Cybersecurity & Espionage Articles
Original article at CNN
August 2015, an electrical engineering student in Chicago sent an email to a Chinese national titled "Midterm test questions." More than two years later, the email would turn up in an FBI probe in the Southern District of Ohio involving a suspected Chinese intelligence officer who authorities believed was trying to acquire technical information from a defense contractor. Investigators took note.
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Harvard University Professor and Two Chinese Nationals Charged in Three Separate China Related Cases1/27/2020 Original article at the Department of Justice
The Department of Justice announced today that the Chair of Harvard University’s Chemistry and Chemical Biology Department and two Chinese nationals have been charged in connection with aiding the People’s Republic of China. Original article at BleepingComputer
FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) today issued a public service announcement to warn about scammers using spoofed company websites and fake job listings to target applicants. "Since early 2019, victims have reported numerous examples of this scam to the FBI. The average reported loss was nearly $3,000 per victim, in addition to damage to the victims’ credit scores," the FBI says. "While hiring scams have been around for many years, cybercriminals’ emerging use of spoofed websites to harvest PII and steal money shows an increased level of complexity." Original article at the Council on Foreign Relations
This year, a highly disruptive cyberattack on U.S. critical infrastructure, including electoral systems, was the top tier priority in the Center for Preventive Action’s annual Preventive Priorities Survey. Original article at The Detroit News
Two Chinese nationals who attend the University of Michigan were arrested after entering a restricted naval base in Florida and snapping photographs. Original article at Yahoo News
Key point: Sometimes your prized machines wander off right into the enemy's hands. |
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