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New Australian Cyber Security Laws to Protect Students From Beijing Spying

July 9, 2021
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Chinese students at Australian universities could soon be protected from Beijing spying under new cyber security laws. The Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security said university leaders were not doing enough to protect students who fear for their families while under pressure from China. At the hearing on Friday, committee chair Sen. James Paterson…

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Commerce Secretary: Cyberattacks on U.S. Companies ‘Will Only Intensify’

June 7, 2021
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U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo said Sunday that cyberattacks will only increase in the future and that she and the administration are urging all businesses to shore up their own cybersecurity systems, while the federal government works to strengthen national cybersecurity. “So, I think the first thing we have to recognize is, this is…

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Commerce Secretary: Cyberattacks on US Companies ‘Will Only Intensify’

June 7, 2021
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U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo said Sunday that cyberattacks will only increase in the future and that she and the administration are urging all businesses to shore up their own cybersecurity systems, while the federal government works to strengthen national cybersecurity. “So, I think the first thing we have to recognize is, this is…

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Canada’s Chance to Capitalize on Quantum Leadership

May 26, 2021
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Canada can become a global leader in quantum technology, but it has to meet the challenge and not again fail to realize its potential by falling into age-old traps

UK Summons Russian Ambassador Over Cyberattacks, Ukraine

April 15, 2021
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Britain’s Foreign Office on Thursday summoned the Russian ambassador over Russia’s cyberattacks against the West and its military build-up near its border with Ukraine. UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said: “We see what Russia is doing to undermine our democracies. The UK and U.S. are calling out Russia’s malicious behaviour, to enable our international partners…

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Erase Personal Data From Second-Hand Devices or Risk Fraud, Warns Security Watchdog

December 28, 2020
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Britain’s national cybersecurity watchdog has advised anyone buying or selling a second-hand electronic device to erase personal data or risk hacking and fraud. The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) said in a statement on Monday that it is not only mobile phones that pose a security risk in which people could be inadvertently “gifting a…

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FBI Says ‘Iranian Cyber Actors’ Created Website Threatening US Election Officials

December 24, 2020
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The FBI and CISA say Iranian cyber actors are responsible for creating a website to incite violence among 2020 presidential election officials.