ignored how it sexually endangers children

Malwarebytes

Béjar previously worked as an engineering director at Facebook from 2009 to 2015, gaining recognition for his efforts to combat cyberbullying. Criticism of the bill mostly points out that it might potentially enable censorship and increased online surveillance. Later he worked as a Meta consultant.

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SimJacker attack allows hacking any phone with just an SMS

Security Affairs

The scary part of the story is that a private surveillance firm was aware of the zero-day flaw since at least two years and is actively exploiting the SimJacker vulnerability to spy on mobile users in several countries. ” states the post.

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