Chinese Hackers Have Pillaged Taiwan's Semiconductor Industry
A campaign called Operation Skeleton Key has stolen source code, software development kits, chip designs, and more.
Taiwan has faced existential conflict with China for its entire existence and has been targeted by China's state-sponsored hackers for years. But an investigation by one Taiwanese security firm has revealed just how deeply a single group of Chinese hackers was able to penetrate an industry at the core of the Taiwanese economy, pillaging practically its entire semiconductor industry.
https://www.wired.com/story/chinese-hackers-taiwan-semiconductor-industry-skeleton-key/
#asia #taiwan #china #industrial #economic #espionage #hackers
A campaign called Operation Skeleton Key has stolen source code, software development kits, chip designs, and more.
Taiwan has faced existential conflict with China for its entire existence and has been targeted by China's state-sponsored hackers for years. But an investigation by one Taiwanese security firm has revealed just how deeply a single group of Chinese hackers was able to penetrate an industry at the core of the Taiwanese economy, pillaging practically its entire semiconductor industry.
https://www.wired.com/story/chinese-hackers-taiwan-semiconductor-industry-skeleton-key/
#asia #taiwan #china #industrial #economic #espionage #hackers
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Was #Shinzo #Abe targetted because of his desire for strong #economic & business links between #Japan and #Russia?
Abe’s engagement was part of his new approach to Russia, one that sought to push forward peace-treaty negotiations using economic incentives.
In 2016, Abe offered Russia an eight-point economic cooperation plan, which included
• Joint development of Russian #oil and natural #gas fields,
•Japanese support for the #infrastructure improvement of a Russian city,
•and a Japanese #loan to Russia’s #Sberbank.
https://www.fpri.org/article/2022/06/japan-russia-relations-after-the-russian-ukrainian-war/“
Abe’s engagement was part of his new approach to Russia, one that sought to push forward peace-treaty negotiations using economic incentives.
In 2016, Abe offered Russia an eight-point economic cooperation plan, which included
• Joint development of Russian #oil and natural #gas fields,
•Japanese support for the #infrastructure improvement of a Russian city,
•and a Japanese #loan to Russia’s #Sberbank.
https://www.fpri.org/article/2022/06/japan-russia-relations-after-the-russian-ukrainian-war/“
Foreign Policy Research Institute
Japan-Russia Relations After the Russian-Ukrainian War
Technically, Japan and Russia are still at war. Although Japan surrendered to the Allies in September 1945, ending World War II, Moscow and Tokyo have never