International | November 4, 2021
ZOA Joins Israeli Groups to Protest Opening U.S. Palestinian Consulate in Jerusalem
International | November 4, 2021
By Jerusalem Post Staff
(OCTOBER 29, 2021 / JERUSALEM POST) Organizations who oppose the Biden Administration’s intent to reopen a U.S. consulate for Palestinians in Jerusalem have formed a coalition that is organizing protests against the plan.
A coalition of organizations who oppose the Biden Administration’s intent to reopen a U.S. consulate for Palestinians in Jerusalem has formed and includes members of organizations such as The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA), the Sovereignty Movement, Im Tirtzu and Regavim.
The new coalition is coordinating protest strategies and held a vigil in front of a U.S. facility on Agron Street in Jerusalem in protest of the plans, saying that the intention to open the consulate has led to outrage.
“Establishing an American consulate for the Palestinian Authority in Jerusalem is the de facto partition of the city and its transformation into the capital of Palestine,” said Yehudit Katsover and Nadia Matar from the Sovereignty Movement.
“Israeli society is a friend of the American people. This is not something that one does to friends,” said Im Tirtzu CEO Matan Peleg… (Excerpts from the Zionist Organization of America)
International | October 26, 2021
Ignoring Sanctions, Russia Renews Broad Cybersurveillance Operation
International | October 26, 2021
Russia’s premier intelligence agency has launched another campaign to pierce thousands of U.S. government, corporate and think-tank computer networks, Microsoft officials and cybersecurity experts warned on Sunday, only months after President Biden imposed sanctions on Moscow in response to a series of sophisticated spy operations it had conducted around the world. The new effort is “very large, and it is ongoing,” Tom Burt, one of Microsoft’s top security officers, said in an interview. Government officials confirmed that the operation, apparently aimed at acquiring data stored in the cloud, seemed to come out of the S.V.R., the Russian intelligence agency that was the first to enter the Democratic National Committee’s networks during the 2016 election…. (Excerpts from the New York Times)
International | October 26, 2021
Does Taiwan’s Military Stand a Chance Against China? Few Think So . . .
International | October 26, 2021
Poor preparation and low morale are pressing concerns; sweeping leaves and pulling weeds in basic training. The concern that China might try to seize Taiwan is preoccupying American military planners and administration officials. Few of them think Taiwan’s military could hold the line. Soldiers, strategists and government officials in Taiwan and the U.S. say the island’s military is riven with internal problems, many of which have built up over years of calm and economic prosperity and now are eating away at Taiwan’s ability to deter China… (Excerpts from the Wall Street Journal)
International | October 26, 2021
SolarWinds Hackers Continue to Hit Technology Companies, Says Microsoft
International | October 26, 2021
The Russia-linked hackers behind last year’s compromise of a wide swath of the U.S. government and scores of private companies, including SolarWinds, have stepped up their attacks in recent months, breaking into technology companies in an effort to steal sensitive information. In a campaign that dates back to May of this year, the hackers have targeted more than 140 technology companies including those that manage or resell cloud-computing services, according to new research from Microsoft. “This recent activity is another indicator that Russia is trying to gain long-term, systematic access to a variety of points in the technology supply chain,” said Tom Burt, Microsoft’s corporate vice president for customer security and trust….(Excerpts from the Wall Street Journal)
District of Columbia, International | October 22, 2021
With Coercion and Black Boxes, Russia Installs a Digital Iron Curtain
District of Columbia, International | October 22, 2021
Russia has made the boldest move yet to censor the internet. Russia’s censorship technology, “the black boxes,” sits between companies that provide internet access and people who are browsing the web on a phone or laptop.The telecom companies had no choice but to step aside as government-approved technicians installed the equipment alongside their own computer systems and servers. Caged behind lock and key, the new gear linked back to a command center in Moscow, giving authorities startling new powers to block, filter and slow down websites that they did not want the Russian public to see. The process, underway since 2019, represents the start of perhaps the world’s most ambitious digital censorship effort outside of China…. (Excerpts from the New York Times)
District of Columbia, International | October 22, 2021
New internet protocol to boost China state hacking
District of Columbia, International | October 22, 2021
The Chinese government recently announced it now leads the world in upgrading its wired infrastructure, and security analysts are warning the new Internet Protocol Version 6 will only increase the danger from Beijing‘s state hacking operations.
Han Xia, chief engineer at the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, said Oct. 11 that in China the number of applied addresses for IPv6, as the new protocol is called, ranks first in the world, state media reported. Internet communications protocols are used to identify and locate computers and networks, and route traffic throughout the global network. New IPv6 will better support the emerging “internet of things.” “What it means: Prepare for cyberattacks out of China to be bigger, harder to block and harder to track,” said a cybersecurity analyst who asked to remain anonymous to protect his privacy…. (Excerpts from the Washington Times)