Under the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation), all personal data breaches must be recorded by the organisation and there should be a clear and defined process for doing so. Additionally, there are circumstances in which…
How China Uses Stolen US Personnel Data
Interesting analysis of China’s efforts to identify US spies: By about 2010, two former CIA officials recalled, the Chinese security services had instituted a sophisticated travel intelligence program, developing databases that tracked flights and passenger…
Phishing Attacks Against Trump and Biden Campaigns
Google's threat analysts have identified state-level attacks from China. I hope both campaigns are working under the assumption that everything they say and do will be dumped on the Internet before the election. That feels…
Chinese COVID-19 Disinformation Campaign
The New York Times is reporting on state-sponsored disinformation campaigns coming out of China: Since that wave of panic, United States intelligence agencies have assessed that Chinese operatives helped push the messages across platforms, according…
More on Crypto AG
One follow-on to the story of Crypto AG being owned by the CIA: this interview with a Washington Post reporter. The whole thing is worth reading or listening to, but I was struck by these…
Newly Declassified Study Demonstrates Uselessness of NSA’s Phone…
The New York Times is reporting on the NSA's phone metadata program, which the NSA shut down last year: A National Security Agency system that analyzed logs of Americans' domestic phone calls and text messages…
Details of the Cloud Hopper Attacks
Reuters has a long article on the Chinese government APT attack called Cloud Hopper. It was much bigger than originally reported. The hacking campaign, known as "Cloud Hopper," was the subject of a U.S. indictment…
NSA Hawaii
Recently I've heard Edward Snowden talk about his working at the NSA in Hawaii as being "under a pineapple field." CBS News recently ran a segment on that NSA listening post on Oahu. Not a…
International Spy Museum Reopens
The International Spy Museum has reopened in Washington, DC.Read more: schneier.com