2021-08-21
'China has approved a sweeping privacy law that will curb data collection by technology companies, but that policy analysts say is unlikely to limit the state's widespread use of surveillance.' +1 https://www.wsj.com/...
Reuters
China passes a data privacy law mandating that data collection has a reasonable purpose, user consent, and limited to “minimum scope”, taking effect November 1
With a Big, Government-Sized Loophole Igor Bonifacic / Engadget : China's new user data protection law goes into effect on November 1st Xinhua News Agency : China adopts new law to...
2021-02-09
Hackers change lye output at Florida water treatment plant. Lucky someone just happened to see it: “The guy was sitting there monitoring the computer...The next thing you know someone is dragging the mouse and clicking around and opening programs and manipulating the system.” https://twitter.com/...
VICE
Police say a computer in a water treatment plant in FL, set up for remote access, was breached; the intruder tried raising sodium hydroxide levels in the water
The hacker tried to drastically increase sodium hydroxide levels in the water, Pinellas County, Florida, officials said on Monday.
2020-06-25
What ‘domain’ is an undersea cable? U.S. foreign policy was a little late to the game on what digital infrastructure projects mean for information security (hello last-minute panic on Huawei) but I'm glad it's been coming around. https://www.wired.com/...
Wired
DOJ has objected to Facebook and Google's 8,000-mile cable to Hong Kong, claiming it offers “unprecedented opportunities” for Chinese government espionage
The DOJ's opposition to Facebook and Google's 8,000-mile cable to Hong Kong highlights how physical infrastructure is as contentious as the virtual world.