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Cebuana Lhuillier bares data breach, tells clients to secure accounts

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 19 01:27 PM

Cebuana Lhuillier on Saturday admitted that one of its servers fell victim to data breach incidents that may have compromised the personal data of its customers. Read more »

Facebook removes pages, accounts with Russia links

Reuters
Posted at Jan 17 07:37 PM

Facebook Inc said Thursday it has removed a number of pages, accounts and groups that were involved in coordinated inauthentic behavior on Facebook and Instagram. Read more »

Chinese-led Safe Philippines faces Senate probe on security concerns

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 17 12:13 PM

Safe Philippines, which will establish a video surveillance system among others, was awarded in November to China Telecommunication Construction Corp with Huawei Technologies as equipment supplier. Read more »

DICT unit to launch own probe on passport data incident

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 14 06:52 PM

The Department of Information Technology and Communications' (DICT) CyberSecurity Bureau on Monday said it would conduct its own investigation on the alleged passport data loss. Read more »

Huawei Canada exec leaves post as scrutiny of company grows

Jim Finkle and David Ljunggren, Reuters
Posted at Jan 12 11:26 AM

One of Huawei Canada's top executives on Friday disclosed he was leaving his post after more than 7 years with the Chinese telecommunications equipment maker, which is facing heightened scrutiny over security issues from Canada and its allies. Read more »

Norway considering whether to exclude China's Huawei from building 5G network

Gwladys Fouche, Reuters
Posted at Jan 10 05:28 PM

OSLO - Norway is considering whether to join other western nations in excluding China's Huawei Technologies from building part of the Nordic country's new 5G telecommunications infrastructure, its justice minister said on Wednesday. Read more »

Vietnam accuses Facebook of breaching new cyber law

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 09 04:22 PM

HANOI - Vietnam has accused Facebook of violating a new cybersecurity law by refusing to scrub anti-government content from its site, the first reprimand since the controversial bill came into effect days ago. Read more »

Cyber researcher cancels public talk on hacking Apple's Face ID

Jim Finkle and Stephen Nellis, Reuters
Posted at Jan 04 07:05 AM

A cyber security researcher canceled a hacking conference briefing on how he said he could crack biometric facial recognition on Apple Inc iPhones, at the request of his employer, which called the work "misleading." Read more »

What to expect at CES 2019, world's largest technology fair

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 02 03:17 PM

The Jan. 8 to 11 Las Vegas trade event offers a glimpse into new products and services designed to make people's lives easier, fun and more productive, reaching across diverse sectors such as entertainment, health, transportation, agriculture and sports. Read more »

Vietnam's draconian cybersecurity bill comes into effect

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 01 03:31 PM

Vietnam's new cybersecurity law has received sharp criticism from the US, the EU and internet freedom advocates who say it mimics China's repressive censorship of the internet. Read more »

China denies 'slanderous' economic espionage charges from US, allies

Reuters
Posted at Dec 21 12:45 PM

China's Foreign Ministry said on Friday it resolutely opposed "slanderous" accusations from the United States and other allies criticizing China for economic espionage, urging Washington to withdraw its accusations.   Read more »

China hacked HPE, IBM and then attacked clients -sources

Christopher Bing, Jack Stubbs and Joseph Menn, Reuters
Posted at Dec 21 07:46 AM

Hackers working on behalf of China's Ministry of State Security breached the networks of Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co and IBM, then used the access to hack into their clients' computers, according to 5 sources familiar with the attacks. Read more »

US, allies slam China for economic espionage, spies indicted

Diane Bartz and Jack Stubbs, Reuters
Posted at Dec 21 07:37 AM

The United States and 3 allies condemned China for economic espionage on Thursday as American prosecutors charged 2 Chinese nationals tied to a spy agency in a wide-ranging cyber campaign that stole confidential data from US government agencies and businesses, fanning tensions with Beijing. Read more »

Facebook shares drop as data privacy fallout spreads

Lisa Lambert and Paresh Dave, Reuters
Posted at Dec 20 11:01 AM

Facebook Inc shares sank on Wednesday as concerns about its ability to safeguard user data sparked a government lawsuit, criticism in the US Congress and a New York Times report on how it had shared data with other companies. Read more »

EU investigates hacked diplomatic communications

Reuters
Posted at Dec 20 09:30 AM

The European Union is investigating a cyber hack of its diplomatic communications, allegedly by Chinese hackers, that revealed EU concern about US Donald Trump, Russia and Iran, the bloc said on Wednesday. Read more »

Halos 1,000 Pinoy naloko sa online scam ngayong 2018: PNP

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 19 06:10 PM

Inaasahan ng PNP na tataas pa ngayong Christmas season ang bilang ng mga biktima ng online scam.  Read more »

Police probe hoax bitcoin bomb threats across US, Canada

Reuters
Posted at Dec 15 11:19 AM

US law enforcement officials on Friday were investigating a wave of hoax emailed bomb threats demanding bitcoin payment that caused worry but no damage in the United States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. Read more »

Facebook teaches New Yorkers about privacy at 'pop-up' kiosk

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 14 09:33 AM

The public relations exercise, a one-day event at the midtown holiday market in Bryant Park, was a first for Facebook in the United States and followed a similar presentation in September in London. Read more »

China says it has never heard of any country having security problem with Huawei

Reuters
Updated as of Dec 11 07:43 AM

Huawei Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou is fighting to be released on bail after she was arrested on Dec. 1 in Vancouver at the request of the United States. Read more »

Japan gov't to halt buying Huawei, ZTE equipment: sources

Yoshiyasu Shida and Yoshifumi Takemoto, Reuters
Updated as of Dec 07 05:28 PM

Chinese tech companies are under intense scrutiny from Washington and some prominent allies over ties to the Chinese government, driven by concerns they could be used by Beijing for spying. Read more »