Increasing Internet surveillance with new set of rules saw Internet authorities in China clenching an iron fist requiring tech companies to identify the real registered names of users and to record user activities.
A new report cites insider sources in naming Charter Communications, Consolidated Communications and Windstream among the breached US telecom companies. The sources also state that the Salt Typhoon campaign may have started in late 2023.
A joint report from China’s National Computer Virus Emergency Response Centre (CVERC) and cybersecurity firm 360 accuses the US CIA of aggressively hacking China and other countries with advanced cyber weapons, including an assortment of trojans, malware, botnets and zero-days.
Expansion of China's data protection regulations will impact the smart car market in the country. The CCP has clarified terms to require this of the digital keys to smart vehicles and the data they generate.
The People’s Bank of China has announced that its variation of cryptocurrency, the "digital yuan," will allow anonymous transactions in small amounts in a bid to add at least a token amount of privacy protection.
New upcoming civil code in China will substantially enhance privacy rights for individuals and businesses if the law can be respected and enforced by local government.
One of China's biggest tech companies has been told to pause any rollout of new apps. Tencent is now subject to added scrutiny from the government after multiple instances of running afoul of the country's new data laws.
China has announced new requirements for companies that might pose a "national security" threat, chiefly those that have large stockpiles of personal data that might wind up being transferred overseas.
China’s new rules for facial recognition technology require companies to protect personal information, and to demonstrate a "specific purpose" and "sufficient necessity" when collecting biometric data of this nature.
China’s new GDPR-style data protection law does almost nothing to curb the state's unfettered access to data stored within the country, but does sharply limit the ways in which tech firms can handle and share it.
