Huawei’s mobile equipment gradually being replaced with Nokia equivalent in EU

According to two sources close to the matter at hand, telecom operators Orange Belgium and Proximus plan on replacing Huawei’s mobile equipment in Belgium and Luxembourg with Nokia equivalent. The development comes with growing recognition of U.S. accusations that Huawei’s telecom gear could be used for economic and military espionage purposes by Beijing. Both Nokia…

Renaul-Nissan-Mitsubishi reboots alliance eyeing emerging electric vehicle market

Renault, Nissan and Mitsubishi plan on appointing a general secretary at the helm of their alliance in order to reboot the partnership and boost operations. Renault is in the process of repairing its relationship with its Japanese partners following allegations of financial misconduct its earlier chairman. “This alliance executive will be key for coordinating and…

Chinese hackers targeted global telecom companies

U.S.-Israeli cyber security firm Cybereason has been investigating these hacking attacks by Chinese hackers for the last 9 months. On Tuesday, researchers from a cyber security company Cybereason stated, Chinese hackers have broken into the systems of more than a dozen global telecoms companies and have stolen large amounts of personal and corporate data. According…

Power failure hits Australian Central Bank’s ability to process payments

A routine maintenance led to the payment processing issues at Australia’s Central Bank. On Thursday, Australia’s central bank stated, an internal power failure caused by the maintenance of its fire control systems as the cause of its Sydney data center inability to process some payments. Although the outage lasted only 3 hours, according to representatives…

U.S. Administration efforts aimed at mitigating issues arising out of Beijing’s ‘Made in China 2025’

The U.S. Administration is increasingly boosting efforts to tilt, what has so far been so far in recent history, a one-sided affair, of collaboration and forced technology transfer from the U.S. to China. Beijing’s Made in China 2025 industrial policy has opened the administration’s eye to China’s furtive motives of leveraging the dual benefits of…

Microsoft’s highly internal secret database of bugs had been hacked in 2013

Microsoft’s internal database contains description of vulnerabilities of its widely used products, including its Windows operating system. This treasure trove of critical information, guarded by just a password, was accessed by hackers in 2013. According to 5 former employees of Microsoft, a highly sophisticated group of hackers had managed to break into Microsoft’s network security…