Teradata has been selected to build a data warehouse for a bank in China that serves more than 68 million customers, aiming to help the bank use data analytics. Sichuan Rural Credit Union wants a data warehouse and a financial logical data model to process data and secure financial transactions, the companies said Thursday. “This [...]
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Lockheed Martin has signed a memorandum of agreement with Reignwood Group to build an offshore plant in China intended to generate power through variations in ocean temperature. The 10-megawatt facility will feature Lockheed’s ocean thermal energy conversion technology and supply power to a green resort being developed by Reignwood Group in southern China, Lockheed said [...]
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Chinese technology manufacturer ZTE Corp. plans to use a new Intel processor chip for its handsets as the company seeks to grow its mobile technology portfolio. ZTE will collaborate with Intel under a multi-year partnership to create smartphone products that will run the Atom Z2580 microprocessor, PCMag.com reported Tuesday. Hendrik Unkel, Intel director for marketing [...]
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The recent hacking allegations against China are potential distractions from the threat of corporate insiders stealing trade secrets and proprietary data, according to Kroll Advisory Solutions white paper released Tuesday. “If hackers can do this much damage from the outside, just imagine what the individuals with the keys to the kingdom are capable of,” said [...]
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China’s defense ministry claims recent accusations against one of its military units as being behind many cyber attacks on U.S. companies and agencies lacks technical proof and is unreliable, Reuters reports. The ministry claims computer security firm Mandiant‘s recent report on the hackings only relied on linking Internet Protocol addresses to conclude the hacks came [...]
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Cyber attacks on U.S. corporations, organizations and government agencies are largely coming from a 12-story tower in Shanghai that is home to a Chinese army unit, a U.S. computer security firm says in a study. The New York Times reports Mandiant was not able to precisely place the hackers in the building, home to People’s [...]
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The GeoEye 1 satellite and IKONOS spacecraft have taken pictures of a new jet believed to be China’s first long-range transport plane, Wired reports. David Axe writes the Xian Aircraft Corp.-made Y-20 has not flown yet and requires new engines. John Pike, an analyst for Globalstrategy.org, told Wired the Chinese are falling behind when it [...]
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Rep. Mike Rogers, chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, said the US is losing the cyber espionage battle against China, Russia, and other countries, AOL Defense reports. Rogers said in an Intelligence and National Security Alliance‘s conference that the country is “running out of time” on finding a way to protect its intellectual property online. [...]
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Chinese aerospace firm Shenyang has unveiled a new stealth plane shortly before U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta is due to arrive in China, Wired reports. David Axe writes the J-21 appears similar to the J-20, the country’s first stealth plane, released by Shenyang’s industry rival Chengdu nearly 21 months later. Photos of the J-21 were [...]
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Recent spear-phishing attacks and breaches on natural gas pipeline companies can be traced back to the same spies likely involved in the RSA Inc. cyber attacks last year, the Christian Science Monitor reported in an exclusive story. RSA provides security services to defense companies and government agencies. The breach to EMC’s security branch cost the [...]
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