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Tech Firms, Including Microsoft, Facebook, Vow Not To Aid Government – Worldwide
Microsoft, Facebook and more than 30 other global technology companies on Tuesday announced a joint pledge not to assist any government in offensive cyber-attacks. The Cybersecurity Tech Accord, which vows to protect all customers from attacks regardless of geopolitical or criminal motive, follows a year that witnessed an unprecedented level of destructive cyber-attacks, including the global WannaCry worm and the devastating NotPetya attack. “We recognize that we live in a new world,” Microsoft President Brad Smith said during a speech on Tuesday at the RSA cyber security conference in San Francisco. “We’re living amidst a generation of new weapons, and where cyberspace has become the new battlefield.” Smith, who led efforts to organize the alliance, said the devastating cyber-attacks in 2017 demonstrated the need for the technology sector to “take a principled path toward more effective steps to work together and defend customers around the world.”
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US Bans Sales To China’s ZTE Amid Espionage Fears – China and The United States
ZTE’s push into the US just hit a wall. The US government has banned US companies from selling parts to the popular China-based smartphone maker for the next seven years a potentially devastating blow to ZTE that comes amid growing fears of overseas espionage via telecom networks. The US Commerce Department imposed the ban after ZTE the No. 4 seller of smartphones in the US violated an agreement on punishing employees after it was caught illegally shipping US goods to Iran. The US action could be catastrophic for ZTE since American companies are estimated to provide 25 percent to 30 percent of the components used in ZTE’s equipment, which includes smartphones and gear to build telecommunications networks. ZTE is China’s No. 2 telecom equipment maker after Huawei, and was worth some $20 billion as of Monday’s close. The move comes at a time when the two countries have threatened each other with tens of billions of dollars in tariffs, fanning worries of a full blown trade war that threatens global supply chains as well as business investment plans. As reported by The Post, the ban also comes two months after the directors of a number of American intelligence agencies, including the CIA, FBI and NSA said they would not recommend Americans use products from the Chinese company.
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TSA Rolling Out New Security Procedures At Airports – United States
Extensive TSA airport screening measures are now in place at airports all across the United States, the Transportation Security Administration has announced. The new screenings and security procedures come after a wave of fear over too-lax processes. Here’s some of the new rules: Travelers at U.S. airports where TSA has security, must remove all phones, along with some foods, powders, thick books and reading materials, and anything else “that can clutter bags and obstruct clear images on the X-ray machine.” TSA also said that passengers can expect more delays with the new procedures as bag-checking and screenings will be more plentiful. However, those who are TSA Pre-Check passengers “will continue to experience expedited screening by not having to remove shoes, the 3-1-1 liquids bag, laptops, light outerwear jackets, or belts,” the company announced in their press-release. Passengers flying into the U.S. also now face enhanced screening at their overseas departure airport. Those on inbound flights may be asked additional questions before boarding the aircraft and possibly extra bag screening.
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