A few Chinese hacker teams do most US data theft

As few as 12 different Chinese groups, largely backed or directed by the government there, do the bulk of the China-based cyberattacks stealing critical data from U.S. companies and government agencies, according to U.S. cybersecurity analysts and experts. The aggressive, but stealthy attacks, which steal billions of dollars in intellectual…

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Data Protection Convention is rewritten 30 years on

A 30-year old international treaty covering data protection is undergoing a partial rewrite to reflect new concerns in the age of the Internet. The long-titled treaty, called the Convention for the Protection of Individuals with regard to Automatic Processing of Personal Data, is the only legally binding international treaty covering…

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