Articles today in both the New York Times and Washington Post carry further details about “Salt Typhoon,” the moniker that Microsoft has given to the latest Chinese hacking group. It’s still not clear whether Salt Typhoon was able to listen to the words used during calls made to and from the Republican and Democratic candidates […]…
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The Chinese are inside Verizon
This is incredible. The Chinese state-affiliated Salt Typhoon group has penetrated Verizon’s systems and is snooping on the calls of both Republican and Democrat candidates for president as well as other senior political figures. The intruders may still be inside. This is an example of how incredibly vulnerable we are because we maintain a distinction […]…
Elon Musk Is Utterly Unfit to Own X
Elon Musk has broken ranks with the other Big Tech companies that own major social media platforms. Zuckerberg et al are not making any effort to monitor or curate their “content.” But Musk has taken it a step further and is flooding X with his own posts, many of which are deepfakes, falsehoods or memes. […]…
The New York Times and my book, The New Art of War
Five years ago, I published a book entitled The New Art of War: China’s Deep Strategy Inside the United States, seen here. I detailed how the Chinese government ruthlessly exploits Chinese nationals and Chinese-Americans inside the United States, whether they be students in American universities, researchers at key laboratories, or players in the political arena. […]…
Hit Nvidia with a $500 million fine for violating U.S. national security–that should wake up the semiconductor industry
It’s time for semiconductor designers and manufacturers from the United States and Taiwan to start taking responsibility for selling advanced chips to Chinese entities, many of whom are related to the People’s Liberation Army, as per this fine piece https://lnkd.in/ey4ExM3T in the New York Times describes. Companies in other nations such as Holland, […]…
