Category: security

Twitter Was Notified at Least 1 Chinese Spy Was on Company’s Payroll, Whistleblower Testifies

The former head of security at Twitter was told earlier this year by the U.S. government that there was at least one agent of China’s top intelligence agency, the Ministry of State Security (MSS), working as an employee at the company. This was one of the revelations made by Peiter “Mudge” Zatko, a whistleblower who served…


Biden Signs $280 Billion Semiconductor Bill

President Joe Biden signed the CHIPS and Science Act on Aug. 9, allocating a $280 billion funding package toward boosting domestic semiconductor manufacturing and various research endeavors. “The CHIPS and Science Act will boost American semiconductor research, development, and production, ensuring U.S. leadership in the technology that forms the foundation of everything from automobiles to…


Consumer Group Reveals Where to Shop to Avoid Facial Recognition Technology

Major Australian supermarkets and department stores, including David Jones, Target, The Good Guys, and Rebel, have vowed to steer clear of facial recognition technology with no plans to introduce it. “Woolworths, Coles, Aldi, Target and Big W, among others, have all told us that they aren’t using this highly controversial technology in their stores and…


The 2.5 Seconds of Security Lapses That Sealed Shinzo Abe’s Fate

NARA, Japan—Bodyguards could have saved Shinzo Abe if they shielded him or removed him from the line of fire in the 2.5 seconds between a missed first shot and a second round of gunfire that fatally wounded him, according to eight security experts who reviewed footage of the former Japanese leader’s assassination. The failure to…


Footage of Woman Attacked in Restaurant in China: What Is Behind It?; Is the US Losing Latin America?

Security footage details a brutal gang attack in China. Authorities are now putting police on the street. Is the outrage from internet users being misdirected by the Chinese regime? And are there bigger implications behind this horrible attack?  I spoke with Joseph Humire at the recent Americas Summit. Mexico boycotted the event. What does that…


Communist Party Inserts Police Officers as School Vice Principals Across China

China’s ruling communist party has issued a notice ordering police to be sent into all Chinese schools as vice principals for “security reasons.” Experts have criticized the move as an excuse for the regime to further tighten its control over Chinese society, which is arguably already a police state. Major Chinese news portal NetEase reported…


NJ School District to Hire Off-Duty Police, Retired Officers on Campus: ‘Every Parent Agrees’

A large school district in New Jersey has approved to enhance student protection by hiring off-duty police and then retired officers to patrol inside school buildings. The guards will be armed and present through at least the end of the 2022-2023 academic year. The latest to approve the policy was the board of education of the…


Russia Says Germany Is Risking European Security by ‘Remilitarizing’

Russia on Friday accused Germany of throwing European security into imbalance by “remilitarizing,” as Berlin moves to boost its military spending in response to Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine. In comments published in German newspapers this week, Chancellor Olaf Scholz said Berlin would soon have the largest conventional army of NATO’s European members. “We perceive the…


China’s Draft Cybersecurity Rules Pose Risks for Financial Firms, Lobby Group Warns

HONG KONG—China’s proposed cybersecurity rules for financial firms could pose risks to the operations of western companies by making their data vulnerable to hacking, among other things, according to a leading lobby group. The latest regulatory proposal comes at a time when a string of western investment banks and asset managers are expanding their presence…


Labor Could Have Leaked AUKUS If Informed About It Earlier, Aussie PM Warns

Prime Minister Scott Morrison has pushed back at claims that Australia broke trust with the U.S. when it delayed informing Labor about the AUKUS negotiations and argued that Labor could leak the information due to its relationship with China. It comes after reports emerged on Saturday that the Biden administration has entrusted the Liberal prime…