Neowin News Feed for: Espionage

Samsung executives and employees indicted over leaking 10nm DRAM technology to China

Hamid Ganji — Tue, 23 Dec 2025 15:56:01 +0000

China could be the next major player in the DRAM market, thanks to technology allegedly misappropriated from Samsung. Read more...

Huawei under suspicion of tracking and spying on visitors at its MWC 2023 booth

Anushe Fawaz — Mon, 06 Mar 2023 16:48:01 +0000

According to reports, Huawei was allegedly tracking visitors at its booth during the MWC 2023 event. Visitors found the security badges given by the company rather suspicious on further investigation. Read more...

FBI and MI5 call out China for sponsoring cyber threats

Usama Jawad — Thu, 07 Jul 2022 11:14:01 +0000

The FBI and MI5 have issued a joint statement, sternly calling out China for its interference in other countries through digital means. They have also asked western tech companies to stay vigilant. Read more...

Court rules Julian Assange can be extradited to the US to face charges

Moshe Jacobs — Fri, 10 Dec 2021 16:38:01 +0000

Overturning an earlier ruling, London's High Court of Justice has ruled that founder of WikiLeaks Julian Assange can be extradited to the US where he will face espionage and hacking charges. Read more...

Huawei fires executive recently charged with espionage in Poland

Paul Hill — Sat, 12 Jan 2019 16:16:01 +0000

Huawei has announced that it has fired an employee that was arrested on Friday on espionage charges. The firm said it wants to distance itself from the individual and his alleged crimes. Read more...

The FBI advises companies to drop Kaspersky Lab as it is filled with Russian spies

Richard Tyr Blewitt — Mon, 21 Aug 2017 16:06:01 +0000

The FBI is advising large private firms against the continued use of products made by the cybersecurity firm Kaspersky Lab. Allegedly Kaspersky Lab can be exploited for espionage or other purposes. Read more...

Fighting the Bear: Microsoft takes on Russian hackers with clever tactics

Dreyer Smit — Sat, 22 Jul 2017 09:04:01 +0000

Hacking groups have caused irreparable damage over the years, destroying careers and causing political uncertainty, and Microsoft has taken the fight to them using the criminal's own tactics. Read more...

Chinese DEEP PANDAS and the Anthem breach

Vlad Dudau — Fri, 06 Feb 2015 09:16:01 +0000

An early investigation into the recent Anthem breach, that might have exposed 80 million accounts, is starting to point to the usual suspects: the Chinese government and the DEEP PANDA hacking group Read more...

Online hacking services are becoming more popular

Daniel Moxon — Sat, 17 Jan 2015 01:32:01 +0000

Just weeks after the hacking group "Lizard Squad" released a tool to aid with DDOS attacks, another hacking services website has begun to draw attention by a number of news sites. Read more...