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Hackers Targeted U.S. Firms, Government After Trade Mission – China and The United States
Hackers operating from an elite Chinese university probed American companies and government departments for espionage opportunities following a U.S. trade delegation visit to China earlier this year, security researchers told Reuters. Cybersecurity firm Recorded Future said the group used computers at China’s Tsinghua University to target U.S. energy and communications companies, as well as the Alaskan state government, in the weeks before and after Alaska’s trade mission to China. Led by Governor Bill Walker, representatives of companies and economic development agencies spent a week in China in May. Organizations involved in the trade mission were subject to focused attention from Chinese hackers, underscoring the tensions around an escalating tit-for-tat trade war between Washington and Beijing. China was Alaska’s largest foreign trading partner in 2017, with over $1.32 billion in exports.
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Seattle Airport Beefs Up Security Following Aircraft Theft – Washington, United States
When a ground-support worker recently commandeered a commercial aircraft at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, it led to a stunning revelation: there’s a virtual city-sized population of people at this one airport alone who have authorized access to planes. The Seattle Times reports that there are 12,600 people with clearance to access aircraft at Sea-Tac. Presumably the numbers are similar at other large US airports. One of them, Horizon Air ground service agent Richard Russell, took control of an unoccupied Q400 turboprop plane and went for an hour-long joyride that included aerial acrobatics, an intercept by two military aircraft, and ultimately a fatal plunge onto an island in Puget Sound. “All of those people have a job to do on those ramps,” said Sea-Tac spokesman Perry Cooper, who said it “wasn’t a red flag” for Russell to be near the aircraft. Cooper said that security had been beefed up around cargo areas at the airport in response to the incident.
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US And Chile Agree To Cooperate On Cyber Security – Chile and The United States
U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis and his Chilean counterpart have signed an agreement pledging closer cooperation in combating cyber threats. Mattis and Defense Minister Alberto Espina held a signing ceremony Thursday after meeting to discuss a range of security issues, including military exercises and cooperation in science and technology. Cyber defense is a topic of growing interest throughout the Western Hemisphere. Banco de Chile, one of the country’s biggest commercial banks, has said a hacking operation robbed it of $10 million in June. Santiago was the fourth stop for Mattis on a tour of South America that began in Brasilia on Sunday. He also visited Rio de Janeiro and Buenos Aires and is scheduled to hold talks in Bogota, Colombia, on Friday.
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