China’s Salt Typhoon hacking campaign has taken on new urgency with revelations it may have compromised the data of millions of Australians. This demonstrates how cyber operations have evolved beyond merely gathering intelligence.
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The campaign by the Salt Typhoon group was assessed as a targeted espionage effort against US and allied government systems. It involved stealthy intrusions, selective data theft and probing of networks in a handful of countries. At the time, the effect was thought to be limited and largely confined to government targets.
But August 2025 disclosures have shown just how broad the campaign truly has been. The Australian Signals Directorate, working with 20 foreign partners, has publicly attributed the operation to Beijing’s Ministry of State Security and People’s Liberation Army. The US Federal Bureau of Investigation now assesses that Salt Typhoon has struck dozens of countries, sweeping up telecommunications, transport, lodging and civilian data on a massive scale.These operations may have reached virtually every Australian household and millions more across partner nations.
Cyber operations now function as tools for coercion and competition, influencing the balance of power across the Indo-Pacific. They are central to rivalry. Even as governments invest in resilience and attempt to set boundaries, the persistent tension between the United States and China ensures that new vulnerabilities and threats will continue to emerge.
The Indo-Pacific is the epicentre of 21st-century competition. China and the US vie for influence, while South Korea, India, Japan and Southeast Asian countries all face mounting digital vulnerabilities. With the digital economy of Southeast Asian nations expected to surpass US$1 trillion by 2030, growth is driving their prosperity but also compounding risk.
Chinese-sponsored hackers have been targeting critical infrastructure for a long time. Suspected Chinese hackers disrupted India’s port logistics in 2020, and repeated intrusions have targeted Japanese, South Korean and Australian energy grids, telecom systems and government networks. Cyber operations are applied to traditional hotspots—such as the South China Sea and the Taiwan Strait—by threatening disruption without any shots being fired.
China’s Salt Typhoon hacking campaign has taken on new urgency with revelations it may have compromised the data of millions of Australians. This demonstrates how cyber operations have evolved beyond merely gathering intelligence. When first ...
Suspected Chinese hackers impersonated the chair of the House China Select Committee in emails to people involved in ongoing U.S.-China trade policy negotiations as part of a spying campaign, a House panel said Monday.
Why it matters: The fraudulent emails were sent to a wide range of individuals, including those at U.S. government agencies, business groups, D.C. law firms and think tanks and at least one foreign government.
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Hackers sent emails purportedly from Rep. John Moolenaar (R-Mich.) to key leaders ahead of a meeting between U.S. and Chinese officials in Sweden this summer asking for input on draft legislation.
However, the attached document, which was sent from a nongovernmental email address, was instead laced with spyware that would infect a victim's computer, according the Journal.
The FBI and Capitol Police are both investigating the emails, and the malware in the emails has been traced back to a hacking group tied to Beijing's Ministry of State Security, per WSJ.
Suspected Chinese hackers impersonated the chair of the House China Select Committee in emails to people involved in ongoing U.S.-China trade policy negotiations as part of a spying campaign, a House panel said Monday.
Why it matters: The fraudulent emails were sent to a wide range of individuals, including those at U.S. government agencies, business groups, D.C. law firms and think tanks and at least one foreign government.
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Hackers sent emails purportedly from Rep. John Moolenaar (R-Mich.) to key leaders ahead of a meeting between U.S. and Chinese officials in Sweden this summer asking for input on draft legislation.
However, the attached document, which was sent from a nongovernmental email address, was instead laced with spyware that would infect a victim's computer, according the Journal.
The FBI and Capitol Police are both investigating the emails, and the malware in the emails has been traced back to a hacking group tied to Beijing's Ministry of State Security, per WSJ.
A developer repurposed discarded disposable vapes into functioning web servers by utilizing their built-in PUYA microcontrollers1. The project runs on a 24MHz Cortex M0+ chip with 24KiB flash storage and 3KiB RAM, found inside modern rechargeable "disposable" vapes2.
The web server implementation uses uIP for TCP/IP networking and communicates via SLIP protocol through semihosting. After optimizing the data transfer with ring buffers, the server achieves 20ms ping times and 160ms page load speeds2.
The project demonstrates creative e-waste reuse at a time when disposable vapes face increasing restrictions, with recent bans enacted in Rhode Island3 and other jurisdictions. The developer notes the irony of "disposable" devices containing USB-C ports and rechargeable batteries2.
Geneva (AFP) – Cluster munitions have killed or injured more than 1,200 civilians in Ukraine since Russia's full-scale invasion began, a monitor said Monday, decrying "troubling setbacks" in global efforts to eradicate the weapons.
Since Russia expanded the invasion of its western neighbour in February 2022, Ukraine has registered the highest number of recorded annual cluster munition casualties worldwide, the Cluster Munition Coalition (CMC) said in its annual report.
Russia has used the widely-banned weapons "extensively" since the first day of the war, it said, adding that Ukraine too had used the weapons, and faces Russian accusations of deploying them inside of Russia.
At least 193 cluster munition casualties were recorded in Ukraine in 2024, out of 314 globally, the report said.
In total, more than 1,200 such casualties have been registered in Ukraine since the start of the war, most of them in 2022.
But the report stressed that the figure was surely a dramatic underestimate, pointing out that last year alone, Ukraine suffered around 40 cluster munition attacks where casualty numbers were not given.
Cluster munitions can be dropped from planes or fired from artillery before exploding in mid-air and scattering bomblets over a wide area.
They pose a lasting threat since many fail to explode on impact, effectively acting as landmines that can explode years later.
Neither Russia nor Ukraine are among the 112 states that are party to the 2008 Convention on Cluster Munitions, which prohibits the use, transfer, production and storage of cluster bombs.
The only other two countries where cluster munition attacks were registered last year -- Myanmar and Syria -- have not joined the convention either.
The United States, also not a party to the treaty, sparked outcry with its 2023 decision to transfer cluster munitions to Kyiv.
It has since transferred the weapons to Ukraine in at least seven separate shipments, CMC said.
Submunitions with Korean language markings have meanwhile been found in Ukrainian-controlled territory this year, but the report said it remained unclear if they had been used by the North Korean forces fighting alongside Russians in the war, or if they had simply been acquired from North Korea by Russia for Russian use.
At a global level, CMC also warned of "troubling setbacks" threatening efforts to establish new international norms stigmatising the use of cluster munitions.
Lithuania in March this year became the first ever country to withdraw from the treaty, six months after it announced it was leaving, citing regional security concerns.
Following that move, Lithuania, along with Poland, Latvia, Estonia and Finland, also said they would quit a treaty banning anti-personnel landmines amid concerns over "Russia's aggression".
Tamar Gabelnick, head of the Cluster Munition Coalition, decried Lithuania's departure, warning that it "undermines the norm created by the convention, with catastrophic implications for the rule of international law protecting civilians".
"We have already seen the impact this decision has had on the Mine Ban Treaty, and states should be extremely wary of a wider domino effect."
The Cuban community, which voted massively for the president in the November elections, is confronting a longstanding tradition of supporting conservative policies
United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), the agency in charge of processing immigration applications, goes around asking coworkers and neighbors whether someone is eligible for U.S. citizenship or not, in the style of the Cuban Committees for the Defense of the Revolution (CDR).
The American government attacks the LGBTQ+ community… just like the Cuban government did in the 1960s.
Donald Trump has flirted with staying longer in the White House, in the same way in which Fidel Castro — having tasted so much power during his lifetime — decided to lead Cuba for nearly half a century. The former has already devoted efforts toward attacking opposing ideologies and freedom of expression, concepts that the latter completely nullified.
The Polish foreign ministry has revealed that Google has rejected complaints over a series of YouTube videos in Polish published by the Israeli embassy that Poland says are spreading “disinformation” about the situation in Gaza by casting doubt on reports of starvation there.
In late July and early August, the embassy posted six videos claiming that [Israel is providing large amounts of humanitarian aid](Israel is providing large amounts of humanitarian aid) to the people of Gaza, that uncritically shared by international media, and that it is the UN which is blocking aid trucks from entering.
“Google responded that the promoted materials were consistent with its policies and values”,
Profitez des vidéos et de la musique que vous aimez, mettez en ligne des contenus originaux, et partagez-les avec vos amis, vos proches et le monde entier.
Today's AI browsers and devtools, from Perplexity Comet to Firecrawl to Browserless, look human in site logs— showing up as Chrome while loading pages, ads, and solving CAPTCHAs.
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decrease in human visits
Human traffic trended downward as AI traffic volume continued to increase. This quarter, human visits decreased 9.4% across all sites on TollBit.
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increase in AI's share of website visits
AI visits rise as human visits fall. At the start of Q1, 1 out of every 200 visitors was AI. Now it is 1 in every 50, reflecting a 4x increase in the relative volume of AI visitors.
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increase in bots ignoring robots.txt
AI bots are continuing to ignore robots.txt directives this year. In Q2, 13.3% of AI bot visits bypassed robots.txt directives.
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increase in AI bot visits blocked
AI bot redirects to the TollBit Bot/Agent Paywall, have increased 360% from Q1 to Q2 2025 as websites have increasingly taken active measures to charge AI traffic.
People who care informally for sick or disabled friends and relatives often become invisible in their own lives. Focusing on the needs of those they care for,
People who care informally for sick or disabled friends and relatives often become invisible in their own lives. Focusing on the needs of those they care for,
People who care informally for sick or disabled friends and relatives often become invisible in their own lives. Focusing on the needs of those they care for,
People who care informally for sick or disabled friends and relatives often become invisible in their own lives. Focusing on the needs of those they care for,
People who care informally for sick or disabled friends and relatives often become invisible in their own lives. Focusing on the needs of those they care for,
I am looking for a small solar panel setup, ideally to be connected to the grid and reduce electricity bill. I have heard of the Ecoflow system but I would like to know if there are alternatives out there.
If anyone has experience and can recommend any products, please comment 😀
Entdecken Sie EcoFlow: Tragbare Powerstationen, Balkonkraftwerke und effiziente Energiespeicher für nachhaltige Energie zu Hause, auf dem Balkon und im Freien.
Good because: 1) Can click images with both cameras 2) Daily notifications 3) Privacy focussed 3) If you want any new feature in the app, just email the devs and they will build and ship it in 15days or less 4) FREE, No Ads even 5) Can write long Journal entries
Boring bcoz: 1) Cant chat with friends 2) cant create gifs (videos) 3) cant see friends pics. Which is a deal breaker for me
So i have currently started using DD-DigitalDiary and clicking pics with DD-DigitalDiary everytime i get a BeReal notification. Also i have kept BeReal in order to chat with girls & stuff. And see their pics since thats the only way you can see and catch up with their daily life's I mostly post black bereals. Downloaded all my 2yr old BeReal pics and put it in my HardDisk (i suggest you guys to do the same btw)
Have any of you guys switched from BeReal to DD-DigitalDiary or any other such application? Is there any other better alternatives (than DD-DigitalDiary)? NOTE: I use Android but for the community link ios, mac, linux alternatives as well if a better is available
I know many of u wont even know about DD-DigitalDiary coz it only has like 500 downloads or something, so here goes the link. DD-DigitalDiary
On a dry late August afternoon, we stood outside Silivri — the high-security prison west of Istanbul, where Ekrem İmamoğlu, the elected leader of Europe’s largest city, has been detained for months.
Behind us, Turkish civil society leaders held aloft banners; beside us were colleagues from his municipal team; and around us were a quiet but resolute crowd of supporters, including six other local leaders from large cities across Europe.
It wasn’t the visit we had planned, but it was powerful all the same.
In that moment, what struck us most wasn’t just the absence of the man we had traveled to see — and to whom national authorities had denied us access. It was the presence of his values echoing from every voice that spoke.
Hope, we realized, isn’t incarcerated by prison walls. And everything we witnessed only deepened our resolve to stand by our fellow city leaders and defend local democracy.
What we heard in Istanbul wasn’t despair but moral strength. İmamoğlu’s colleagues told us of how he remains engaged even behind bars, how he still asks about city projects and encourages his team to stay the course, insisting that the work of building a more inclusive, sustainable Istanbul continues.
People who care informally for sick or disabled friends and relatives often become invisible in their own lives. Focusing on the needs of those they care for,
::: spoiler Trying to keep a public torrent alive is hard work, but someone has to do it. ::: Back when I had VDSL and even ADSL, I'd try to hit 1.1 ratio because if everyone did that the risk of information being lost would be close to 0%. Nowadays with gigabit internet, all that prevents me from seeding is hard drive space, and 8 TB doesn't fill up quickly with how few good movies and series there are these days. I guess that's one way to stop piracy, just make fewer and worse series/movies.
"Good" is in the eye of the beholder. Have you considered that the quality hasn't changed much, but instead you've become more discerning as you age? I certainly have far less tolerance for the stupid shit I used to think was funny long ago.
Unfortunately BitTorrent clients are kinda messy and don't make it easy to maintain a long term seeding library. I've moved to qbittorrent which is a bit better than Deluge on that regard, but it's still not great.
Yeah, they are messy. I tried BiglyBT a few years back, and while I love a lot of features, I think that was overkill for sure. qBittorrent is the golden standard at the moment for sure.
That's one (of many) reason I'm glad I switched to linux, Back in windows xp days Microsoft tried limiting the amount of "half-open connections" for its users "security". But even today, some routers just aren't powerful enough to handle too many connections, and often times the cheap routers that ISP's provide are limited on purpose either by custom firmware or just by hardware limitations.
That was fun back in the day when movie studios blamed piracy for their movie performing badly, so someone checked and their movie was barely present or downloaded on the high seas.
Has the law in any jurisdiction determined that sharing some small fraction of bits is equivalent to sharing an entire series of bits? And how do they determine that? Like I’m sending 1s and 0s right now. Is that a violation?
In today's hyper-connected world, your digital footprint isn't just a nice-to-have—it's your business lifeline. Whether you're a startup founder with a game-changing idea or an established business looking to expand your reach, the question isn't whether you need a strong online presence, but how quickly you can build one that truly represents your brand. The Story Behind Every Great Website At TECHWEBBIZ, we've witnessed countless digital transformations, and here's what we've learned: every successful online presence starts with a story. Not just any story, but your story—the one that makes visitors stop scrolling and start caring. Think about the last website that genuinely impressed you. Chances are, it wasn't just the sleek design or the fancy animations that caught your attention. It was how the content spoke directly to you, how every element felt intentional, and how the entire experience made you feel understood. The Content-Website Connection: A Perfect Partnership Here's something many businesses get wrong: they treat content and web design as separate entities. In reality, they're dance partners, and when they move in harmony, magic happens. Great content without great design is like having a brilliant conversation in a noisy, chaotic room—your message gets lost. Great design without great content is like having a beautiful empty storefront—people might look, but they won't stay or buy. The sweet spot? When compelling storytelling meets intuitive design. When your words flow seamlessly with your visuals. When every page feels like a natural continuation of your brand's conversation with the world. What Makes Content "Killer"? We use the term "killer content" often, but what does it actually mean? It's content that:
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