DefenceTalkDefenceTalkCalifornia WeChat users sued its parent company Tencent on Wednesday, saying the mobile app is used for spying on and censoring users for the Chinese government. US-based nonprofit Citizen Power Initiatives for China (CPIFC) filed the suit in Silicon Valley, joined by a half-dozen California residents in urging a state court to order Tencent to […]https://www.defencetalk.com/california-wechat-users-claim-china-surveillance-in-lawsuit-76684/

DefenceTalkNavy Adm. Michael S. Rogers, commander of the U.S. Cyber Command, or USCYBERCOM, and director of the National Security Agency, addressed staff and faculty during the first Leadership Professional Development series event of 2015, Jan. 9. During his remarks, Rogers thanked the audience for their commitment to the Army and leadership. “You are building the […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-cyber-command-nsa-commander-discusses-state-of-cyber-efforts-62030/

DefenceTalkThe US military is looking to flex its muscles in cyberspace as a “deterrence” to hackers eying American targets, the nation’s top cyber-warrior said Tuesday. Admiral Mike Rogers, who heads the Pentagon’s Cyber Command as well as the National Security Agency, evoked a policy often put forward for avoiding nuclear warfare, because holding powerful weapons […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-eyes-cyber-deterrence-to-stop-hackers-60896/

DefenceTalkThe Army National Guard’s first cyber protection team received its new shoulder sleeve insignia here, Oct. 7, during a ceremony conducted by U.S. Army Cyber Command/Second Army. Lt. Gen. Edward C. Cardon, commanding general, U.S. Army Cyber Command, cited the ceremony as a major milestone for Army cyberspace operations, Guard and Reserve forces and for […]https://www.defencetalk.com/army-national-guard-activates-first-cyber-protection-team-60787/

DefenceTalkYahoo said some of its servers were breached briefly by hackers, but that the attack was unrelated to the newly discovered Shellshock vulnerability, and that no user data was compromised. In a posting late Monday on the Hacker News forum, Yahoo’s chief information security officer Alex Stamos said hackers managed to breach three of its […]https://www.defencetalk.com/yahoo-says-some-systems-breached-not-by-shellshock-60706/

DefenceTalkTaiwan’s premier warned Tuesday of increasing cyber attacks from China, the island’s highest-ranking official to denounce attempts to “steal government secrets” despite warming cross-strait relations. Jiang Yi-huah’s warning comes after the Federal Bureau of Investigation warned on Sunday that China is waging an aggressive cyber war against the United States which costs American businesses billions […]https://www.defencetalk.com/taiwan-pm-warns-china-cyber-attack-threat-growing-60704/

DefenceTalkChinese President Xi Jinping has called for his country to become a “cyber power,” state media reported Thursday after he chaired a meeting of a special group focused on Internet security. “Efforts should be made to build our country into a cyber power,” he said, according to Xinhua, which cited a statement it said was […]https://www.defencetalk.com/xi-wants-china-to-be-cyber-power-58886/

DefenceTalkAs new technologies emerge and new cyber and electronic warfare threats plague Soldiers in the field, U.S. Army scientists and engineers continue to define next-generation protocols and system architectures to help develop technology capabilities to combat these threats in an integrated and expedited fashion. As part of the Integrated Cyber and Electronic Warfare, or ICE, […]https://www.defencetalk.com/army-looks-to-blend-cyber-electronic-warfare-capabilities-on-battlefield-49529/

DefenceTalkTaiwan is preparing to launch a fourth cyberwar unit, a local newspaper reported Wednesday, in response to what it claims is a growing security threat from Chinese hackers. The new unit is scheduled to open on July 1 and will work to counter cyber attacks on government websites, said the Taipei-based newspaper United Evening News. […]https://www.defencetalk.com/taiwan-to-open-new-cyberwar-unit-report-47954/

DefenceTalkBeijing must take steps to investigate and halt cybercrime, a top US official said Monday, warning the international community cannot tolerate the widespread hacking coming from China. “This is not solely a national security concern or a concern of the US government,” National Security Advisor Tom Donilon told The Asia Society. “Increasingly, US businesses are […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-urges-china-to-probe-halt-cyber-spying-47120/