Tag: The Science of Where Magazine

Can the US and China cooperate on climate? (The Interpreter)

HENRY STOREY Outlining the Biden administration’s approach to China, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in March that the United States would be “competitive when it...

Decoding intelligence on Afghanistan (The Interpreter)

BEN SCOTT Did the US intelligence community fail by not accurately predicting the speed and scale of the Taliban’s victory? A familiar blame game is now...

China’s new silos: Nuclear arms control more urgent than ever (The Interpreter)

GARETH EVANS Over the last few weeks, evidence has emerged that China may be expanding its arsenal of nuclear-armed intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) on a...

China military watch (The Strategist)

Malcolm Davis The arms control community has been gripped by the discovery that China appears to be building hundreds of new missile silos. The development...

How Australian far-right extremists fundraise online (The Strategist)

Ariel Bogle As the Australian parliament continues its inquiry into extremist movements and radicalism, it’s vital that attention be paid to the ways online funding mechanisms...

The five-domains update (The Strategist)

Hillary Mansour, Khwezi Nkwanyana and Matthew Page Sea state All three of Australia’s Hobart-class guided missile destroyers have passed the final phase of testing and evaluation now that HMAS Sydney has returned from...

Anti-Money Laundering Fines Fall by 50% in 1H 2021 (Info Security Magazine)

Phil Muncaster  Global fines for anti-money laundering (AML) and data privacy compliance breaches have fallen by nearly 50% year-on-year in the first half of 2021,...

Coin Ninja CEO Admits Operating Darknet Bitcoin Mixer (Info Security Magazine)

Sarah Coble  A CEO from Ohio has pleaded guilty to being the operator of a darknet-based Bitcoin ‘mixer’ service that laundered more than $300m. Akron resident and CEO of...

JPMorgan Chase Notifies Customers of Data Breach (Info Security Magazine)

Sarah Coble  American banking and financial services company JPMorgan Chase is warning customers in Montana that a technical glitch may have presented their personal data to...

Data Stolen as Social Housing Group Suffers Ransomware Attack (Info Security Magazine)

Benjamin David  Hackers have stolen data from a Salford-based social housing group that houses thousands of tenants and other clients. ForHousing and Liberty, which manage and maintain homes across the...

Crunch Time for Liquid as Crypto Exchange Loses $97m to Hackers (Info Security Magazine)

Phil Muncaster  A Japanese cryptocurrency exchange is estimated to have lost $97m after threat actors targeted the company. Tokyo-headquartered Liquid revealed the incident on Thursday evening...

IT Leaders: Nation State Campaigns Are Inspiring Cybercrime Attacks (Info Security Magazine)

Phil Muncaster Nearly three-quarters (72%) of IT leaders are concerned that tools and techniques used by nation-states will eventually end up in the hands of...

US Census Bureau Slammed for 2020 Breach (Info Security Magazine)

Phil Muncaster  The US Census Bureau has been heavily criticized by a government inspector after a 2020 breach which could have been prevented by prompt patching. Although...

T-Mobile: 49 Million Customers Hit by Data Breach (Info Security Magazine)

Phil Muncaster  T-Mobile has admitted that threat actors have stolen personal information on 48.6 million current, former and prospective customers. The US carrier revealed in a notice...

Amid Haiti’s Deepening Crisis After Earthquake, US Must Heed Citizens on Aid and Political Change (Just Security)

Pierre Esperance On Saturday morning, I awoke to find my country sinking even further into crisis: a massive earthquake hit Haiti, about 90 miles west of the capital, Port-au-Prince, killing more than...

Evidence Destruction and the Crisis In Afghanistan (Just Security)

Nema Milaninia Afghan activists, journalists, and advocates for women’s rights scrambled to identify escape routes Sunday as international civil society organizations intensified a chaotic effort to evacuate...