Best Infosec-Related Long Reads of the Week, 4/1/23
War over internet cables, Finding an Instagram scammer, Jailbreaking ChatGPT, HOAs license plate scanners, Facial recognition's false arrest, DPRK's $14m ATM theft, Hackers expose smear campaign, more
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U.S. and China wage war beneath the waves – over internet cables
Reuters’ Joe Brock offers this in-depth examination of how subsea cables, which carry the world’s data, have become a battleground between Washington and Beijing, with the US, fearful of China’s spying capabilities, intervening in six private undersea cable deals in the Asia-Pacific region over the past four years.
A Chinese company that has quickly emerged as a force in the subsea cable-building industry – HMN Technologies Co Ltd – was on the brink of snagging that contract three years ago. The …
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