Cybersecurity
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Technology advances U.S. capabilities to detect, deter cyber threats
U.S. Strategic Command/Joint Cyber Center The United States’ ability to project military power globally is the backbone of its commitments to allies and partners and serves as a deterrent to adversaries who oppose the rules-based international order. Those commitments and promises are upheld by maintaining superiority in all domains — land, air, sea, space, the electromagnetic spectrum and cyberspace —…
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Features
Modern Militaries, Reinforced Alliances
FORUM Staff Technology is strengthening militaries tasked with maintaining security and stability in the Indo-Pacific. Rapidly modernizing nations are transforming arsenals with advancements from cutting-edge aircraft and game-changing submarines to unmanned vehicles, space awareness tools and cyber defense upgrades. Meanwhile, security partnerships are encouraging scientific cooperation among like-minded militaries, and leaders are relying on the power of regional alliances to…
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Guam cyber resilience event launches whole-of-government effort to protect critical infrastructure
FORUM Staff In the wake of a multinational, multi-agency disclosure that malicious computer code was discovered in telecommunications systems serving Guam and other strategic United States locations, cybersecurity experts are working to bolster resilience in the U.S. territory and beyond. The malware is linked to a group of Chinese Communist Party-backed cyber criminals dubbed Volt Typhoon by U.S. tech company…
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Conflicts - Tensions
North Korean hackers breached top Russian missile maker
Reuters A group of North Korean hackers secretly breached computer networks at a major Russian missile developer for at least five months in 2022, according to technical evidence reviewed by Reuters news agency and analysis by security researchers. Reuters found cyber-espionage teams linked to the North Korean government, which security researchers call ScarCruft and Lazarus, secretly installed stealthy digital backdoors…
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Chinese hackers attacked Kenyan government as debt strains grew
Reuters Chinese hackers targeted Kenya’s government in a widespread, yearslong series of digital intrusions against key ministries and state institutions, according to sources, cybersecurity research reports and an analysis of technical data. Two sources assessed the hacks to be aimed, at least in part, at gaining information on debt owed to Beijing by the East African nation: Kenya is a…
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Partnerships
Inaugural cyber defense drill builds partnerships, capabilities at Balikatan
FORUM Staff Exercise Balikatan 2023, the 38th iteration of the annual training between the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and the United States military, featured an inaugural joint cyber defense exercise (CYDEX) in April 2023. Combined teams of Philippine and U.S. cyber defense experts at Camp Aguinaldo outside Manila, along with Philippine law enforcement personnel, trained on a U.S.…
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CCP-linked hackers stole data from ASEAN servers, analysts say
Benar News Chinese Communist Party-linked hackers stole a trove of data in 2022 from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and its member-states, which may have contained strategic information on South China Sea and talks with Washington, a cybersecurity firm and analysts said in early March 2023. Confirming the theft reported by Wired magazine, cybersecurity firm Digital Forensic Indonesia…
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Features
Cyberspace Freedom
FORUM Staff When Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, the internet in the People’s Republic of China (PRC) echoed the Chinese government’s noncommittal stance, declining to portray Moscow’s military assault in Europe as an unprovoked attack. Censors commissioned by the ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP) were similarly vigilant in early 2022, limiting online exchanges during a COVID-19 lockdown, including information…
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Chinese government can monitor citizens despite dropping COVID-19 app
Radio Free Asia The Chinese government still has vast amounts of data on its citizens’ movements, despite pausing an unpopular COVID-19 tracker app in the wake of nationwide protests, analysts told Radio Free Asia. The People’s Republic of China (PRC) in mid-December 2022 stopped using its “Health Code” smartphone app tracking citizens’ COVID-19 status as well as their movements in…
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Conflicts - Tensions
Chinese spy ships cause concern in India
Mandeep Singh The Chinese People’s Liberation Army’s (PLA) recent deployment of two spy vessels in the Indian Ocean has raised concerns in New Delhi among government officials and analysts about Beijing’s intentions. The Yuan Wang 5 docked in Sri Lanka in August 2022 despite Indian protests spurred by worries about Beijing’s influence in Colombo. In early November, New Delhi postponed…
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