Apr 13, 2019 | Radio Show
China Selling High-Tech Tyranny To Latin America, Stoking US Concern China is distributing intrusive tools of surveillance and social control throughout Latin America to “surround the United States” with potential threats, warns a top senator. “China’s goal is...
Apr 12, 2019 | 2019, Breaches, March
Who: 27 Universities WorldWide When: 5 March 2019 # of records involved: Targeted 27 Universities World Wide What happened: Chinese hackers looking to steal maritime military technology and secrets. How did it happen: The cyber attacks were conducted via phishing...
Mar 25, 2019 | 2019, Breaches, February
Who: SenseNets How Many Records: 2,565,724 users along with a stream of GPS coordinates Date: February 14, 2019 What Happened: SenseNets’ MongoDB databases left exposed online without authentication How did it happen: One of the facial recognition databases that...
Jan 12, 2019 | Radio Show, Security, Technology
Why Huawei Should Worry America When I heard the news of the arrest in Canada of Wanzhou Meng, Huawei’s chief financial officer, my thoughts turned to Al Capone. Capone was targeted for running Chicago’s underworld but was ultimately brought down for tax evasion....
Nov 24, 2018 | Government, Radio Show, Security
China ‘Has Taken the Gloves Off’ in its Thefts of U.S. Technology Secrets It was the great microchip heist — a stunning Chinese-backed effort that pilfered as much as $8.75 billion in patented American technology.U.S. officials say the theft took a year to pull off...