Exclusive: U.S. weighs sanctioning Russia as well as China in cyber attacks

By Arshad Mohammed, Matt Spetalnick and Mark Hosenball WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States is considering sanctions against both Russian and Chinese individuals and companies for cyber attacks against U.S.

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U.S. intelligence chief: China top suspect in hack of U.S. agency: WSJ

The United States' intelligence chief said on Thursday that China was the top suspect in a hack of a U.S. agency that compromised the personnel records of millions of Americans, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday. The comments from Director of National Intelligence (DNI) James Clapper marked a departure of sorts for the Obama administration, which has avoided publicly pointing to Beijing, even as officials said privately China likely was behind the attack

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Yahoo’s Alex Stamos says to join Facebook as chief security officer

(Reuters) – Yahoo Inc's Alex Stamos will join Facebook Inc as chief security officer from Monday, he said in a Facebook post on Wednesday. Stamos, who joined Yahoo as chief information security officer last year, also updated his profiles on Twitter and LinkedIn

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Global business groups urge China to suspend bank IT rules

By Krista Hughes WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Business associations from the United States, Japan and Europe told Chinese officials on Monday they still have “strong concerns” about bank information technology rules and urged Beijing to formally suspend them. The joint letter, from 31 trade associations, increases pressure over rules pushing China's state-owned banks to buy technology from domestic vendors, which the U.S. trade office has said could breach China's international trade commitments

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China censorship sweep deletes more than 60,000 Internet accounts

Some of China's largest Internet companies deleted more than 60,000 online accounts because their names did not conform to regulations due to take effect on Sunday, the top Internet regulator said.

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After record IPO, Alibaba eyes first bond sale

By Danielle Robinson NEW YORK (IFR) – Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba will sound out investors next week in Asia, Europe and the US as it mulls its first bond ever, just two months after the company's record-breaking IPO. Alibaba, which this week logged US$9 billion of sales on a single day, will kick off a roadshow in Boston and Hong Kong on Monday for what will surely be one of the most sought-after bond offerings of the year.

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