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US Spies Warn Of Increase In Supply Chain Vulnerabilities – United States
The U.S. intelligence community has seen an increase in hackers trying to exploit the supply chain exploits this year, a top intelligence official said Aug. 22. The warning comes as federal government leaders have raised concerns about security vulnerabilities for secondary parts and software, an industry that is worth more than $90 billion. “Hackers are infecting a wide range of users through official software distribution channels,” said La’Naia Jones, deputy CIO of the intelligence community, during an event sponsored by Splunk. “Users do not expect malicious code to be introduced by updates from trusted software vendors.” She added that the vulnerabilities in the supply chain are “disrupting the way that we provide data, tools and information.” While Jones did not identify any supply chain vulnerabilities, the recent cases of ZTE and Kaspersky are two well-known examples of the problem.
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Google Removes 58 Accounts Tied To Iran From YouTube And Other Sites – United States
Google has deleted 58 accounts with ties to Iran from its platforms, the search giant said Thursday. Google said the accounts were part of an “influence operation” aimed at spreading misinformation and sowing discord among the public. The deleted accounts include 39 channels on YouTube, which Google owns, six blogs on its Blogger site and 13 accounts from its Google+ social network. The YouTube channels had a total of 13,466 views in the United States for relevant videos. Google said the accounts were associated with the IRIB, or Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting. “Actors engaged in this type of influence operation violate our policies, and we swiftly remove such content from our services and terminate these actors’ accounts,” Kent Walker, Google’s senior vice president of global affairs, wrote in a blog post. “Additionally, we use a number of robust methods, including IP blocking, to prevent individuals or entities in Iran from opening advertising accounts.”
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No Major Progress In U.S.-China Trade Talks As Tariffs Bite
Closely watched trade talks between the U.S. and China wrapped up on Thursday with no major progress, setting the stage for further escalation of the trade war between the world’s two largest economies. The two sides had met low expectations for this week’s meetings and no further talks had been scheduled, a person familiar with the discussions said. The person, who requested anonymity to discuss the private deliberations, also said Chinese officials had raised the possibility that no further negotiations could happen until after November’s mid-term elections in the U.S. In a statement, the White House said the countries “exchanged views on how to achieve fairness, balance, and reciprocity in the economic relationship, including by addressing structural issues in China” identified by the U.S. in an investigation into Chinese intellectual-property practices. The two nations had “constructive, candid” communication, and will keep in touch about the next steps, the China commerce ministry said in a statement released Friday.
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