Headline: #China accuses US of launching 'advanced' cyberattacks, names alleged #NSA agents
Snippet: Xinhua said the NSA operations took place during the Winter Games and were "suspected of activating specific pre-installed backdoors" in Microsoft Windows operating systems on specific devices in Heilongjiang.
For #cybersecurity professionals, a failure to log activity is a cardinal sin & contradicts best practices as recommended by the National Institute of Standards & Technology [#NIST] & the #DHS's #CISA, as well as the #FBI & the #NSA.
"That was a huge red flag," said Berulis. "That's something that you just don't do. It violates every core concept of security & best practice."
Chinese police in the northeastern city of Harbin have accused the United States National Security Agency of launching "advanced" cyberattacks during the Asian Winter Games in February. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/15/world/politics/china-us-cyberattacks-nsa-agents/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #china #us #espionage #hacking #nsa
@simsus und wißt Ihr lieben Mitleser es noch,
.... welche der Office-Pakete lange Zeit bzw. noch heute ihr dasein, bzw. deren Wurzel und Hauptsoftwareentwicklung in der EU ( #MadeInEurope #europeanAlternatives ) genauer sogar #MadeInGermany haben ? ....
Also @EUCommission
macht drn #eXit auch bei anderen Software Produkten z.B. von #M$ ... ein echter #UnplugTrump ist eigentlich ganz einfach und spart neben den #Datenkopien u.a. bei der #NSA jede Menge Geld bei #FOSS oftware
#NSA Purge Will Get Messy
... potential replacements as NSA director are Ezra Cohen and Trae Stephens
Cohen now works at #Oracle. Stephens is a general partner in Peter Thiel's #Founders Fund and is a co-founder of #Anduril
https://news.risky.biz/magas-nsa-purge-will-get-messy/?attribution_id=67f727863caafb0001282a16&attribution_type=post
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The 
Is Losing Faith in 
Intelligence Promises administration signalled a walk back of a Biden-era EO that sought to reassure that the would only collect intelligence within Europe when strictly necessary
"This #community that we have, that we're building, that does so much, has to grow. We can't compete with #Apple, we can't compete with #Google, directly, in the field of #resources. What we can eventually do is #head count and #heart count. We can compete on the ground of #ideology because ours is better." -- Edward #Snowden, #NSA #whisteblower, speaking at #LibrePlanet 2016.
https://media.libreplanet.org/u/libreplanet/m/libreplanet-2016-the-last-lighthouse-3d51/
Via: @fsf
U.S. Navy Vice Adm. Shoshana Chatfield, who holds a senior position in NATO, has been fired as part of what appears to be an expanding national security purge of top U.S. officials. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/08/world/politics/us-admiral-nato-security/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #nato #dei #nsa #us #republicans #donaldtrump
Trump Fires 4-star General Leading the NSA, US Cyber Command, a Week Later No Replacement Named https://share.newsbreak.com/ci1vbn4u?s=i0 #airforce #nsa #cybercommand #military #militarypurge #MAGA #trump
"Rep. Don Bacon (R-Neb.), a moderate Republican, slammed President Trump’s decision to fire the director of the National Security Agency (#NSA) and his top deputy after demands from far-right influencer Laura Loomer, saying Sunday that #China and #Russia are 'laughing at us'” after that decision."
The Hill https://www.yahoo.com/news/gop-rep-says-russia-china-183104653.html
#USPolitics
Cyberattacks increasingly threaten the public and private sectors alike – including vital U.S. infrastructure. The Trump administration is considering tougher action against nations that sponsor hacking. #cybersecurity #nationalsecurity #NSA
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DIRNSA Fired
In “Secrets and Lies” (2000), I wrote:
It is poor civic hygiene to install technologies that could someday facilitate a police state.
<p... https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/04/dirnsa-fired.html
Putin must be rubbing his hands - so little money, so little effort and the US is his
https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/04/nsa_boss_deputy_fired/
Der US #Handelskrieg gegen #Europa und die #Welt wäre nicht ganz so schlimm, hätte die #USA mit der #NSA und deren weltweiten #Abhörinstrumenten im Internet potentiell gegen alle #Politiker:innen, #Entscheidungsträger:innen und Verhandlungspartner:innen prall gefüllte #Kompromatskoffer
Aber selber schuld, denn seid den #Snowden Veröffendlichungen konnte es jeder wissen und hat es schon damals sich niemand getraut gegen den Umstand echt vorzugehen.
#Trump fires head of National Security Agency and Cyber Command
https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/04/trump-fires-head-of-national-security-agency-and-cyber-command/
Democrats expressed outrage that U.S. President Donald Trump had fired the head of the highly sensitive U.S. National Security Agency at the apparent urging of far-right conspiracy theorist Laura Loomer. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/05/world/politics/trump-fires-nsa-chief/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #donaldtrump #espionage #us #nsa #defense
