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#SouthKorea’s Intelligence Agency Has Joined NATO’s Cyber Defense Unit; #China Isn’t Happy
Source: Time #May6
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#SouthKorea’s Intelligence Agency Has Joined NATO’s Cyber Defense Unit; #China Isn’t Happy
Source: Time #May6
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#InternationalRelations
#SouthKorea’s Intelligence Agency Has Joined NATO’s Cyber Defense Unit; #China Isn’t Happy
//On Thursday, May 5, 2022, South Korea’s spy agency became the first in Asia to join #NATO’s Cyber Defense Group in a move that risks inflaming tensions with regional superpower China.
In response, #HuXiJin, the strident editor of Chinese Communist Party (#CCP) mouthpiece The #GlobalTimes, tweeted that the move was an affront to Beijing and even lays the groundwork for war in Asia. “If South Korea takes a path of turning hostile against its neighbors, the end of this path could be a #Ukraine,” he wrote.
Despite hosting some of the world’s top tech companies, like #LG and #Samsung, South Korea has been a surprising laggard regarding cybercrime and only launched a National Cybersecurity Strategy under the #MoonJaeIn administration in 2018.
This is despite South Korea being the principle target of increasingly frequent cyberattacks from across the DMZ. A crack squad of 6,800 North Korean agents are engaged in fraud, blackmail and online gambling that together generate some $860 million annually, according to the Korea Institute of Liberal Democracy in Seoul. Many attacks originate from inside China.//
Source: Time #May6
#Cyberattack #Seoul #Beijing #ChinaThreat
#SouthKorea’s Intelligence Agency Has Joined NATO’s Cyber Defense Unit; #China Isn’t Happy
//On Thursday, May 5, 2022, South Korea’s spy agency became the first in Asia to join #NATO’s Cyber Defense Group in a move that risks inflaming tensions with regional superpower China.
In response, #HuXiJin, the strident editor of Chinese Communist Party (#CCP) mouthpiece The #GlobalTimes, tweeted that the move was an affront to Beijing and even lays the groundwork for war in Asia. “If South Korea takes a path of turning hostile against its neighbors, the end of this path could be a #Ukraine,” he wrote.
Despite hosting some of the world’s top tech companies, like #LG and #Samsung, South Korea has been a surprising laggard regarding cybercrime and only launched a National Cybersecurity Strategy under the #MoonJaeIn administration in 2018.
This is despite South Korea being the principle target of increasingly frequent cyberattacks from across the DMZ. A crack squad of 6,800 North Korean agents are engaged in fraud, blackmail and online gambling that together generate some $860 million annually, according to the Korea Institute of Liberal Democracy in Seoul. Many attacks originate from inside China.//
Source: Time #May6
#Cyberattack #Seoul #Beijing #ChinaThreat
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Hong Kong gov’t officer among 5 arrested over prostitution syndicate
//Hong Kong police have arrested five people in connection with a prostitution syndicate, including a government officer.
Local media reported that among those arrested was James Lam, assistant district officer for the Sha Tin District Office.
Hong Kong police have arrested five people in connection with a prostitution syndicate, including a government officer.
Local media including Ming Pao and HK01first reported that among those arrested was James Lam, assistant district officer for the Sha Tin District Office. The police later confirmed that Lam was the 30-year-old male released on bail.
Lam was recognised by Chief Executive Carrie Lam in the government’s annual honours list in 2021, when he received the Chief Executive’s Commendation for Government/Public Service.//
Source: Hong Kong Free Press #May6
https://hongkongfp.com/2022/05/06/hong-kong-govt-officer-among-5-arrested-over-prostitution-syndicate-reports/
Hong Kong gov’t officer among 5 arrested over prostitution syndicate
//Hong Kong police have arrested five people in connection with a prostitution syndicate, including a government officer.
Local media reported that among those arrested was James Lam, assistant district officer for the Sha Tin District Office.
Hong Kong police have arrested five people in connection with a prostitution syndicate, including a government officer.
Local media including Ming Pao and HK01first reported that among those arrested was James Lam, assistant district officer for the Sha Tin District Office. The police later confirmed that Lam was the 30-year-old male released on bail.
Lam was recognised by Chief Executive Carrie Lam in the government’s annual honours list in 2021, when he received the Chief Executive’s Commendation for Government/Public Service.//
Source: Hong Kong Free Press #May6
https://hongkongfp.com/2022/05/06/hong-kong-govt-officer-among-5-arrested-over-prostitution-syndicate-reports/