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Hackers target Gmail accounts of U.S. officials

Google says Chinese hackers attempted to take over email accounts of senior U.S. officials and hundreds of other prominent people.

Tags: Cybersecurity Update , technology , Google , GMail , hackers , email

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McDonnell marketing Va. products on Asia trip

Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell is in Shanghai, China on the latest leg of his 11-day marketing mission to Asia.

Tags: Bob McDonnell , Japan

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Chinese nuts for American pecans

The rivalry between the U.S. and China is going nuts. Specifically, the Chinese want U.S. pecans.

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DoD spending growth slows to 3 percent

New figures show U.S. defense spending grew by just under 3 percent last year. That's compared with more than seven percent on average for most of the decade.

Tags: DoD Report , Stockholm International Peace Research Institute , defense spending , budget , In Depth

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G-20 data targeted in cyber attack

A sustained cyber attack has forced the French finance ministry to shut down 10,000 government computers.

Tags: cybersecurity , technology , France , G-20 , Dorobek Insider

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China blocks online searches for 'Egypt'

The New York Times reports that this latest effort to censor the Internet comes after the Egyptian protests.

Tags: Cybersecurity Update , technology , censorship , Egypt , authoritarian government , Dorobek Insider

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Chinese man sets new cold endurance record

A Chinese man set a new world record Sunday for full body ice contact endurance.

Tags: cold endurance , Guinness World Record , Guiness World Record Association , world record

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WikiLeaks shows China behind Google hacking

The BBC reports that Chinese officials orchestrated the hacking at Google earlier this year, according to WikiLeaks cables.

Tags: WikiLeaks , transparency , Google , Cybersecurity Update , technology , Dorobek Insider

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Cyber defense and China relations under review

The U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission's annual Report is just out. The Commission is charged with evaluating the national security implications of the bilateral trade and economic relationship between the United States and the China.

Tags: cybersecurity , cybersecuirty updateupdate , cyber attack , U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission , Dorobek Insider , McAfee , Dmitri Alperovitch

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Report confirms China hijack of Internet

A new report found that for 15 minutes in April a Chinese state controlled telecommunications company was able to hijack 15 percent of the world's internet traffic.

Tags: hacking , Internet , data theft , U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission , Dorobek Insider , Cyber , cybersecurity

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