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US lawmakers point to China as cause of cyberattacks

U.S. government officials need to put more pressure on their Chinese counterparts to stop a "pervasive" cyber-espionage campaign targeting U.S. companies, one U.S. lawmaker said Tuesday.

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South Carolina faults weak IRS standard in massive data breach

South Carolina's governor faulted an outdated Internal Revenue Service standard as a contributing factor to a massive data breach that exposed Social Security numbers of 3.8 million taxpayers plus...

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New York Times computer network breached by Chinese hackers, paper says

Hackers from China breached the computer network of The New York Times and stole passwords that allowed them to gain access to computers and email accounts for a period of four months, the newspaper...

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Lawmakers, business execs defend privacy in CISPA

Privacy and digital rights groups are overstating the privacy concerns in a controversial cyberthreat information bill introduced this week in the U.S. Congress, the bill's sponsors and leaders of some...

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New report says cyberspying group linked to China's army

A new report traces a large cybersecurity threat group to China's People's Liberation Army, specifically an unit that goes under the cover name "Unit 61398".

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China's Defense Ministry calls accusations of state-sponsored hacking groundless

China's Ministry of National Defense on Wednesday refuted the accusations that the nation's military supports cyberespionage, and said a recent security report backing the claims used scientifically...

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US students get cracking on Chinese malware code

Wesley McGrew, a research associate at Mississippi State University, may be among the few people thrilled with the latest grim report into a years-long hacking campaign against dozens of U.S. companies...

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Mandiant report on Chinese cyberespionage used as bait in spear-phishing attacks

Attackers are using fake versions of a recently released report about a Chinese cyberespionage group as bait in new spear-phishing attacks that target Japanese and Chinese users.

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China calls for cooperation rather than war in cyberspace

China's foreign minster on Saturday called on nations to cooperate on Internet security, rather than wage cyberwarfare, as he denied accusations in a recent report that the country's military was...

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Experts: Iran and North Korea are looming cyberthreats to U.S.

Cyberattacks supposedly originating from China have raised alarms in recent weeks, but U.S. businesses and government agencies should worry as much about Iran and North Korea, a group of cybersecurity...

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Tech groups protest anti-China provision in US budget resolution

A little-publicized provision in a U.S. government budget resolution that largely prohibits four agencies from using Chinese-made IT products could backfire, several tech trade groups said.

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Senators want sanctions against countries supporting cyberattacks

Two U.S. senators will push Congress or President Barack Obama's administration to pursue trade and immigration sanctions against China and other countries that allegedly support cyberattacks on U.S....

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Chinese hacker group behind New York Times attack returns with updated tools

The Chinese hacker group that broke into the computer network of The New York Times and other high-profile organizations, including defense contractors, has launched new attacks following a few months...

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FireEye buys Mandiant for nearly $1 billion to stamp out cyber attacks

FireEye, a major enterprise security company, is hoping to better shield its customers from cyberattacks through its acquisition of privately held Mandiant for nearly US$1 billion.

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State-sponsored Chinese hackers reportedly suspected in US health insurer breach

Hackers involved in the data breach at US health insurer, Anthem, may have ties to the Chinese government, according to a news report.

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