2024-12-05
The cyberespionage operation by China known as Salt Typhoon is much more significant than the spy balloon of early 2023. It's not even close. US officials familiar with the intelligence are stunned. Yet the spy balloon gripped millions of Americans for weeks, and this hasn't.
CyberScoop
The White House says the Salt Typhoon hack has impacted eight telecom companies in the US, and also affected dozens of other countries, for as long as two years
A senior administration official said Wednesday the Salt Typhoon hack has impacted dozens of countries in a sweeping espionage campaign
2024-07-09
NEW: To hedge against risks tied to China and boost US manufacturing, the Biden administration is trying to change the world's supply chains of semiconductors and green tech. Biden mentioned this in his @ABC interview. We have details. w/ @AnaSwanson. https://www.nytimes.com/...
New York Times
How the US is trying to transform the world's chip supply chain, including getting more countries to set up factories to do final chip assembly and packaging
New York Times :
2022-12-23
This will not help TikTok's case to the Biden administration & Congress: Employees of ByteDance, the Chinese parent co. of TikTok, accessed the data of reporters at Forbes in trying to track down leaks. The employees were in the US and China. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Forbes
ByteDance fired four employees after finding that they had accessed data on US TikTok users, including reporters, while trying to learn the sources of a story
ByteDance confirmed it used TikTok to monitor journalists' physical location using their IP addresses, as first reported by Forbes in October.
2022-10-14
NEW: After seeing intel reports on China's military rise, Biden aides had tough internal debates & negotiations w/ allies over cracking down on semiconductor tech to China. They are imposing the hardest controls on China tech in decades. w/ @AnaSwanson. https://www.nytimes.com/...
New York Times
Sources: Biden's crackdown on Chinese tech exports was driven by fears of China using supercomputers and AI to develop weapons and crack US encrypted messaging
2022-10-04
This thread by @paul_scharre is an interesting take on the possible long-term consequences of the tough & sweeping measures aimed at Chinese tech cos. that Biden officials are close to announcing, per our @nytimes story today: https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/...
New York Times
Sources: as soon as this week, the US is likely to limit access of several Chinese AI and supercomputing companies and labs to US tech, machinery, and software
New York Times :
NEW: Biden officials plan to announce new measures to keep Chinese companies from getting technologies that enable high-performance computing. One goal: to hobble next-generation weapons & large-scale surveillance systems. w/ @paulmozur @AnaSwanson. https://www.nytimes.com/...
New York Times
Sources: as soon as this week, the US is likely to limit access of several Chinese AI and supercomputing companies and labs to US tech, machinery, and software
New York Times :
2022-03-02
US sanctions on Russia have not focused on consumer goods. But Apple and some other companies are starting to halt their exports. https://twitter.com/...
MacRumors
Apple pauses all product sales in Russia, removes RT News and Sputnik News from the App Store outside Russia, and disables Apple Maps' live traffic in Ukraine
Apple today confirmed that it has stopped all product sales from its online website in Russia, which means customers in Russia …
2021-10-01
This thread raises the persistent issue of American media / internet companies bowing to censorship pressures from China. Meanwhile, Chinese intel agencies have been using LinkedIn to try to recruit assets “on a mass scale,” as one US official said: https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Axios
LinkedIn blocks the profiles of several US journalists on its Chinese platform, citing “prohibited content” without specifying what it was
Bethany Allen-Ebrahimian / Axios :
2020-12-21
Michael Pack, the Steven Bannon ally who became head of USAGM after a push from Trump, is moving to end funding for the Open Technology Fund, which helps promote global internet freedom and has bipartisan support. Falun Gong is involved. By @pranshuverma_. https://www.nytimes.com/...
New York Times
Documents: Michael Pack, CEO of USAGM, is seeking to cut funding for its nonprofit Open Technology Fund, limiting internet access in tightly controlled places
Pranshu Verma / New York Times : Tweets: @zacharykeck , @digiphile , @ewong , @deborahamos , @moisesnaim , @donmoyn , @tmclaughlin3 , and @frankpallone Tweets: Zachary Keck / @zac...
2020-12-17
“President Trump must get past his grievances about the election and govern for the remainder of his term. This moment requires unity, purpose and discipline. An intrusion so brazen and of this size and scope cannot be tolerated.” — Trump ex-homeland security adviser @TomBossert https://twitter.com/...
New York Times
Ex-Homeland Security Adviser: the magnitude of the Solarwinds breach is hard to overstate and the remediation effort alone will be staggering
The magnitude of this national security breach is hard to overstate. — Mr. Bossert was the homeland security adviser to President Trump …
“President Trump must get past his grievances about the election and govern for the remainder of his term. This moment requires unity, purpose and discipline. An intrusion so brazen and of this size and scope cannot be tolerated.” — Trump ex-homeland security adviser @TomBossert https://twitter.com/...
Washington Post
CISA's Einstein, which cost billions and monitors US agencies' networks for bad actors, missed the SolarWinds hack, which now counts the NIH among its victims
When Russian hackers first slipped their digital Trojan horses into federal government computer systems, probably sometime in the spring …
2020-09-27
Why is Putin proposing a cyber truce with the US, six weeks before the US elections? Meanwhile, as in 2016, Russia is trying to interfere in the elections, in efforts likely directed by Putin, US officials say. By @antontroian @SangerNYT. https://www.nytimes.com/...
New York Times
Putin calls for a “reboot” between the US and Russia in cyberspace, offering “nonintervention into internal affairs of each other” including in elections
With an eye to a possible Biden presidency, the Russian leader called for a “reboot” on information security but offered no concessions. Tweets: @edbott , @rstephens , @apolyakova ...
2020-09-21
A key point is in the 2nd tweet in this thread: Trump wants the $5 billon to go towards “patriotic education” that would be pushed by his “1776 commission.” Btw, the Chinese Communist Party runs “patriotic re-education” programs — including in the internment camps for Muslims. https://twitter.com/...
Bloomberg
Trump says he has approved Oracle's bid for the US operations of TikTok “in concept”
A key point is in the 2nd tweet in this thread: Trump wants the $5 billon to go towards “patriotic education” that would be pushed by his “1776 commission.” Btw, the Chinese Communist Party runs “patriotic re-education” programs — including in the internment camps for Muslims. https://twitter.com/...
Financial Times
ByteDance asserts it will maintain majority ownership and control over TikTok Global and will not transfer source code or technology to Oracle and Walmart
Chinese company contradicts assertions of Donald Trump, Oracle and Walmart — ByteDance said on Monday that it would maintain majority ownership …
2020-09-20
A key point is in the 2nd tweet in this thread: Trump wants the $5 billon to go towards “patriotic education” that would be pushed by his “1776 commission.” Btw, the Chinese Communist Party runs “patriotic re-education” programs — including in the internment camps for Muslims. https://twitter.com/...
Bloomberg
Trump says he has approved Oracle's bid for the US operations of TikTok “in concept”
- TikTok app store ban put on hold for a week after Trump nod — New TikTok Global to donate $5 billion to education foundation — Donald Trump gave his blessing to Oracle Corp....
2020-09-19
Big news for anyone involved w/ China: Trump moves ahead w/ ban on WeChat and TikTok, the popular Chinese apps. US officials say WeChat will be inoperational in US by Monday. This will force Americans & Chinese to look for other communications channels. https://www.nytimes.com/...
CNBC
Commerce Department announces that it will ban US downloads of and business transactions with TikTok and WeChat on Sunday
- The Commerce Department announced it will ban U.S. business transactions with China-owned social apps WeChat and TikTok on Sunday.
Big news for anyone involved w/ China: Trump moves ahead w/ ban on WeChat and TikTok, the popular Chinese apps. US officials say WeChat will be inoperational in US by Monday. This will force Americans & Chinese to look for other communications channels. https://www.nytimes.com/...
VICE
Banning TikTok from US app stores but allowing it to operate until Nov. 12 prevents TikTok from patching any security vulnerabilities found in the meantime
a move which is shortsighted, ridiculous, and likely unconstitutional. https://www.nytimes.com/... SIX / @sixiaotang : Tiktok will be fine; the no-compromise loss of WeChat access ...
2020-08-03
Good story in @TheAtlantic by @MichaelSchuman on TikTok & how its global success and its political problems in the US embody the contradictions of the US, China and relations between the 2 nations. Has interview w/ founder Zhang Yiming. h/t @prashantrao. https://www.theatlantic.com/ ...
New York Times
How ByteDance tried to cross the US-China internet divide with TikTok, offering appeasements to both sides that were undermined by the geopolitical reality
The founder of ByteDance, Zhang Yiming, dreamed of building a global tech company based in China. Then the geopolitical reality set in. Tweets: @zhonggg and @ewong Tweets: Raymond...
Important piece by @benyt on how the historic fall election season will be a big challenge for news orgs. Can they preach patience to US citizens & adhere to that too? Zuckerberg tells @benyt that FB will take measures. Read to final alarming war game. https://www.nytimes.com/...
New York Times
Mark Zuckerberg says Facebook is mulling new rules around statements regarding election results including premature claims of victory
Ben Smith / New York Times :
Good story in @TheAtlantic by @MichaelSchuman on TikTok & how its global success and its political problems in the US embody the contradictions of the US, China and relations between the 2 nations. Has interview w/ founder Zhang Yiming. h/t @prashantrao. https://www.theatlantic.com/ ...
The Official Microsoft Blog
After Satya Nadella and Trump spoke, Microsoft says it will continue discussions to explore a TikTok acquisition in US, ending on Sept. 15 if no deal is reached
Following a conversation between Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella and President Donald J. Trump, Microsoft is prepared to continue discussions …