Cyber Security

BEIJING — China’s leading maker of semiconductors has denied it has any links to the military following reports Washington is considering stepping up its feud with Beijing over technology and security by imposing export controls that could disrupt manufacturing for a national industrial champion.

New Zealand’s justice minister says his country is being bombarded by an unprecedented wave of cyberattacks targeting entities such as banks and its stock market, in what intelligence officials suspect is part of a global campaign. 

North Korean hackers are tapping into banks around the globe to make fraudulent money transfers and cause ATMs to spit out cash, the U.S. government warned on Wednesday.

Microsoft's relationship with China has come under scrutiny amid ongoing discussions for the tech conglomerate's potential acquisition of the dance video app TikTok.

The Pentagon approved five small drone makers this week to sell their products to the U.S. Military and federal agencies starting in September.

"Upon discovering this inconsistency, we immediately retained a leading forensic analysis firm to promptly investigate the matter," Instacart said. "The results of our joint investigation confirmed that these two individuals viewed a limited set of shopper information that may have included name, email address, telephone number, driver’s license number, and a thumbnail image of the driver’s license."

Carnival Corporation has been compromised by a ransomware attack that occurred on August 15, which the company says "accessed and encrypted a portion of one brand’s information technology systems."