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China to go after fraud on online dating sites: Xinhua

February 13, 2015 publisher country, fraud-on-dating, internet, legitimate, obama, public-nuisance, representative, state-news, stolen-as-much, xinhua

BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s Internet regulator will target fraud on dating websites and other online match-making sites, state news agency Xinhua reported. “Fraud on dating websites has become a public nuisance to millions of users, especially young people, who use such services,” Xinhua cited a statement from the Cyberspace Administration of China as saying, in a report released late on Thursday.

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Obama to encourage companies to share cyber threat data

February 13, 2015 publisher civil-liberties, country, internet, michael-daniel, public-nuisance, sets-the-stage, stolen-as-much, xinhua

By Joseph Menn and Roberta Rampton SAN FRANCISCO/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama is set to sign an executive order on Friday aimed at encouraging companies to share more information about cybersecurity threats with the government and each other, a response to attacks like that on Sony Entertainment. The order sets the stage for new private-sector led “information sharing and analysis organizations” (ISAOs) – hubs where companies share cyber threat data with each other and with the Department of Homeland Security. It is one step in a long effort to make companies as well as privacy and consumer advocates more comfortable with proposed legislation that would offer participating companies liability protection, the White House said

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North Korean Internet, 3G mobile network ‘paralyzed:’ Xinhua

December 27, 2014 publisher china, citing-security, internet, north, stop-nuclear, the-continued, united, united-states, xinhua

SHANGHAI (Reuters) – North Korea’s Internet and 3G mobile networks were paralyzed again on Saturday evening, China’s official Xinhua news agency reported on Saturday, with the North Korean government blaming the United States for systemic instability in the country’s networks.

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Internet outage seen in North Korea amid U.S. hacking dispute

December 22, 2014 admin attack-on-sony, berlin, citing-security, investigations, north-korea, pictures, the-continued, united-states, xinhua

By Lesley Wroughton and Megha Rajagopalan WASHINGTON/BEIJING (Reuters) – North Korea, at the center of a confrontation with the United States over the hacking of Sony pictures, itself experienced Internet outages on Monday, a U.S. company that monitors Internet infrastructure said. New Hampshire-based Dyn Research said the reason for the disruptions was not known but could range from technological glitches to a hacking attack.

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Japan, South Korea condemn Sony hack; Chinese paper says movie is senseless

December 20, 2014 publisher attack-on-sony, berlin, fictional-plot, hacking-attack, north, north-korean, united-states, xinhua

By Linda Sieg TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan and South Korea condemned a hacking attack on Sony Pictures that the United States has blamed on North Korea and said they would cooperate in international efforts against cyber-crime as asked for by Washington.