Experts analyzing a recent data leak discovered that a Chinese tech security company successfully breached foreign governments, infiltrated social media accounts, and hacked personal computers. Documents from I-Soon, a private company that competes for Chinese government contracts, show its hackers have compromised more than a dozen governments, according to cybersecurity firms SentinelLabs and Malwarebytes. I-Soon also breached “democracy organizations” in China’s semi-autonomous city of Hong Kong, universities and the NATO military alliance, SentinelLabs researchers wrote in a blog post on Wednesday. The leaked information, whose contents AFP could not immediately…

In September, a military institute located in Beijing unveiled a patent for an advanced chip, providing insight into China’s efforts to revolutionize the global chip market worth over half a trillion dollars and counter U.S. sanctions. The People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Academy of Military Sciences had used an open-source standard known as RISC-V to reduce malfunctions in chips for cloud computing and smart cars, a patent application shows. RISC-V is an instruction set architecture, a computer language used to design anything from smartphone chips to advanced artificial intelligence processors. The…

Recently, Apple announced new additions to the existing capabilities of AirDrop, with a focus on enhancing user security. While AirDrop has been a useful tool for protesters and activists to conceal their activities from governments, it has also been a subject of controversy. Chinese authorities have raised concerns about this feature on iPhones. It has been discovered that when AirDrop is set to “receive messages from Everyone” mode, it can receive files and messages from anyone, leading to significant privacy issues. China’s recent crackdown has resulted in the exposure of…

Nio Inc., an emerging player in the electric vehicle sector, has taken a different approach by launching its inaugural mobile phone, despite the longstanding desire of Chinese tech firms to enter the EV industry. The unprofitable automaker is targeting its loyal customer base with a phone that syncs with Nio cars as a key fob, displays information such as battery charge and controls such as self-parking and the cockpit infotainment system. The Android-based handset will be priced from 6,499 yuan ($890) – the same as Huawei Technologies Co’s latest flagship,…