Category: cyberwarfare

IN-DEPTH: China Escalates Its Cyberwar Against the West

May 11, 2023
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Over the past few decades, China has adopted a policy of information warfare against its global adversaries by leveraging its civilian cyber sector. This constitutes Beijing’s “people’s war” on the world inflicted by its civilian cyber militias, according to cybersecurity experts. The Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) civilian cyber sector includes individual cyberoperatives, private institutions, academia,…

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Hostile Regimes Such as China’s Pose ‘Greatest Strategic Cyber Threat’ to Canada, MPs Told in Committee

February 7, 2023
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Canada faces two main cybersecurity threats, according to testimony on Feb. 7 at the House of Commons Standing Committee on National Defence. These include the cyber programs of countries that are hostile to Canada, as well as cyber crimes such as ransomware attacks, MPs were told. “The state sponsored cyber programs of Russia, China, Iran, and…

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The Dangerous War We Don’t See

July 22, 2021
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Commentary On Monday, the Biden administration formally blamed China for a massive cyberattack against Microsoft’s email software that impacted tens of thousands of U.S. businesses, government offices, and schools. In response to this attack, the Biden administration opted for the “name and shame” approach by calling out China and publicizing an advisory list of more…

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Will China Attack the United States?

July 14, 2021
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Commentary On July 11, shortly after the United States added 23 Chinese entities to an economic blacklist, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) responded with an inflammatory statement. The Party, we’re told, “resolutely opposes” the “unreasonable suppression” of Chinese companies. The irony of the CCP, very much the masters of “unreasonable suppression,” releasing such a statement is as…

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Our Cybersecurity in a Cyberwarfare Age

June 13, 2021
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Commentary The Department of Homeland Security has declared the United States has 16 “critical infrastructure sectors.” Translated, that means these enterprises are crucial to a safe and orderly society. The sectors include: food and agriculture, water, medical and health care, energy, transportation, telecommunications, law enforcement and, of course, our defense systems. With increasing regularity foreign-based…

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