“Chinese hackers are breaching Navy contractors to steal everything from ship-maintenance data to missile plans, officials and experts said, triggering a top-to-bottom review of cyber vulnerabilities. A series of incidents in the past 18 months has pointed out the service’s weaknesses, highlighting what some officials have described as some of the most debilitating cyber campaigns linked to Beijing. Cyberattacks affect all branches of the armed forces but contractors for the Navy and the Air Force are viewed as choice targets for hackers seeking advanced military technology, officials said.”
Étiquette : surveillance (Page 6 of 18)
“Recently, a patent application from Amazon became public that would pair face surveillance — like Rekognition, the product that the company is aggressively marketing to police and Immigration and Customs Enforcement — with Ring, a doorbell camera company that Amazon bought earlier this year.”
“This isn’t a kind of fluffy charity providing free services. It’s is a very hard-headed international business and these big tech companies are essentially the world’s biggest global advertisers, that’s where they make their billions. […] these big companies, particularly where there are monopolies, can’t frankly reform themselves. It will have to come from outside.”
Source : Facebook could threaten democracy, says former GCHQ boss – BBC News
“More than 200 manufacturers, including Tesla, Volkswagen, BMW, Daimler, Ford, General Motors, Nissan, Mitsubishi and U.S.-listed electric vehicle start-up NIO, transmit position information and dozens of other data points to government-backed monitoring centers, The Associated Press has found. Generally, it happens without car owners’ knowledge.”
Source : In China, Your Car Could Be Talking to the Government – The New York Times
“The move follows Australia’s decision to ban Huawei from supplying 5G equipment over concerns it could facilitate Chinese spying, and its barring from some U.S. government contracts on national security grounds. Germany, which lacks a telecoms hardware industry of its own, is keener to maintain its traditionally close trade and investment ties with Beijing without compromising on its own cyber-security, say officials.”
Source : Exclusive: China’s Huawei opens up to German scrutiny ahead of 5G auctions | Reuters
“The social credit system, which is being built on the principle of “once untrustworthy, always restricted”, will encourage government bodies to share more information about individual and business misdeeds in order to coordinate punishments and rewards.”
Source : Beijing pioneering citizens’ ‘points’ system critics brand ‘Orwellian’ | Reuters
“One company specialising in mobile forensics is telling investigators not to even look at phones with Face ID, because they might accidentally trigger this mechanism. “iPhone X: don’t look at the screen, or else… The same thing will occur as happened on Apple’s event,” the slide, from forensics company Elcomsoft, reads. Motherboard obtained the presentation from a non-Elcomsoft source, and the company subsequently confirmed its veracity.”
Source : Cops Told ‘Don’t Look’ at New iPhones to Avoid Face ID Lock-Out – Motherboard
“Gal Vallerius a été confondu par des agents de la DEA qui enquêtaient sur ce forum. Ces derniers avaient notamment établi des similitudes entre la façon d’écrire d’« OxyMonster » et celle de Gal Vallerius, très actif sur des plateformes comme Instagram et Twitter – l’usage de doubles points d’exclamation par exemple ou de l’expression « cheers », ainsi que quelques publications en français.”
Source : Vingt ans de prison pour Gal Vallerius, le barbu du dark Web
“Considérations stratégiques et morales mises à part, Palantir est-elle vraiment la meilleure dans son domaine ? Depuis deux ans, de très nombreuses sociétés et administrations ont pourtant dénoncé les contrats passés avec l’entreprise. Trop chers, au regard des services rendus, ont estimé Coca-Cola ou Home Depot, aux Etats-Unis. En Europe, l’assureur Axa n’a pas non plus renouvelé son contrat avec Palantir, après avoir développé ses propres systèmes d’analyse de données en interne. JP Morgan Chase, l’un de ses premiers grands comptes du secteur privé, a cessé sa collaboration, après un scandale rocambolesque ayant vu le chef de la sécurité de la banque mettre des membres du conseil d’administration sous surveillance, avec l’appui des outils de Palantir.”
Source : Palantir, l’embarrassant poisson-pilote du big data
“The inability of intelligence and law enforcement agencies to lawfully access encrypted data and communications poses challenges to law enforcement agencies’ efforts to protect our communities. Therefore, we agreed to the urgent need for law enforcement to gain targeted access to data, subject to strict safeguards, legal limitations, and respective domestic consultations”.
Source : Five Country Ministerial 2018