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This is your US-China CyberPulse: Defense Updates podcast.
Hey, it’s Ting here—your go-to for everything China, cyber, and hacking, with a side of snark and zero tolerance for cyber snoozefests. Buckle up, because this week’s US-China CyberPulse was, to put it mildly, absolutely electric.
Let’s start with Capitol Hill, where House Republicans dusted off and reintroduced the “Strengthening Cyber Resilience Against State-Sponsored Threats Act.” Andy Ogles and Mark Green from Tennessee—yes, both from the Volunteer State, don’t ask me why—along with Andrew Garbarino from New York, are leading the charge. Their game plan? An interagency task force powered by CISA and the FBI, designed to map, surveil, and counter Chinese Communist Party-backed cyber threats targeting US critical infrastructure. Think power grids, water plants—basically, if it’s plugged in, it’s on Beijing’s wish list. Every year for the next five, this task force will drop a classified bombshell for Congress, updating them on just how “creative” Chinese cyber actors have gotten.
While Congress sharpens its pencils, the executive branch isn’t exactly idle. The ghost of Biden’s February 2024 executive order still haunts US ports, demanding security against Chinese-made cranes—a point echoed in a new directive from the Coast Guard. And in a move that would make Silicon Valley marketers weep, the Department of Justice is now empowered to block US data brokers from selling sensitive info over to “the big red firewall.” Not even TikTok escapes the crosshairs—ByteDance has a few months left to divest or say goodbye to the US app store ecosystem. If Trump gets his way, they might get a brief extension, but the message is clear: data and influence from China? Not in America’s backyard.
In the private sector, it’s all hands on deck. There’s been a scramble to identify and isolate Chinese proxies—cyber mercenaries, essentially—that Beijing leverages for some of its messier jobs. Companies are, in collaboration with agencies like CISA, stepping up threat intelligence, boosting endpoint defenses, and locking down cloud resources. There’s a real push to restrict Chinese access to AI training models, western semiconductors, and next-gen cloud infrastructure. The logic? If you can’t out-hack them, starve their tools.
And don’t miss the international angle. Washington’s now deepening cooperation with global internet infrastructure providers—think undersea cable owners and cloud platforms—to spot and nuke PLA-linked activities long before they can spark a crisis. Export controls get tighter, tracking capital flows into Chinese AI and defense tech. The risk? Push too hard and China might double down on homegrown innovation, but for now, the squeeze is on.
All in, the US is shifting from playing defense to going on the offensive, building alliances, layering policies, and harnessing both government and the private sector. The threat matrix keeps shifting, but for now, Uncle Sam’s cyber shield is getting sharper, smarter, and a whole lot less predictable. Stay tuned—I’m Ting, and I’ve got your firewall covered.
For more http://www.quietplease.ai
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Hey, it’s Ting here—your go-to for everything China, cyber, and hacking, with a side of snark and zero tolerance for cyber snoozefests. Buckle up, because this week’s US-China CyberPulse was, to put it mildly, absolutely electric.
Let’s start with Capitol Hill, where House Republicans dusted off and reintroduced the “Strengthening Cyber Resilience Against State-Sponsored Threats Act.” Andy Ogles and Mark Green from Tennessee—yes, both from the Volunteer State, don’t ask me why—along with Andrew Garbarino from New York, are leading the charge. Their game plan? An interagency task force powered by CISA and the FBI, designed to map, surveil, and counter Chinese Communist Party-backed cyber threats targeting US critical infrastructure. Think power grids, water plants—basically, if it’s plugged in, it’s on Beijing’s wish list. Every year for the next five, this task force will drop a classified bombshell for Congress, updating them on just how “creative” Chinese cyber actors have gotten.
While Congress sharpens its pencils, the executive branch isn’t exactly idle. The ghost of Biden’s February 2024 executive order still haunts US ports, demanding security against Chinese-made cranes—a point echoed in a new directive from the Coast Guard. And in a move that would make Silicon Valley marketers weep, the Department of Justice is now empowered to block US data brokers from selling sensitive info over to “the big red firewall.” Not even TikTok escapes the crosshairs—ByteDance has a few months left to divest or say goodbye to the US app store ecosystem. If Trump gets his way, they might get a brief extension, but the message is clear: data and influence from China? Not in America’s backyard.
In the private sector, it’s all hands on deck. There’s been a scramble to identify and isolate Chinese proxies—cyber mercenaries, essentially—that Beijing leverages for some of its messier jobs. Companies are, in collaboration with agencies like CISA, stepping up threat intelligence, boosting endpoint defenses, and locking down cloud resources. There’s a real push to restrict Chinese access to AI training models, western semiconductors, and next-gen cloud infrastructure. The logic? If you can’t out-hack them, starve their tools.
And don’t miss the international angle. Washington’s now deepening cooperation with global internet infrastructure providers—think undersea cable owners and cloud platforms—to spot and nuke PLA-linked activities long before they can spark a crisis. Export controls get tighter, tracking capital flows into Chinese AI and defense tech. The risk? Push too hard and China might double down on homegrown innovation, but for now, the squeeze is on.
All in, the US is shifting from playing defense to going on the offensive, building alliances, layering policies, and harnessing both government and the private sector. The threat matrix keeps shifting, but for now, Uncle Sam’s cyber shield is getting sharper, smarter, and a whole lot less predictable. Stay tuned—I’m Ting, and I’ve got your firewall covered.
For more http://www.quietplease.ai
Get the best deals https://amzn.to/3ODvOta
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By Quiet. PleaseThis is your US-China CyberPulse: Defense Updates podcast.
Hey, it’s Ting here—your go-to for everything China, cyber, and hacking, with a side of snark and zero tolerance for cyber snoozefests. Buckle up, because this week’s US-China CyberPulse was, to put it mildly, absolutely electric.
Let’s start with Capitol Hill, where House Republicans dusted off and reintroduced the “Strengthening Cyber Resilience Against State-Sponsored Threats Act.” Andy Ogles and Mark Green from Tennessee—yes, both from the Volunteer State, don’t ask me why—along with Andrew Garbarino from New York, are leading the charge. Their game plan? An interagency task force powered by CISA and the FBI, designed to map, surveil, and counter Chinese Communist Party-backed cyber threats targeting US critical infrastructure. Think power grids, water plants—basically, if it’s plugged in, it’s on Beijing’s wish list. Every year for the next five, this task force will drop a classified bombshell for Congress, updating them on just how “creative” Chinese cyber actors have gotten.
While Congress sharpens its pencils, the executive branch isn’t exactly idle. The ghost of Biden’s February 2024 executive order still haunts US ports, demanding security against Chinese-made cranes—a point echoed in a new directive from the Coast Guard. And in a move that would make Silicon Valley marketers weep, the Department of Justice is now empowered to block US data brokers from selling sensitive info over to “the big red firewall.” Not even TikTok escapes the crosshairs—ByteDance has a few months left to divest or say goodbye to the US app store ecosystem. If Trump gets his way, they might get a brief extension, but the message is clear: data and influence from China? Not in America’s backyard.
In the private sector, it’s all hands on deck. There’s been a scramble to identify and isolate Chinese proxies—cyber mercenaries, essentially—that Beijing leverages for some of its messier jobs. Companies are, in collaboration with agencies like CISA, stepping up threat intelligence, boosting endpoint defenses, and locking down cloud resources. There’s a real push to restrict Chinese access to AI training models, western semiconductors, and next-gen cloud infrastructure. The logic? If you can’t out-hack them, starve their tools.
And don’t miss the international angle. Washington’s now deepening cooperation with global internet infrastructure providers—think undersea cable owners and cloud platforms—to spot and nuke PLA-linked activities long before they can spark a crisis. Export controls get tighter, tracking capital flows into Chinese AI and defense tech. The risk? Push too hard and China might double down on homegrown innovation, but for now, the squeeze is on.
All in, the US is shifting from playing defense to going on the offensive, building alliances, layering policies, and harnessing both government and the private sector. The threat matrix keeps shifting, but for now, Uncle Sam’s cyber shield is getting sharper, smarter, and a whole lot less predictable. Stay tuned—I’m Ting, and I’ve got your firewall covered.
For more http://www.quietplease.ai
Get the best deals https://amzn.to/3ODvOta
Hey, it’s Ting here—your go-to for everything China, cyber, and hacking, with a side of snark and zero tolerance for cyber snoozefests. Buckle up, because this week’s US-China CyberPulse was, to put it mildly, absolutely electric.
Let’s start with Capitol Hill, where House Republicans dusted off and reintroduced the “Strengthening Cyber Resilience Against State-Sponsored Threats Act.” Andy Ogles and Mark Green from Tennessee—yes, both from the Volunteer State, don’t ask me why—along with Andrew Garbarino from New York, are leading the charge. Their game plan? An interagency task force powered by CISA and the FBI, designed to map, surveil, and counter Chinese Communist Party-backed cyber threats targeting US critical infrastructure. Think power grids, water plants—basically, if it’s plugged in, it’s on Beijing’s wish list. Every year for the next five, this task force will drop a classified bombshell for Congress, updating them on just how “creative” Chinese cyber actors have gotten.
While Congress sharpens its pencils, the executive branch isn’t exactly idle. The ghost of Biden’s February 2024 executive order still haunts US ports, demanding security against Chinese-made cranes—a point echoed in a new directive from the Coast Guard. And in a move that would make Silicon Valley marketers weep, the Department of Justice is now empowered to block US data brokers from selling sensitive info over to “the big red firewall.” Not even TikTok escapes the crosshairs—ByteDance has a few months left to divest or say goodbye to the US app store ecosystem. If Trump gets his way, they might get a brief extension, but the message is clear: data and influence from China? Not in America’s backyard.
In the private sector, it’s all hands on deck. There’s been a scramble to identify and isolate Chinese proxies—cyber mercenaries, essentially—that Beijing leverages for some of its messier jobs. Companies are, in collaboration with agencies like CISA, stepping up threat intelligence, boosting endpoint defenses, and locking down cloud resources. There’s a real push to restrict Chinese access to AI training models, western semiconductors, and next-gen cloud infrastructure. The logic? If you can’t out-hack them, starve their tools.
And don’t miss the international angle. Washington’s now deepening cooperation with global internet infrastructure providers—think undersea cable owners and cloud platforms—to spot and nuke PLA-linked activities long before they can spark a crisis. Export controls get tighter, tracking capital flows into Chinese AI and defense tech. The risk? Push too hard and China might double down on homegrown innovation, but for now, the squeeze is on.
All in, the US is shifting from playing defense to going on the offensive, building alliances, layering policies, and harnessing both government and the private sector. The threat matrix keeps shifting, but for now, Uncle Sam’s cyber shield is getting sharper, smarter, and a whole lot less predictable. Stay tuned—I’m Ting, and I’ve got your firewall covered.
For more http://www.quietplease.ai
Get the best deals https://amzn.to/3ODvOta