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Beijing Dismisses Western Intelligence Allegations of Chinese Hacking

Foreign ministry calls the report, released by Microsoft and members of the U.S.-led Five Eyes intelligence alliance, ‘extremely unprofessional’ and part of a ‘collective disinformation campaign’

Caixin Global

The highly secretive Five Eyes alliance has disrupted a China-backed hacker group – in an unusually public manner

This week the Five Eyes alliance – an intelligence alliance between Australia, the United Kingdom, Canada, New Zealand and the United States – announced its investigation into a China-backed threat targeting US infrastructure.

The Conversation

China could hack US ‘critical infrastructure’, State Dept warns

Department accused Chinese state-sponsored hacking group, Volt Typhoon, of carrying out cyber-espionage on US targets.

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China refutes Microsoft allegations it hacked critical US infrastructure

Microsoft accused China of attempting to carry out espionage and information gathering

Evening Standard

China hits back over Five Eyes blame for US infrastructure cyber attack

Responding to a joint Cybersecurity Advisory issued by US, Australian, New Zealand and United Kingdom intelligence agencies that identify China as the culprit behind recent cyber attacks, Beijing dismisses it as "a collective disinformation campaign by the United States".

ABC News

Microsoft detects Chinese hacking of U.S. infrastructure in key Pacific island Guam

The likely aim is to "disrupt critical communications infrastructure" between U.S. and Asia in a crises, Microsoft says.

Axios

Australia outs China as being behind cyber attack

Home Affairs Minister Clare O'Neil says the Australian government will not hesitate to out the parties behind cyber attacks when it has the evidence to do so.

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Australia calls out China for cyber espionage

The home affairs minister says the federal government will not hesitate to out the parties behind cyber attacks, amid warnings China is beefing up its offence.

AAP

Australia joins intelligence partners to blame China for US infrastructure cyber attack

Australia has joined the United States and other Five Eyes cyber agencies to identify China as the culprit behind recent cyber attacks targeting "critical infrastructure" in the US.

ABC News

Canada wants more cooperation with AUKUS allies on advanced technologies

Canada wants to work more closely with allies including Australia, United States and the UK in areas of advanced technologies, Defense Minister Anita Anand said on Monday, when asked if the country wanted to join the AUKUS defense alliance.

Reuters

Why NZ should join Aukus Pillar II

Aukus agreement opens up possibilities for multilateral co-operation, and NZ involvement would help to provide a better deterrent to Chinese military development and potential escalation in the Pacific, argues Sukura Gregory

Newsroom.co.nz

TS, SI, FVEY: what the Pentagon leak initials tell us about modern spying

Everything from the gamer leaker to the global spread of potential sources reveals much about the anxiety-making conditions of 21st-century espionage

The Guardian - UK

How was a 21-year-old gamer able to leak a mountain of major Pentagon secrets?

Barely three years into his military career, Jack Teixeira allegedly exposed his country’s most sensitive intelligence gathering operations. Now the Pentagon is being forced into a reckoning on who should have access to America’s secrets. Bevan Hurley reports

The Independent UK

How was a 21-year-old gamer able to leak a mountain of major Pentagon secrets?

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The Independent UK

Leaked Pentagon documents include rumour Putin is undergoing chemotherapy

The documents address a long-standing rumour that Russian leader has cancer

Tribune News Service

Biden faces awkward talks abroad after classified files leak

WASHINGTON — It may prove to be the most serious intelligence leak the U.S. has had in a decade, and behind closed doors, it has set off uncomfortable conversations with the nation’s closest allies.

Reuters

Canada reiterates Five Eyes commitment after US intel leak

Canada on Monday said it will continue to work with its Five Eyes intelligence-sharing alliance, and declined to confirm or deny any information from U.S. intelligence documents leaked on social media.

Wales Online

Australia joins US and UK in banning TikTok from federal government devices

Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus says decision made on basis of intelligence advice

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The Independent UK

Australia bans TikTok from federal government devices

Australia has become the last of the “Five Eyes” security partners to ban the Chinese-owned video-sharing app TikTok from its federal government's devices

The Conversation

Disputes over COVID's origins reveal an intelligence community in disarray. Here are 4 fixes we need before the next pandemic

A recent Wall Street Journal article reported on new, classified intelligence from the US Department of Energy about the origins of COVID. It concluded with “low confidence” that the pandemic may have been due to a lab leak in Wuhan, China, rather than a natural disease transmission from animal to…

The Conversation

Is Canada back on the world stage — or irrelevant?

“Canada is back,” Justin Trudeau proclaimed triumphantly just after being elected prime minister in 2015. The insinuation was that his predecessor, Stephen Harper, had withdrawn Canada from its traditional role in the world and the Liberals would restore our rightful place of leadership in the global firmament.

ABC News

Australian Secret Intelligence Service boss Paul Symon says Australian agencies will be busier as focus shifts to Indo-Pacific

In a wide-ranging speech to the National Security College, the director-general of the Australian Secret Intelligence Service reveals how the agency is becoming more prominent in the Five Eyes group as Beijing's actions become a key concern.

Daily Mirror

MI5 plotted to infiltrate fifth 'Beatle' spy into Jihadi John's ISIS terror cell

The secret operation was pulled at the last minute – ending hopes the Londoner’s murder spree could be halted – amid fears the agent would be unmasked and publicly executed.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Japan, Australia Ink 'Landmark' Security Pact

Australia and Japan agreed to share more sensitive intelligence and deepen military cooperation Saturday, signing a security pact aimed at countering China's military rise. Prime ministers Fumio Kishida and Anthony Albanese inked the accord in the Western Australian city of Perth, revamping a 15-year-old agreement drafted when terrorism and weapons…

The Guardian - UK

The Secret History of the Five Eyes by Richard Kerbaj review – secrets and spies

A murky alliance between intelligence agencies, among them the UK and US, is revealed in a scandalous tale of mistrust and misjudgment, including British teenager Shamima Begum being smuggled into Syria by a Canadian spy

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