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Global Cybersecurity Efforts and China's Multi-Faceted Strategy: A Comprehensive Update

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  Global Cybersecurity Efforts and China's Multi-Faceted Strategy: A Comprehensive Update Intro Welcome to a combined China and Cybersecurity Update, where I summarize curated selections of the latest news on China from open sources and the Communist Party of China's official proclamations. We cover politics, the economy, society, technical innovations, cultural outreach, and international relations.  Most technical stories will have links to China, but I will intersperse stand-alone cybersecurity-related stories into this melange of curated fun. Links to the source materials can be found at assuredinformation.blogspot.com News Summary: Global Cybersecurity Efforts and China's Multi-Faceted Strategy Interpol and Afripol have joined forces for a significant anti-cybercrime initiative across 25 African nations, notably making key arrests in Cameroon and Nigeria. Dubbed "Africa Cyber Surge II," the operation has led to 14 arrests and deactivated over 20,000 dubious c

Unraveling the Complex Cyber Landscape of China: China Update August 2023

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Intro Welcome to the China Update, where we summarize curated selections of the latest news on China from open sources and the Communist Party of China's official proclamations. We cover technology, politics, the economy, society, technical innovations, cultural outreach, and international relations.   Find links to the source materials at assured information.blogspot.com. From the Editor: Unraveling the Complex Cyber Landscape of China Cybersecurity and its implications on global affairs cannot be underestimated in an increasingly interconnected world. As a significant player on the world stage, China stands at the center of several cyber incidents with domestic and international ramifications. This episode delves into recent headlines highlighting China's cyber activities and challenges. I reviewed approximately one hundred articles in July for the August 2023 edition.  I picked the following themes: China’s Wuhan Earthquake Center Suffers Cyber-Attack Think tank calls for mo