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Canada launches probe into alleged Chinese election interference

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 07 11:31 AM

PM Justin Trudeau announced the appointment of an independent special rapporteur to probe alleged Chinese interference in Canada's elections. Read more »

China says 'never interfered' in Canadian elections

Agence France Presse
Updated as of Feb 20 02:23 PM

China has rejected allegations it interfered in Canada's federal elections, describing Canadian media reports that cited intelligence documents as "false" and attempts at "smearing" Beijing. Read more »

US says will preserve dialogue with China despite balloon rift

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Feb 16 12:19 PM

The United States will work to maintain lines of communication with China despite a rift over an alleged surveillance balloon, a top US diplomat said Wednesday. Read more »

Japan says past aerial objects likely Chinese spy balloons

Agence France Presse
Posted at Feb 15 09:50 AM

A fresh analysis of unidentified aerial objects that flew over Japan's airspace in recent years "strongly" suggests they were Chinese spy balloons, according to Tokyo's defense ministry. Read more »

China accuses US of sending balloons into its airspace

Ludovic Ehret, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 13 06:36 PM

China accused the US of flying balloons over its territory, hitting back vs Washington's claims that Beijing sent surveillance aircraft. Read more »

US has had contacts with China over 'spy balloon': Pentagon

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 13 10:28 AM

The US has communicated with Beijing on the alleged Chinese surveillance balloon shot down on Feb. 4, after Pentagon overtures were rebuffed. Read more »

Biden denies US seeking conflict with China, despite balloon flap

Shaun Tandon, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 09 10:19 AM

President Joe Biden said the US is not looking for conflict with China despite heightened tensions over last week's downing of a Chinese balloon. Read more »

US says China balloon 'fleet' is global as NATO joins concern

Shaun Tandon, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 09 05:31 AM

President Joe Biden ordered the military to shoot it down just off the east coast in the Atlantic. Read more »

Europeans recruited for Putin's information war

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 20 03:07 AM

Here are some other cases of Europeans caught up in Russian spying scandals in recent years. Read more »

Japan bans foreigners from buying land near army sites

Deutsche Welle
Posted at Oct 25 07:31 AM

A new law in Japan aims to prevent espionage and acts of sabotage by controlling properties around areas important to national security. Read more »

China spying on Germany, say intelligence chiefs

Deutsche Welle
Posted at Oct 18 07:11 AM

For years, German businesses have invested heavily in China despite concerns over Beijing's reputation for stealing technology and know-how from its partners. Read more »

CIA chief: I'm no Jason Bourne, I drive an old Subaru

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 23 06:41 AM

CIA Director Bill Burns said in the US spy agency's first-ever podcast Thursday that his life is nothing like Jason Bourne and James Bond, ripping hot cars through crowded cities and deploying unimaginable lethal gadgets. Read more »

Apple devices getting beefed-up defense against spyware

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 07 07:28 AM

Apple on Wednesday unveiled a new way for activists, journalists and other targets of state-sponsored espionage to protect themselves from spyware. Read more »

Taiwan tightens laws against China economic espionage

Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 20 10:13 PM

Taiwan toughened its laws on Friday to counter technology theft and talent poaching by China, authorities said. Read more »

Canada to ban Huawei and ZTE from 5G networks

Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 20 05:47 AM

Canada is to ban Chinese telecommunications giants Huawei and ZTE from its 5G wireless networks due to national security concerns. Read more »

Inside job? Alleged Comelec hackers 'looking for bug bounty'

Davinci Maru, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 12 01:18 PM

A group of hackers who allegedly breached the servers of the Commission on Elections could be asking for a "bug bounty," a cyber security expert said Wednesday. Read more »

US convicts Chinese intel agent of economic espionage

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 06 07:36 AM

A Chinese intelligence officer was convicted in US federal court Friday of economic espionage in an alleged state-backed effort to steal technology from US and French aerospace firms. Read more »

China claims NGOs' data could be used for spying

Laura Zhou, South China Morning Post
Posted at Nov 03 05:15 PM

China has accused a foreign-funded environmental NGO of collecting oceanic data in sensitive waters. Read more »

UK spy chiefs seal cloud data deal with Amazon: FT

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 26 08:52 PM

UK intelligence agencies have entrusted classified data to Amazon in a deal designed to vastly speed up their espionage capabilities. Read more »

Britain's MI5 spy chief says: Beware of Russian and Chinese agents

Guy Faulconbridge, Reuters
Posted at Jul 14 04:35 PM

Britain's top domestic spymaster cautioned the population on Wednesday to treat the threat of spying from Russia and China as vigilantly as terrorism, warning that foreign spies were seeking to steal technology, sow discord and attack infrastructure. Read more »