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  • The Register: Chinese cyber-spies peek over shoulder of officials probing real-estate deals near American military bases

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/10/china_treasury_foreign_investment/ Source: The Register Title: Chinese cyber-spies peek over shoulder of officials probing real-estate deals near American military bases Feedly Summary: Gee, wonder why Beijing is so keen on the – checks notes – Committee on Foreign Investment in the US Chinese cyber-spies who broke into the US Treasury Department also stole documents…

  • Slashdot: US Sanctions Chinese Firm Linked to Seized Botnet

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    Source URL: https://yro.slashdot.org/story/25/01/04/0431231/us-sanctions-chinese-firm-linked-to-seized-botnet Source: Slashdot Title: US Sanctions Chinese Firm Linked to Seized Botnet Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses the recent sanctions imposed on a Beijing-based cybersecurity company, Integrity Technology, due to its involvement in cyberattacks, specifically those attributed to a Chinese government-operated botnet known as Flax Typhoon. This…

  • Wired: Apple May Owe You $20 in a Siri Privacy Lawsuit Settlement

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    Source URL: https://www.wired.com/story/apple-95-million-siri-privacy-lawsuit/ Source: Wired Title: Apple May Owe You $20 in a Siri Privacy Lawsuit Settlement Feedly Summary: Plus: The FBI discovers a historic trove of homemade explosives, new details emerge in China’s hack of the US Treasury Department, and more. AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses a series of significant…

  • The Register: Chinese cyber-spies reportedly targeted sanctions intel in US Treasury raid

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/02/chinese_spies_targeted_sanctions_intel/ Source: The Register Title: Chinese cyber-spies reportedly targeted sanctions intel in US Treasury raid Feedly Summary: OFAC, Office of the Treasury Secretary feared hit in data-snarfing swoop Chinese spies who compromised the US Treasury Department’s workstations reportedly stole data belonging to a government office responsible for sanctions against organizations and individuals.… AI…

  • The Register: US Treasury Department outs the blast radius of BeyondTrust’s key leak

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/12/31/us_treasury_department_hacked/ Source: The Register Title: US Treasury Department outs the blast radius of BeyondTrust’s key leak Feedly Summary: Data pilfered as miscreants roamed affected workstations The US Department of the Treasury has admitted that miscreants were in its systems, accessing documents in what has been called a “major incident."… AI Summary and Description:…

  • Wired: US Treasury Department Admits It Got Hacked by China

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    Source URL: https://www.wired.com/story/us-treasury-hacked-by-china/ Source: Wired Title: US Treasury Department Admits It Got Hacked by China Feedly Summary: Treasury says hackers accessed “certain unclassified documents” in a “major” breach, but experts believe the attack’s impacts could prove to be more significant as new details emerge. AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The US Treasury Department experienced…

  • Slashdot: US Treasury Says Chinese Hackers Stole Documents In ‘Major Incident’

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    Source URL: https://yro.slashdot.org/story/24/12/30/210242/us-treasury-says-chinese-hackers-stole-documents-in-major-incident Source: Slashdot Title: US Treasury Says Chinese Hackers Stole Documents In ‘Major Incident’ Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text highlights a significant security breach involving Chinese state-sponsored hackers who infiltrated the U.S. Treasury Department, compromising sensitive documents through a third-party cybersecurity provider. This incident underscores the importance of…

  • Slashdot: Chinese Hacker Singlehandedly Responsible For Exploiting 81,000 Sophos Firewalls, DOJ Says

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    Source URL: https://it.slashdot.org/story/24/12/17/1745239/chinese-hacker-singlehandedly-responsible-for-exploiting-81000-sophos-firewalls-doj-says?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Chinese Hacker Singlehandedly Responsible For Exploiting 81,000 Sophos Firewalls, DOJ Says Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses a significant cybersecurity incident involving a Chinese hacker and the associated compromising of firewalls that protect US critical infrastructure. The indictment highlights the escalation of cyber threats…

  • The Register: US names Chinese national it alleges was behind 2020 attack on Sophos firewalls

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/12/11/sichuan_silence_sophos_zeroday_sanctions/ Source: The Register Title: US names Chinese national it alleges was behind 2020 attack on Sophos firewalls Feedly Summary: Also sanctions his employer – an outfit called Sichuan Silence linked to Ragnarok ransomware The US Departments of Treasury and Justice have named a Chinese business and one of its employees as the…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: 0xfreysa/agent

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2024/Nov/29/0xfreysaagent/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: 0xfreysa/agent Feedly Summary: 0xfreysa/agent Freysa describes itself as “the world’s first adversarial agent game". On 22nd November they released an LLM-driven application which people could pay to message (using Ethereum), with access to tools that could transfer a prize pool to the message sender, ending the game.…