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“If [the] government goes to the bank with a list of 100 Uyghur names and says, you know, ‘give me the bank balance for these people [and] how much money they have.’ The bank will print it out and hand it over to the CCP [Chinese Communist Party]. Then, they shut down the bank accounts, freeze their assets, and they take their properties,” she said.

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“If [the] government goes to the bank with a list of 100 Uyghur names and says, you know, ‘give me the bank balance for these people [and] how much money they have.’ The bank will print it out and hand it over to the CCP [Chinese Communist Party]. Then, they shut down the bank accounts, freeze their assets, and they take their properties,” she said.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.sdf.org/post/32890027

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“If [the] government goes to the bank with a list of 100 Uyghur names and says, you know, ‘give me the bank balance for these people [and] how much money they have.’ The bank will print it out and hand it over to the CCP [Chinese Communist Party]. Then, they shut down the bank accounts, freeze their assets, and they take their properties,” she said.

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“If [the] government goes to the bank with a list of 100 Uyghur names and says, you know, ‘give me the bank balance for these people [and] how much money they have.’ The bank will print it out and hand it over to the CCP [Chinese Communist Party]. Then, they shut down the bank accounts, freeze their assets, and they take their properties,” she said.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.sdf.org/post/32848522

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Though less well-known than groups like Volt Typhoon and Salt Typhoon, Brass Typhoon, or APT 41, is an infamous, longtime espionage actor that foreshadowed recent telecom hacks.

As China continues its digital gambit around the world, researchers are warning that hacking activity from long-tracked groups is evolving and blending together. On top of that, attackers are hiding their campaigns more effectively and blurring the lines between cybercriminals and state-backed hacking.

Last year, revelations rocked the United States federal government that the Chinese hacking group known as “Salt Typhoon” had breached at least nine major US telecoms. And the group’s rampage even continued into this year in the US and other countries around the world. Meanwhile, the Beijing-linked hacking group “Volt Typhoon” has continued to lurk in US critical infrastructure and utilities around the world. Meanwhile, the notoriously versatile syndicate known as Brass Typhoon—also called APT 41 or Barium—has been operating in the shadows.

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Brass Typhoon is known for having carried out a notable string of software supply chain attacks in the late 2010s and for brazen attacks on telecoms around the same time in which the group specifically targeted call record data. The gang is also known for its hybrid activity, carrying out hacks that align with Chinese state-sponsored espionage by the Chinese Ministry of State Security, but also moonlighting on seemingly cybercriminal projects, particularly focused on the video game industry and in-game currency scams.

Research indicates that Brass Typhoon has continued to be active in recent months with financial crimes targeting online gambling platforms as well as espionage targeting manufacturing and energy firms. Its sustained activity has run in parallel to Salt and Volt Typhoon’s recent, attention-grabbing campaigns, and analysis increasingly shows that China’s state-backed hacking operations must be viewed comprehensively, not just in terms of individual actors.

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Though less well-known than groups like Volt Typhoon and Salt Typhoon, Brass Typhoon, or APT 41, is an infamous, longtime espionage actor that foreshadowed recent telecom hacks.

As China continues its digital gambit around the world, researchers are warning that hacking activity from long-tracked groups is evolving and blending together. On top of that, attackers are hiding their campaigns more effectively and blurring the lines between cybercriminals and state-backed hacking.

Last year, revelations rocked the United States federal government that the Chinese hacking group known as “Salt Typhoon” had breached at least nine major US telecoms. And the group’s rampage even continued into this year in the US and other countries around the world. Meanwhile, the Beijing-linked hacking group “Volt Typhoon” has continued to lurk in US critical infrastructure and utilities around the world. Meanwhile, the notoriously versatile syndicate known as Brass Typhoon—also called APT 41 or Barium—has been operating in the shadows.

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Brass Typhoon is known for having carried out a notable string of software supply chain attacks in the late 2010s and for brazen attacks on telecoms around the same time in which the group specifically targeted call record data. The gang is also known for its hybrid activity, carrying out hacks that align with Chinese state-sponsored espionage by the Chinese Ministry of State Security, but also moonlighting on seemingly cybercriminal projects, particularly focused on the video game industry and in-game currency scams.

Research indicates that Brass Typhoon has continued to be active in recent months with financial crimes targeting online gambling platforms as well as espionage targeting manufacturing and energy firms. Its sustained activity has run in parallel to Salt and Volt Typhoon’s recent, attention-grabbing campaigns, and analysis increasingly shows that China’s state-backed hacking operations must be viewed comprehensively, not just in terms of individual actors.

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Though less well-known than groups like Volt Typhoon and Salt Typhoon, Brass Typhoon, or APT 41, is an infamous, longtime espionage actor that foreshadowed recent telecom hacks.

As China continues its digital gambit around the world, researchers are warning that hacking activity from long-tracked groups is evolving and blending together. On top of that, attackers are hiding their campaigns more effectively and blurring the lines between cybercriminals and state-backed hacking.

Last year, revelations rocked the United States federal government that the Chinese hacking group known as “Salt Typhoon” had breached at least nine major US telecoms. And the group’s rampage even continued into this year in the US and other countries around the world. Meanwhile, the Beijing-linked hacking group “Volt Typhoon” has continued to lurk in US critical infrastructure and utilities around the world. Meanwhile, the notoriously versatile syndicate known as Brass Typhoon—also called APT 41 or Barium—has been operating in the shadows.

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Brass Typhoon is known for having carried out a notable string of software supply chain attacks in the late 2010s and for brazen attacks on telecoms around the same time in which the group specifically targeted call record data. The gang is also known for its hybrid activity, carrying out hacks that align with Chinese state-sponsored espionage by the Chinese Ministry of State Security, but also moonlighting on seemingly cybercriminal projects, particularly focused on the video game industry and in-game currency scams.

Research indicates that Brass Typhoon has continued to be active in recent months with financial crimes targeting online gambling platforms as well as espionage targeting manufacturing and energy firms. Its sustained activity has run in parallel to Salt and Volt Typhoon’s recent, attention-grabbing campaigns, and analysis increasingly shows that China’s state-backed hacking operations must be viewed comprehensively, not just in terms of individual actors.

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A Chinese state-owned company that was previously sanctioned by the U.S. for facilitating human rights abuses against Uyghurs is now training police officers in Tibet on hacking techniques and digital forensics, according to a watchdog organization.

SDIC Intelligence Xiamen Information Co Ltd, a digital forensics company better known as Meiya Pico, won a contract in mid-2023 to build two labs at the Tibet Police College: one on offensive and defensive cyber techniques and the other on electronic evidence collection and analysis. Details of the approximately $1.32 million contract were analyzed and released on Wednesday by Turquoise Roof, a research network focused on Tibet.

The contracts include “servers for the cyber range, network switches, intrusion simulation software, forensic workstations and] evidence storage systems,” the researchers said.

Founded in 1999 as an independent company, Meiya Pico is now state-owned, and as of 2019 it reportedly had a 45% market share of China’s digital forensics market. Its products have raised controversy globally for their invasiveness, including a spyware app called MFSocket that police have allegedly installed on phones throughout the country during inspections of smartphones.

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According to the company, it has conducted training courses in 30 countries as part of China’s Belt and Road Initiative.

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A Chinese state-owned company that was previously sanctioned by the U.S. for facilitating human rights abuses against Uyghurs is now training police officers in Tibet on hacking techniques and digital forensics, according to a watchdog organization.

SDIC Intelligence Xiamen Information Co Ltd, a digital forensics company better known as Meiya Pico, won a contract in mid-2023 to build two labs at the Tibet Police College: one on offensive and defensive cyber techniques and the other on electronic evidence collection and analysis. Details of the approximately $1.32 million contract were analyzed and released on Wednesday by Turquoise Roof, a research network focused on Tibet.

The contracts include “servers for the cyber range, network switches, intrusion simulation software, forensic workstations and] evidence storage systems,” the researchers said.

Founded in 1999 as an independent company, Meiya Pico is now state-owned, and as of 2019 it reportedly had a 45% market share of China’s digital forensics market. Its products have raised controversy globally for their invasiveness, including a spyware app called MFSocket that police have allegedly installed on phones throughout the country during inspections of smartphones.

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According to the company, it has conducted training courses in 30 countries as part of China’s Belt and Road Initiative.

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A Chinese state-owned company that was previously sanctioned by the U.S. for facilitating human rights abuses against Uyghurs is now training police officers in Tibet on hacking techniques and digital forensics, according to a watchdog organization.

SDIC Intelligence Xiamen Information Co Ltd, a digital forensics company better known as Meiya Pico, won a contract in mid-2023 to build two labs at the Tibet Police College: one on offensive and defensive cyber techniques and the other on electronic evidence collection and analysis. Details of the approximately $1.32 million contract were analyzed and released on Wednesday by Turquoise Roof, a research network focused on Tibet.

The contracts include “servers for the cyber range, network switches, intrusion simulation software, forensic workstations and] evidence storage systems,” the researchers said.

Founded in 1999 as an independent company, Meiya Pico is now state-owned, and as of 2019 it reportedly had a 45% market share of China’s digital forensics market. Its products have raised controversy globally for their invasiveness, including a spyware app called MFSocket that police have allegedly installed on phones throughout the country during inspections of smartphones.

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According to the company, it has conducted training courses in 30 countries as part of China’s Belt and Road Initiative.

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Anstatt in die USA seien immer mehr asiatische Containerschiffe mit geringwertigen Waren nun "in Richtung Europa unterwegs", sagte Handelsverband-Geschäftsführer Rainer Will am Donnerstag bei einer Fachtagung des Verbands. Neben den besonders hohen generellen Sonderzöllen für China hat US-Präsident Donald Trump zusätzlich Zölle von 90 Prozent auf geringwertige Waren aus China angeordnet - eine Verdreifachung der bisher vorgesehenen Abgaben für diese Artikel, die vor allem über die Apps von Temu und Shein gekauft werden. Trump hatte zuvor bereits die zollbefreite Einfuhr von Paketen mit einem Wert von bis zu 800 Dollar (rund 724 Euro) aufgehoben.

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Der Handelsverband-Geschäftsführer fordert angesichts der jüngsten Entwicklungen im US/China-Zollstreit die EU-Kommission "sofort zum Handeln" auf. Temu und Shein verstoßen "mutmaßlich wiederholt gegen geltendes EU-Recht". Die EU habe die "Vollzugsinstrumente der EU noch nicht auf scharf gestellt", kritisierte Interessensvertreter Will.

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Auch für Sozial- und Gesundheitsministerin Korinna Schumann (SPÖ) sind die Billig-Warenlieferungen von Temu, Shein & Co "ein unglaubliches Problem". Dies könne man "nicht auf österreichischer Ebene lösen", sondern nur gemeinsam als Europäische Union, sagte Schumann am Donnerstagnachmittag beim Handelskolloquium des Handelsverbandes. "Das ist einer der großen Gefahren für unseren Handel." Auch müsse sichergestellt werden, dass die über Temu und Shein verkauften Produkte nicht gesundheitsgefährdend seien, so die Konsumentenschutzministerin.