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Dakota Cary

@DakotaInDC

3 months

My write up with @milenkowski on the I-Soon leaks is now out!

SentinelOne

@SentinelOne

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🇨🇳 The leak of I-Soon, a key player in #China 's cyber operations, exposes a #hacker #marketplace driven by state demands. Discover the strategic motives behind these operations in @DakotaInDC & @milenkowski latest research: #CyberSecurity

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Dakota Cary

@DakotaInDC

2 years

Good China analysts must write and publish more. The bad ones are getting too much airtime and their influence is misguiding policy and business.

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@DakotaInDC

1 year

There’s a whole APT named after how much stolen tech was required to build this thing

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Sleight of Hand is out today. Written with @kristindelrosso and published through @ACGlobalChina , our report ties China's new vulnerability system to its offensive teams and explains how we got to Hot Zero Day Summer. 🧵

Sleight of hand: How China weaponizes software vulnerabilities

China's new vulnerability management system mandates reporting to MIIT within 48 hours, restricting pre-patch publication and POC code. This centralized approach contrasts with the US voluntary...

www.atlanticcouncil.org

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Dakota Cary

@DakotaInDC

6 months

Chinese spy balloon floated over to @CYBERWARCON

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Dakota Cary

@DakotaInDC

2 years

Microsoft sees an increase of PRC hackers using 0days after the first year of the Software Vulnerability Disclosure Law in effect, just as predicted. China has weaponized the entire PRC software research community for the intelligence services. I'll be dig in at @CYBERWARCON

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Dakota Cary

@DakotaInDC

2 years

USG: Cyber talent retention is hard. APT41: My brother in Christ, here is a scholarship from our front company.

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@DakotaInDC

2 years

@kairyssdal Boss: How many scoops did we sell today team? Team in unison: "We'll have the details, when we do the numbers."

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Dakota Cary

@DakotaInDC

2 years

Today is my last day at @CSETGeorgetown . It's been an amazing ride and I'm excited to start consulting next week for @KrebsStamos . I thought I'd reflect on all the things we uncovered on China's cyber programs as I leave. A long ass 🧵

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Dakota Cary

@DakotaInDC

2 years

My last paper from my time at @CSETGeorgetown is out today! The report is a quick overview of China's cyber ranges with ties to the security services. The PRC has built at least 19 across China, but these five are ✨special✨

Downrange: A Survey of China’s Cyber Ranges | Center for Security and Emerging Technology

China is rapidly building cyber ranges that allow cybersecurity teams to test new tools, practice attack and defense, and evaluate the cybersecurity of a particular product or service. The presence...

cset.georgetown.edu

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Dakota Cary

@DakotaInDC

1 year

Hear me out. Phishing campaign where the emails look like a regular advertising email for your generic company with a malicious hyperlink in the unsubscribe button at the bottom.

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Dakota Cary

@DakotaInDC

10 months

So many spies tell other people about their actions. Feels like one of the best CI lessons is to encourage folks to listen and believe when those people talk.

The Associated Press

@AP

10 months

Two U.S. Navy sailors have been arrested and accused of providing sensitive military information to China — including details on wartime exercises, naval operations and critical technical material, federal officials said.

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Dakota Cary

@DakotaInDC

2 years

Beyond excited that I will be testifying to the @USCC_GOV on Feb. 17 on China's cyber capabilities!

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Dakota Cary

@DakotaInDC

1 year

AP investigation finds Utah lawmakers’ som having worked at a front for the MSS 12th Bureau and providing draft legislation to Utah Legislators. 1/

Amid strained US ties, China finds unlikely friend in Utah

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — China’s global campaign to win friends and influence policy has blossomed in a surprising place: Utah, a deeply religious and conservative state with few obvious ties to the...

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Dakota Cary

@DakotaInDC

1 year

Enjoy or miss my talk at @CYBERWARCON ? I've got a longer version with links for your consideration. S/o to @CyberScoopNews for hosting this piece!

How Xi Jinping leveled-up China's hacking teams

China's investments in cybersecurity education set the stage for a new, more prolific era of digital espionage.

cyberscoop.com

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Dakota Cary

@DakotaInDC

2 years

China's CVERC claims to have identified 13 NSA operators responsible for hacking into Northwestern Polytechnical University. Attribution is supposedly being withheld. This follows the ramp up in attribution of attacks to NSA by PRC media and cybersecurity firms. Notable Qi An Xin

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Dakota Cary

@DakotaInDC

1 year

Concerns about TikTok/PRC data collection will sound hollow as long as this behavior is legal.

Justin Sherman

@jshermcyber

1 year

🚨 NEW @DukeCyberPolicy : former student researcher @itsjhk asked 37 data brokers about buying mental health data, 11 of which were willing to sell it. Advertised data included depression, insomnia, ADHD, anxiety, ... — some for just hundreds of dollars.🧵

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Dakota Cary

@DakotaInDC

1 year

Here’s my hot take for 2023: PRC influence activities at the state and municipal level are going to make lots of headlines.

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Dakota Cary

@DakotaInDC

2 years

My transition to @KrebsStamos is now @politico official

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Dakota Cary

@DakotaInDC

2 years

My @CYBERWARCON talk covers the build up in PRC cyber talent and capabilities from 2013 til now. My latest find, which I'll debut there, is China's 2022 "Cybersecurity Talent Actual Combat Abilities White Paper, Attack & Defense Capabilities Edition"

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Dakota Cary

@DakotaInDC

3 months

If the leaks are to be believed, they claim to have penetrated government bodies for India, Thailand, S Korea, Vietnam, and NATO

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Dakota Cary

@DakotaInDC

2 years

Maybe someone else can improve this. I've overlayed the @KathrinHille and @Dimi TSMC piece on fabs with @Ian_M_Easton piece Hostile Harbors to show proximity of fabs to potential amphibious landing spots. Black circles are approximate location of fabs.

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Dakota Cary

@DakotaInDC

3 months

Last 18 hours like

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Dakota Cary

@DakotaInDC

2 years

I'm excited to present on China's cybersecurity policies at this year's @CYBERWARCON ! I'll be talking about the evolution of PRC policies from 2013 until now and their implications for defenders. Don't miss my talk, "China Stands Up" on Nov. 10.

China Stands Up — CYBERWARCON

China Stands Up

www.cyberwarcon.com

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Dakota Cary

@DakotaInDC

2 months

UPDATE: LEAKED IMAGES OF HOUTHI TARGETING SYSTEM

Idrees Ali

@idreesali114

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Houthis attack a Chinese owned and operated vessel, just days after they said they won’t target Chinese and Russian ships.

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Dakota Cary

@DakotaInDC

1 year

👀 More on this soon

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Dakota Cary

@DakotaInDC

7 months

We’re walking out to the John Cena music this year stg

CYBERWARCON

@CYBERWARCON

7 months

We are thrilled to announce this year’s #CYBERWARCON lineup! 🎉 The CFP board had a huge challenge selecting from an incredible collection of talks but we are certain we have put together a show you won’t want to miss.

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Dakota Cary

@DakotaInDC

2 years

One of the seven people indicted in this Operation Fox Hunt indictment was a standing committee member of the CPPCC. 👀

Six Individuals Charged with Conspiring to Act as Illegal Agents of the People's Republic of China

“As alleged, the defendants engaged in a unilateral and uncoordinated law enforcement action on U.S. soil on behalf of the government of the People’s Republic of China, in an effort to cause the...

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Dakota Cary

@DakotaInDC

3 months

My latest report is out this morning and my first published by @LabsSentinel ! Following the joint statement by the US/UK/EU in July 2021, China started blaming the US for hacking victims inside PRC. It's an abnormal campaign 🧵

China’s Cyber Revenge | Why the PRC Fails to Back Its Claims of Western Espionage

www.sentinelone.com

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Dakota Cary

@DakotaInDC

9 months

Am attempting to buy a car and the gen z sales associate called my counter offer “cap” Paging anyone at Mandiant to translate

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Dakota Cary

@DakotaInDC

1 year

Substitute teaching for the honorable @gavinbwilde this evening. I promise not to make them all constructivists.

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Dakota Cary

@DakotaInDC

1 year

@rohn_jawls Social factors, not research acumen or intellect, are often significant contributors to individual's career trajectory.

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Dakota Cary

@DakotaInDC

2 years

Friday's measures were a huge shot across the bow on global trade and the next few years will be defined by other countries' responses. We're at the dawn of a new period in global commerce.

Demetri

@Dimi

2 years

World’s top semiconductor equipment suppliers halt business with China after new US export controls

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Dakota Cary

@DakotaInDC

3 months

Re-upping this paper on destructive cyber attacks on ICS systems enabled by AI. One researcher is tied to Zhejiang Labs, which hosts a cyber range I've tied to China's security services.

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Dakota Cary

@DakotaInDC

2 months

Macro Polo's unsurprising and heartening finding: smart people want to leave the PRC. We should try to keep as many of them as possible.

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Dakota Cary

@DakotaInDC

1 month

Wow. Maybe letting the wealthy cosplay as national security experts across a variety of policy areas where domain expertise is required is a bad fucking idea. That's crazy. Maybe policymakers and media should assess whether somebody is an expert on the thing or just rich. 🤷

Tech Transparency Project

@TTP_updates

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Eric Schmidt warned lawmakers about the emergence of China’s tech industry – but that didn't stop his foundation from investing in it. Now, @willknight breaks down Schmidt’s complex relationship with the U.S.'s chief geopolitical rival:

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Dakota Cary

@DakotaInDC

1 year

Ever find yourself wondering which PRC companies are the best at finding vulnerabilities? Which ones have good collection or analysis capabilities? Now you don't have to wonder! Thanks, CNVD! 😘

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Dakota Cary

@DakotaInDC

7 months

Incentives to steal and transfer IP are only increasing, just as China’s hacking teams are starting to reap the benefits of the last 8 years of policy changes to improve their talent and capabilities pipeline. The golden years of PRC hacking are only just beginning.

60 Minutes

@60Minutes

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This group of intelligence chiefs, known as the Five Eyes, have never appeared in an interview together. This Sunday, they are warning people about China’s theft of technology. Scott Pelley reports.

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@DakotaInDC

2 years

Wild that Huawei execs thought they could ask to speak with a source being handled by MSS. The whole thing shows a close relationship between company and state, but that's a whole new level. Could indicate unfamiliarity with intel, or IMO indicate perceived authority on tasking

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@DakotaInDC

2 years

I don't need to hear from a 2020 election denier about how to protect democracy on Taiwan.

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Dakota Cary

@DakotaInDC

6 months

Easily one of the best days Ive had. Thanks @CYBERWARCON

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Dakota Cary

@DakotaInDC

3 months

Now we are getting somewhere. Docs refer to a 2010 directive from central govt titled “Opinion on the Establishment of Cyber Special Investigations Troops” and “Standards for MPS Cybersecurity Dept, Cyber Special Investigations Work”

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Dakota Cary

@DakotaInDC

2 years

@matthew_pines Bingo. Ukrainian warning cyberattacks on critical infrastructure should have cued that this type of action was on the table. If you decide you'll attack critical infrastructure, what other actions will you take? This is at least one.

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Dakota Cary

@DakotaInDC

2 years

Excited to join @ACGlobalChina as a nonresident fellow! Can't wait to work with the whole team.

ACGlobalChina

@ACGlobalChina

2 years

Welcome @DakotaInDC as a nonresident fellow! Dakota is a China-focused cybersecurity consultant with @KrebsStamos . His work examines China's efforts to develop its hacking capabilities and the industrial policies that drive cyber espionage and IP theft.

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Dakota Cary

@DakotaInDC

2 years

9 years ago, I interned for Senator Kay Hagan from NC. Today, I return to the same floor of the Dirksen building to testify to @USCC_GOV , just a few doors down from where I answered the phones all that time ago. 🙏 Live stream ⬇️

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Dakota Cary

@DakotaInDC

1 year

First century on the books.

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@DakotaInDC

1 year

Censors scrub content in China, but most folks posting are not prosecuted. Trash talking the govt at home is allowed. But mass protests make clear, in a way censored posts cannot, just how many people are upset. Protests overcome social signaling issues created by censorship.

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@DakotaInDC

1 year

Our wedding made the B-roll for This Is Life's episode on interracial love 🥰

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Dakota Cary

@DakotaInDC

10 months

China really hates the (correct) global narrative that it hacks and steals. The US, UK, EU condemnation in summer 2021 made a real impact on PRC attitudes on this issue. Since then, there has been a steady drip of weak infosec reports by Chinese companies blaming NSA for hacks

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Dakota Cary

@DakotaInDC

4 months

#NewProfilePic You knew this was going to happen eventually. First Labs piece out soon.

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@DakotaInDC

1 year

Can’t believe they lumped me in with these experts 👇 Glad to be included ☺️

The 5×5—China's cyber operations

Experts provide insights into China’s cyber behavior, its structure, and how its operations differ from those of other states.

www.atlanticcouncil.org

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Dakota Cary

@DakotaInDC

2 years

Besides the absolutely unhinged font, Wang Huning's book is a bit weird for other reasons. No publisher or translation house identified, no QR codes, no other branding. Must be the plainest and most understated book from China I've got.

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Dakota Cary

@DakotaInDC

3 months

After months of waiting, an anonymous friend has delivered. Thanks, Twitter!

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@DakotaInDC

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Tried to buy this book on Xi’s exaltations around cybersecurity six months ago and it still hasn’t shipped, so now Im pleading to the internet to make it happen.

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@DakotaInDC

2 years

Huge step on indigenization.

China Orders Government, State Firms to Dump Foreign PCs

China has ordered central government agencies and state-backed corporations to replace foreign-branded personal computers with domestic alternatives within two years, marking one of Beijing’s most...

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Dakota Cary

@DakotaInDC

5 months

My latest report from @ACGlobalChina examines China’s efforts to push for new norms around internet regulations and the effects that will have on relations between China and other nations, and on cybersecurity in countries that adopt PRC tech

Community watch: China’s vision for the future of the internet

In 2015, Beijing released Jointly Building a Community with a Shared Future in Cyberspace, a white paper outlining the CCP’s vision for the future of the internet. In the eight years since then, this...

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@DakotaInDC

2 months

I think this piece still represents the broad thesis of my research, though I'm less committed to the idea that PRC will drop criminals from cyber. Maybe it will be a both/and situation.

China’s next generation of hackers won’t be criminals. That’s a problem. | TechCrunch

A spate of policies beginning in 2015 put China in a position to replace contracted criminals with new blood from universities.

techcrunch.com

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Dakota Cary

@DakotaInDC

8 months

Super excited to have joined @ryanaraine for an episode of Security Conversations. We cover the gamut: from Obama-Xi 2015 to China's hacking capabilities relative to other countries.

Dakota Cary on China's weaponization of software vulnerabilities - Security Conversations

Episode sponsors: Binarly (https://binarly.io) FwHunt (https://fwhunt.run) Dakota Cary is a nonresident fellow at the Atlantic Council’s Global China Hub, conducting research on China’s efforts to […]

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@DakotaInDC

2 months

Chatted with @thecyberwire on China’s media campaign about US hacking

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Dakota Cary

@DakotaInDC

2 years

My first op-ed with @CyberScoopNews brings my lived experience to a policy conversation focused on the wrong issues regarding TikTok

The reason to ban TikTok has nothing to do with data security

The People’s Republic of China has the power to manipulate one of the world’s most popular apps into a massive global propaganda machine.

cyberscoop.com

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Dakota Cary

@DakotaInDC

1 month

I definitely married the right person

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Dakota Cary

@DakotaInDC

3 months

I’d like a word with the admissions committee of a certain institution for sending out decision letters on Valentine’s Day. In related news, my wife got into the PhD program of her dreams!

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@DakotaInDC

2 years

Fantastic time @CYBERWARCON . Great connecting with other folks in person and talking China cyber. 🤙

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@DakotaInDC

1 year

Another man, Le Taowen, worked to coordinate visits between legislators and the PRC, and even worked with the embassy to have hydroxychloroquine delivered for the state senate president.

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@DakotaInDC

2 years

Interesting to see that NSA thinks PLA units are conducting cyber espionage on political parties. Long assumed that political targeting had transferred to MSS following the 2015 Obama-Xi agreement. I wonder if the targeting sets ever shifted, or if they did and have now returned?

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Dakota Cary

@DakotaInDC

1 year

I'm doubling down on Spies and Lies as required reading for China watchers.

Spies and Lies: How China's Greatest Covert Operations Fooled the World

www.amazon.com

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Dakota Cary

@DakotaInDC

6 months

I’ve got a paper out next Monday on China’s hopes for the internet, which will touch on this topic. You can register for the launch event here:

Community watch: China’s vision for the future of the internet

How is China promoting its internet regulation norms?

www.atlanticcouncil.org

Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party

@committeeonccp

6 months

BREAKING: The Select Committee on the CCP will hold a hearing titled “Discourse Power: The CCP’s Strategy to Shape the Global Information Space” this Thursday at 7:15 pm E.T. Tune in at the link below 👇

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@DakotaInDC

1 year

Shanghai really stepping out of line just by saying Xi's name, much less chanting like this. But then again, it is Shanghai

Dr. Leta Hong Fincher 洪理达

@LetaHong

1 year

Just extraordinary scenes in Shanghai: “CCP step down, Xi Jinping step down”

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81 year today since EO9066 forced 122K Japanese Americans into internment camps. The act of oppression, which was not similar like extended to German Americans, is important to remember as strategic competition is used to support prejudiced ideas about Chinese Americans.

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Le’s background includes a degree in S&T Intelligence 科技情报, followed by a year of “preparation in Guangdong and Beijing” to become an overseas graduate student 👀

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@DakotaInDC

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Chat logs show staff talking about heading to the West station of the Chengdu train line to meet the client who wants them to hit Thailand’s health ministry. Says it’s the Sichuan office. (四川厅)

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@DakotaInDC

2 years

For my wife's birthday, she's getting a six course meal by yours truly. Up first, a Jamaican inspired tuna crudo with pineapple, lime, habenero, and cilantro.

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5 months

Without downloading any new pics, what is your energy going into 2024?

Jonathan Gonzalez 📡🛸

@godslittlemacro

5 months

Without downloading any new pics, what is your energy going into 2024?

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Group was using 上海写逸 (ElegantNet) for language translation via LLM and seems to provide a request to target Guinea and India. Wechat user refers to the ElegantNet employee as “Chief Cheng”. Is ElegantNet a front or providing cover for MPS officers?

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@DakotaInDC

2 years

Reclaiming my time. #HoyaSaxa

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@DakotaInDC

2 years

Huge huge huge report out by @CSETGeorgetown . Required reading for China tech analysts.

Ben Murphy (穆非)

@benm_translator

2 years

What are China's technology import dependencies? A Chinese state-run newspaper profiles 35 of them, and in my first solo-authored paper for @CSETGeorgetown , I dish out the details on these PRC self-identified tech "chokepoints":

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While in the US, Le Taowen also worked for the Liaoning MIIT bureau from 2003-2017. Based on his background and other, unreported activities and affiliations in the US, it’s likely Le was working to facilitate tech transfer back to China.

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2 years

Plenty of evidence that 🇨🇳 is building the capabilities to use cyber attacks on satellites. 2 teams under CASIC research institutes develop such attacks

Downrange: A Survey of China’s Cyber Ranges | Center for Security and Emerging Technology

China is rapidly building cyber ranges that allow cybersecurity teams to test new tools, practice attack and defense, and evaluate the cybersecurity of a particular product or service. The presence...

cset.georgetown.edu

Martijn Rasser

@MartijnRasser

2 years

2022 NDS: "The risk of inadvertent escalation is particularly high due to unclear norms of behavior.”

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@DakotaInDC

6 months

Prepping memes for my guest lecture tonight

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@DakotaInDC

2 years

This is my favorite cyber range in this report, mostly because my guy Li Jianhua (李建华）has his finger prints all over it. Li is an important figure in China's cybersecurity policy landscape, lets dig in.

CSET

@CSETGeorgetown

2 years

The cyber range at Peng Cheng Labs (鹏城实验室) has it all. Supercomputer? ✅ PRC Defense University?✅ PRC Government Lab?✅ Top Cybersecurity Firms?✅ APT-Linked Researchers?✅ AI+Cyber Research?✅ Check out our issue brief on China's cyber ranges.

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2 years

First day of vacation!

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When the regulations drop: “No, please. So onerous. Too much. 🥺” When the APTs knock: “No, please. Too advance. Need government to do defense for us.”

CyberScoop

@CyberScoopNews

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CISA’s incident reporting requirements go too far, trade groups and lawmakers say

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2 years

Panda gang

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List of targets?

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PowerPoint Level: 100

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2 years

"That was the warm up 👈, 👉this is the blow up."

Dakota Cary

@DakotaInDC

2 years

9 years ago, I interned for Senator Kay Hagan from NC. Today, I return to the same floor of the Dirksen building to testify to @USCC_GOV , just a few doors down from where I answered the phones all that time ago. 🙏 Live stream ⬇️

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Reminder that PLA SSF is upping its cyber talent with a pipeline from 6 schools and 3 SOEs. Those include CAS, Shanghai Jiaotong, Xi'an Jiaotong, Beijing Ligong, Nanjing University, and Harbin University.

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@DakotaInDC

5 months

Taking silver this year aint too shabby 🥈

Ryan Naraine

@ryanaraine

5 months

2/ 🇨🇳 Dakota Cary uncovers the complexities of China's strategy in weaponizing vulnerabilities against global adversaries. This episode is a deep dive into the intersection of cybersecurity and geopolitics @DakotaInDC Listen:

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@DakotaInDC

6 months

Welcome to worst panel circuit ever created: the holiday season—where your family tells about China and ignores whatever you say. At Thanksgiving, everybody is an expert!

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@DakotaInDC

1 year

Watch me do cyber for the cyber gods at cyberwarcon. Glad to have been able to present and meet so many awesome people.

CYBERWARCON 2022 - China Stands Up: Cybersecurity Talent and Innova...

CYBERWARCON 2022, November 10, 2022, Arlington, VAPresentation by Dakota Cary, Krebs Stamos GroupThis talk will unify threads of research that cover investme...

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CYBERWARCON

@CYBERWARCON

1 year

We are absolutely stoked to finally share videos from CYBERWARCON ‘22! We took heavy losses to the lawyers, so almost half of the talks won’t be available online. The only way to see everything is to attend! 1/2

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Dakota Cary

@DakotaInDC

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No greater friend than one who advocates for you when you’re not in the room.

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Dakota Cary

@DakotaInDC

2 years

. @gabby_roncone art memes got hands

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Dakota Cary

@DakotaInDC

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Dakota Cary

@DakotaInDC

9 months

CYBERWARCON is back! Last year I talked about China’s efforts to stand up its cybersecurity talent and tooling pipeline. What will be discussed this year? Foreign observers are dying to know. Don’t worry, 李建华, I won’t put you on blast again. 🤭

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Dakota Cary

@DakotaInDC

2 months

US visibility into which people are responsible for infrastructure of APT31 should cause a CI spasm over in Hubei if they're a professional service at all.

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Dakota Cary

@DakotaInDC

2 years

"Competition in cyberspace is, ultimately, a competition for talent." - Xi Jinping

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Dakota Cary

@DakotaInDC

3 months

Great analysis by @__winn on the recent I-Soon leaks.

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@__winn

3 months

🚨NEW - iSoon & the Chinese cyber mercenary ecosystem 🚨 Going back to my roots with some good old fashioned China cyber analysis @Margin_Research . How is iSoon related to cyber mercenaries, and the Chinese offensive ecosystem? 🧵/ 5 findings:

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Dakota Cary

@DakotaInDC

1 year

H/t to ChinaTalk for highlight the words of the CEO from "Silent National Champion" Qi An Xin, a cybersecurity firm. The issue for the US is that the CEO's words aren't hollow policy proposals, but active research into AI discovery of software vulnerabilities 🧵

Jordan Schneider

@jordanschnyc

1 year

ChinaTalk -- AI Proposals at ‘Two Sessions’: AGI as ‘Two Bombs, One Satellite’?

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Dakota Cary

@DakotaInDC

1 year

Ahhh, 2015 China views... How the times have changed.

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Dakota Cary

@DakotaInDC

2 months

Great pod on i-Soon with @__winn

Lawfare

@lawfare

2 months

On today's Lawfare Podcast, @EugeniaLostri spoke to @__winn about the data leaks from Chinese cybersecurity firm i-Soon, how the Chinese government hoards vulnerabilities, how the findings from this leak can be used to develop better norms, and more.

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Dakota Cary

@DakotaInDC

3 months

Great write up on the leaks with a measured ACH analysis of possible document origins.

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@BushidoToken

3 months

New Blog! Lessons from the iSOON Leaks

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