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CYBEROct 6GMO internet service unit, retailer Mr Max both report massive customer data leaksMore Japanese companies, including the maker of Citizen watches, reported Tuesday unauthorized access to servers and possible leaks of personal information, with the Japanese government describing the situation…Japan Today
CYBEROct 6South Korea Investigates Possible Use of A.I. in Hacks on Its BanksNYT World
CYBEROct 5US accuses mainland China of targeting Taiwan leader’s family in surveillance caseSouth China Morning Post
CYBEROct 5China’s LinkedIn Espionage Is Only Getting More AdvancedThe Diplomat
CYBEROct 5California real estate agent accused of spying on Taiwanese president’s son for ChinaThe Independent World
CYBEROct 5US arrests woman for spying for China and monitoring the son of the Taiwanese presidentClarín
CYBEROct 4Philippines arrests 244 suspects in online scam crackdownCriminals accused of using Philippine offshore gaming operators (POGOs) as cover for human trafficking, fraud, murder.Al Jazeera [en]
CYBEROct 4Hong Kong woman loses HK$21.5 million in cryptocurrency scamA 60-year-old Hong Kong woman has lost more than HK$21 million (US$2.7 million) in a cryptocurrency scam after a fraudster posing as an investment expert she met online duped her. The clerk reported the case to police on Saturday, saying she had befriended an individual claiming to be an investment specialist on “Baby Kingdom”, a popular online parenting forum and community website, on March 15 this year, a source said. The fraudster duped her into investing on a fake cryptocurrency platform...South China Morning Post
CYBEROct 4Philippines Arrests 244 In Online Scam CrackdownThe government said it is investigating possible human trafficking-related offences by a number of those arrested, while the rest will be deported. The post Philippines Arrests 244 In Online Scam Crackdown appeared first on Channels Television.Channels TV
CYBEROct 4Philippines arrests 244 'mostly Chinese' workers in online scam crackdown, including one HongkongerPhilippines authorities arrested more than 200 "mostly Chinese" foreign workers in the country's largest crackdown on illegal online gaming operators this year, the immigration bureau said.thestandard_hk · hong kong
CYBEROct 4DOJ, PAOCC push national anti-scam hubThe DOJ Office of Cybercrime and PAOCC are advocating for a National Anti-Scam Hub to combat technology-driven crimes. Learn how this initiative aims to enhance coordination and strengthen the fight against scams and cyber threats.tribune · philippines
CYBEROct 4China-Aligned TA419 Targets U.S. AI Policy Experts With Microsoft AitM PhishingThe Hacker News
CYBEROct 4Seoul police officer detained over AI sexual deepfakes, thousands of illegal filesSEOUL: A serving Seoul police officer has been detained on suspicion of creating and distributing hundreds of AI-generated sexually explicit deepfakes and possessing about 5,600 illegal sexual images and videos, including child sexual exploitation material, local media reported Sunday (Oct 4).thestar_my · malaysia
CYBEROct 4Hackers Target Korea's Mutual Finance Sector After Bankssedaily · south korea
CYBEROct 3China and Africa boost law enforcement ties in crackdown on cross-border cybercrimeFrom online-gambling rings in eSwatini to SIM swapping in Kenya and cybercrime networks in Zambia, a wave of cross-border fraud is drawing African governments and China into closer security cooperation. China hosted East African security ministers and police chiefs in Lianyungang, Jiangsu province, on September 10 for talks on terrorism, kidnapping, online fraud and other cross-border threats. China’s public security minister, Wang Xiaohong, said Beijing would strengthen law-enforcement...South China Morning Post
CYBEROct 2Antino Backdoor Uses Outlook and OneDrive for C2 in China-Nexus Espionage CampaignThe Hacker News
CYBEROct 2Some topics are off limits in Chinese AI, researchers findA popular Chinese AI program, Qwen, has no memory of Tiananmen Square and no tolerance for Winnie the Pooh.CBS News
CYBEROct 2Malicious Linux Implants Mimic Asian Mail Security ProductsA trio of newly discovered backdoors walk and quack like legitimate edge solutions, so it's hard to tell they're not.Dark Reading
CYBEROct 2US accuses businessman of smuggling AI technology to ChinaUn empresario californiano fue arrestado por contrabandear más de 300 millones en tecnología de IA a China, usando documentos falsos y rutas indirectas.La empresa del acusado enviaba servidores a países sin restricciones y luego los redirigía a China, violando controles de exportación de EE. UU.Clarín
CYBEROct 2US arrests man over alleged smuggling of US$300 million worth of computer servers to ChinaGreg Lui operated a technology company called Earthmade Computer, which he used to buy and send items to China without the licences required by the US Department of Commerce from 2023 to 2024, said the Department of Justice.channelnewsasia · indonesia
CYBEROct 2China stockpiles ASML lithography tools, spurring US calls for complete export banChinese semiconductor plants amassed hundreds of immersion lithography machines worth billions of dollars in recent years, according to former US officials, who urged Washington and its allies to shut down further exports. Chinese-owned fabs had acquired an estimated 343 immersion deep ultraviolet (DUV) lithography systems by early 2026, said a report published in late September by the Centre for Technology & Statecraft (CTS), a Washington research group established in August. Co-authored by...South China Morning Post
CYBEROct 1Khanna asks AI firms for information on efforts by China to access codeThe leading Democrat on the House’s China Select Committee is calling on the U.S.’s leading AI labs for information on Beijing’s alleged efforts to steal model weights from their firms. Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.), the ranking member of the House Select Committee of the Chinese Communist Party, requested data on Thursday from OpenAI, Anthropic, Meta…The Hill
CYBEROct 1OpenAI links China’s Moonshot AI to attempt to extract its models’ reasoningOpenAI says it identified an attempt to extract protected reasoning from its AI models, linking part of the activity with China’s Moonshot AI.CNBC
CYBERBREAKINGSep 30UK accuses China of using academics to spy on AI and other tech researchSouth China Morning Post