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Kavkaz-2020 syyskuussa. Eli eteläisen piirin harjoitus. Joskus kuun vaihteessa taidettiin ilmoittaa, että tämä siirretään enemmän sisämaahan, mutta paikka tarkentuu reagoiden lännen harjoituksiin.

Siirto sisämaahan siirtää sen Ukrainan rajalle, tämä tuskin jäänyt myöskään NATO:lta huomiotta.

 

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Siirto sisämaahan siirtää sen Ukrainan rajalle, tämä tuskin jäänyt myöskään NATO:lta huomiotta.

Pitäisikö lännen myös reagoida jatkossa "kumppanien" harjoituksiin, niin että pohjoiset siirretäänkin koilliseen, viikon varoitusajalla !

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tai laitetaan koko rintaman laajuiset harjoitukset itä-ukrainasta aina Norjanmerelle ja Georgiasta Afgoihin jne..kahden päivän varoituksella käyntiin...ihan miten vaan..

 

[Heikki]

Pitäisikö lännen myös reagoida jatkossa "kumppanien" harjoituksiin, niin että pohjoiset siirretäänkin koilliseen, viikon varoitusajalla !

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tai laitetaan koko rintaman laajuiset harjoitukset itä-ukrainasta aina Norjanmerelle ja Georgiasta Afgoihin jne..kahden päivän varoituksella käyntiin...ihan miten vaan..

Haitta olisi se, että sitten Venäjä voisi omia vastaavia liikkeitään perustella "noikin tekee, turha meille urputtaa!" Hyötyä en keksi.

 

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China has deployed a network of sensors and communications capabilities between Hainan Island and the Paracel Islands in the northern South China Sea. These capabilities are part of a “Blue Ocean Information Network” (蓝海信息网络) developed by China Electronics Technology Group Corporation (CETC), a state-owned company, to aid in the exploration and control of the maritime environment using information technology. The network constructed in the northern South China Sea between early 2016 and 2019 is referred to as a demonstration system. However, future plans for the Blue Ocean Information Network involve expanding the sensor and communications network to the rest of the South China Sea, the East China Sea, and other ocean areas far from Chinese territory. While the Blue Ocean Information Network is largely cast as an environmental monitoring and communications system, the military utility of its sensing and communications functions makes its development important to monitor.

The most visible elements of this network are two types of “Ocean E-Stations” dubbed “floating integrated information platforms” (IIFP) (浮台信息系统) and “island reef-based integrated information systems” (IRBIS) (岛礁信息系统). AMTI previously identified one of the latter systems after it was deployed to Bombay Reef in the Paracels in mid-2018.

Exploring China's Unmanned Ocean Network | Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative

China has deployed a network of sensors and communications capabilities between Hainan Island and the Paracel Islands in the northern South China Sea. These capabilities are part of a “Blue Ocean Information Network” (蓝海信息网络) developed by China Electronics Technology Group Corporation (CETC), a...

amti.csis.org

 

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The US government wants a high-capacity undersea data cable system proposed by Google and Facebook to bypass Hong Kong, citing potential national security concerns following China’s moves to exert greater control in the territory.

The Pacific Light Cable Network, pending approval by the federal communications commission (FCC), should connect the US, Taiwan and the Philippines but not go through Hong Kong as planned, a US Justice Department committee has recommended.

The high-capacity, low-latency fibre optic cable backed by Google and Facebook would “encourage” US communications crossing the Pacific Ocean to land in Hong Kong before continuing on to other parts of Asia, the DoJ reasoned.

Pacific data cable not safe from China if Hong Kong included, says US

Justice department says ‘recent actions’ by China towards its territory indicate landing station could expose US communications to spying

www.theguardian.com

 

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Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has called a snap press conference to reveal that the nation is under cyber-attack by a state-based actor, but the nation’s infosec advice agency says that while the attacker has gained access to some systems it has not conducted “any disruptive or destructive activities within victim environments.”

Morrison said the attack has targeted government, key infrastructure and the private sector, and was sufficiently serious that he took the courteous-in-a-crisis, but not-compulsory step, of informing the leader of the opposition about the incident. He also said that the primary purpose of the snap press conference was to inform and educate Australians about the incident.

But Morrison declined to state whether Australian defence agencies have identified the source of the attack and said evidence gathered to date does not meet the government’s threshold of certainty to name the attacker.

Nor did he detail the impact of the attack, saying only that he has not received advice that it has resulted in significant breaches of personal information. He also said the attack is not entirely new and that similar attacks are ongoing and to be expected. He did not detail any new peak in activity or incident that made announcing the news today an imperative.

Australian PM says nation under serious state-run cyber attack exploiting Microsoft, Citrix, Telerik UI bugs

Won't say who the attackers are working for – just don't mention 中国

www.theregister.com

 

[Hairysteed]

Mitähän pitäisi tapahtua, jotta kyberhyökkäyksiä ruvettaisiin pitämään avoimina sotatoimina? Kai siinä pitää ihmisiä kuolla. Aseiden käytössä riittää, että ammutaan kohti

 

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Mitähän pitäisi tapahtua, jotta kyberhyökkäyksiä ruvettaisiin pitämään avoimina sotatoimina? Kai siinä pitää ihmisiä kuolla. Aseiden käytössä riittää, että ammutaan kohti

Kylmän sodan aikana monet asiat miellettiin kylmiksi, välillisiksi, kiellettävissä oleviksi tai muuten vain peitellyiksi sotatoimiksi. Tämä perinne on selvästikin tullut takaisin.

Epäsuoraan toimeen vastataan epäsuorasti, peiteltyyn peitellysti, kylmään kylmästi...

Parempihan se on, että ei viedä asioita järjetöntä eskaloitumista kohti, muttei myöskään olla maksamatta pottuja pottuina.

 

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As Australia reels under sustained cyber attacks following increased Chinese diplomatic hostility, the country's Lion brewery and dairy conglomerate has been hit for the second time.


The Sydney Morning Herald reported that Lion told its staff today "it had been hit by a second cyber attack that had further disrupted its IT systems."


"The company is now focusing on defence efforts over restoration from the previous attack, its chief executive officer Stuart Irvine told employees during the briefing," said the newspaper, citing a source who had listened to the call.


The second attack was "anticipated" and Lion's IT security bods of choice, Accenture, are said to be dealing with it. Earlier today Prime Minister Scott Morrison declared that Australia's public sector was under attack – and while he didn't identify who was responsible, weeks of Chinese diplomatic belligerence means the world is already pointing fingers.


As we reported this morning, China "recently took offence at Australia's call for an international inquiry into the source of the COVID-19 pandemic and appears to have retaliated with new trade disputes and advice that its citizens should not visit Australia as tourists or students," in a tit-for-tat move.


Matt Lawrence, director of detection and response at threat intel biz F-Secure, opined in a canned comment that blaming China is unwise without further evidence: "Some are pointing the finger at China for these cyber attacks and, while we have seen some Chinese APT groups ramping up their attacks, we wait to see if evidence is released publicly that confirms they are directly targeting Australia. Although it's reasonable to assume that such a country is being targeted by a range of cyber criminals and state-sponsored threat actors, it's dangerous to speculate further without appropriate evidence and threat intelligence."


Last week, ransomware criminals (which El Reg can confirm were the REvil gang) targeted Lion, causing chaos for the entire company.


At the time a company spokeswoman said: "Our IT teams and expert cyber advisors are working around the clock, investigating the issue and assessing how long the impacts will continue. Our focus is on bringing systems back online safely so we can resume our business as usual manufacturing, and customer services. This is taking some time, but it is necessary that we work through this properly."


The firm refused to comment on reports of an $800,000 equivalent ransomware demand, made in the Monero cryptocurrency.

Australia's Lion brewery hit by second cyber attack as nation staggers under suspected Chinese digital assault

Wait and see before pointing the finger, warns threat intel boffin

www.theregister.com

 

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Australia's Lion brewery hit by second cyber attack as nation staggers under suspected Chinese digital assault

Wait and see before pointing the finger, warns threat intel boffin

www.theregister.com

Sotatoimi, olisi aika vastata samalla mitalla.

 

[Tetra]

Aiheessa on keskusteltu Australian ja Kiinan välisestä suhteesta, joten tämän voisi laittaa tännekkin. Australian vienti maittain.

 

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Activists estimate at least 200 protesters are in Taiwan, where authorities have discreetly allowed them to stay by extending tourist visas

After fleeing to Taiwan from the frontlines of the Hong Kong protests, Ben suffered a recurrent nightmare for months: he dreamed his fellow protesters were being tortured by police, but he couldn’t help.

Ten months on from seeking refuge in Taiwan, his feeling of helplessness has eased and his fighting spirit has returned. He is among dozens of former Hongkongers who are finding ways to resist Beijing from Taiwan.

Since October, Taiwan has quietly allowed dozens of protesters to stay on the island, and it is now offering support for Hongkongers to move to there when Beijing imposes the new national security law. Beijing says the law against subversion is necessary to deal with widespread anti-government unrest in Hong Kong, but critics say it is the final nail in the coffin of the former British colony’s disappearing freedoms.

Hong Kong protesters flee to Taiwan to continue China resistance

Activists estimate at least 200 protesters are in Taiwan, where authorities have discreetly allowed them to stay by extending tourist visas

www.theguardian.com

 

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Beijing has passed a sweeping national security law for Hong Kong that critics fear will crush political freedoms and pave the way for China to cement its control over the semi-autonomous territory.

Less than 40 days after Chinese lawmakers first proposed imposing an anti-sedition law on Hong Kong, the standing committee of the National People’s Congress, on Tuesday approved the measure, according officials and multiple media reports.

Tam Yiu-chung, former chairman of the pro-Beijing DAB party and Hong Kong’s only member of the standing committee, told local media that the law had been passed. The full text of the law had not yet been released.

The legislation, criminalising secession, subversion, terrorism and collusion with foreign forces, deals a devastating blow to Hong Kong’s autonomy as promised under the “one country, two systems” framework, the terms of the former British colony’s handover to Chinese control in 1997. Rights advocates and legal scholars believe the law, to go into effect on 1 July, will be used broadly to stifle dissent.

“The passing of the national security law is a painful moment for the people of Hong Kong and represents the greatest threat to human rights in the city’s recent history,” said Joshua Rosenzweig, the head of Amnesty International’s China Team.

“From now on, China will have the power to impose its own laws on any criminal suspect it chooses,” he said.

China passes controversial Hong Kong national security law

Critics say the measure, which criminalises secession, subversion, terrorism and collusion with foreign forces, erodes Hong Kong’s autonomy

www.theguardian.com

 

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The Chinese government has labelled Australia a “fervent intelligence gatherer”, as it accuses Canberra of a mass scale espionage project that is “jeopardising others’ sovereignty and security”.

In a statement sent to Australian media on Tuesday morning, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said a report in the Global Times which claimed Australian spies in China were instigating defections, spying on Chinese students and feeding fake news to the media to hype up theories about Chinese spying, was only “the tip of the iceberg”.

Lijian accused Australia of playing “the part of the victim” publicly, despite “peddling rumors and stoking confrontation by staging a farce of the thief crying ‘stop thief’.”

He warned that Australia’s behaviour had “long crossed the line”.

China accuses Australia of mass espionage, peddling rumours and stoking confrontation

Foreign ministry in Beijing says evidence of Australia spying activities is ‘irrefutable’ but provides no new evidence

www.theguardian.com

 

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The Chinese Communist Party’s decision to eviscerate Hong Kong’s freedoms has forced the Trump Administration to re-evaluate its policies toward the territory. As Beijing moves forward with passing the national security law, the United States will today end exports of U.S.-origin defense equipment and will take steps toward imposing the same restrictions on U.S. defense and dual-use technologies to Hong Kong as it does for China.

The United States is forced to take this action to protect U.S. national security. We can no longer distinguish between the export of controlled items to Hong Kong or to mainland China. We cannot risk these items falling into the hands of the People’s Liberation Army, whose primary purpose is to uphold the dictatorship of the CCP by any means necessary.

It gives us no pleasure to take this action, which is a direct consequence of Beijing’s decision to violate its own commitments under the U.N.-registered Sino-British Joint Declaration. Our actions target the regime, not the Chinese people. But given Beijing now treats Hong Kong as “One Country, One System,” so must we. The United States is reviewing other authorities and will take additional measures to reflect the reality on the ground in Hong Kong.

U.S. Government Ending Controlled Defense Exports to Hong Kong - United States Department of State

The U.S. will today end exports of U.S.-origin defense equipment and will take steps toward imposing the same restrictions on U.S. defense and dual-use technologies to Hong Kong as it does for China.

www.state.gov

 

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Hongkongin poliisi on hajottanut pieniä mielenosoittajien joukkoja voimatoimin. Uutistoimisto AFP:n mukaan poliisi on laukaissut mielenosoittajia kohti vesitykkejä ja pippurisumutetta.

Poliisi on kieltänyt mielenosoitukset koronavirustilanteeseen vetoamalla, mutta joitakin tuhansia mielenosoittajia on siitä huolimatta ollut koolla.

Poliisi kertoo pidättäneensä kymmeniä ihmisiä. Osa pidätyksistä on tehty uuden turvallisuuslain perusteella. Uutistoimisto AP:n mukaan ainakin kaksi ihmistä pidätettiin keskiviikkona näiden vaadittua Hongkongille itsenäisyyttä.

Hongkongissa poliisi pidättänyt satoja uutta turvallisuuslakia vastustaneita, britit tarjoavat osalle asukkaista uutta elämää Britanniassa

Tänään on Hongkongin Kiinalle siirtymisen vuosipäivä. Ulkoministeri Haavisto varoittaa matkailijoita uudesta laista.

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Hong Kong on Thursday banned the most resonant slogan of its protest movement as those who had taken to the streets over the past year appeared to be lying low the day after the introduction of sweeping draconian national security laws prompted demonstrations, violence, and mass arrests.

A statement from the city government declared that “Liberate Hong Kong, revolution of our time” had separatist connotations and was “subversive”, and that anyone using it risked prosecution under the new security legislation.

More than 370 people were arrested on Wednesday, including 10 under the new laws imposed directly by Beijing and without the involvement of Hong Kong’s semi-autonomous legislature.

The swift use of the laws to crack down on protests appears to have had a chilling effect already, with social media and encrypted channels that usually buzz with alerts for new demonstrations going conspicuously quiet and no protests planned for the coming days.

“Due to the imminent implementation of the national security law, the operation of this channel has been suspended until further notice,” said one. “Please forgive us for the inconvenience.”

Others remained active but instead of calls to action, there were mournful posts about Lennon walls being torn down, websites removing potentially illegal stories and posts, and a few rumours of further arrests.

'Liberate Hong Kong' slogan banned as protesters lie low

City government declares slogan ‘subversive’ and says anyone using it risks prosecution

www.theguardian.com

 

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Hong Kong protests over new security law – in pictures

Demonstrators have clashed with police during protests over a national security law imposed by China on the 23rd anniversary of the city’s handover from Britain

www.theguardian.com

 

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Books written by prominent Hong Kong democracy activists have started to disappear from the city’s libraries, online records show, days after Beijing imposed a new national security law on the finance hub.

Among the authors whose titles are no longer available are Joshua Wong, one of the city’s most prominent young activists, and Tanya Chan, a well known pro-democracy lawmaker.

Hong Kong: books by pro-democracy activists disappear from library shelves

Move follows new security laws and include titles by Joshua Wong and lawmaker Tanya Chan

www.theguardian.com

 

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Books written by prominent Hong Kong democracy activists have started to disappear from the city’s libraries, online records show, days after Beijing imposed a new national security law on the finance hub.

Among the authors whose titles are no longer available are Joshua Wong, one of the city’s most prominent young activists, and Tanya Chan, a well known pro-democracy lawmaker.

Beijing’s new national security law came into force on Tuesday and is the most radical shift in how the semi-autonomous city is run since it was handed back to China by Britain in 1997.

China’s authoritarian leaders say the powers will restore stability after a year of pro-democracy protests, will not stifle freedoms and will only target a “very small minority”.

But it has already sent fear coursing through a city used to speaking openly, with police arresting people for possessing slogans pushing independence or greater autonomy and businesses scrambling to remove protest displays.

Hong Kong: books by pro-democracy activists disappear from library shelves

Move follows new security laws and include titles by Joshua Wong and lawmaker Tanya Chan

www.theguardian.com