China has banned government officials from buying Apple products, reportedly to avoid the possibility of the US hijacking the technology to spy on Beijing. 
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Apple faces class action suit for tracking users without consent
A Californian plaintiff says that nobody at Apple ever told her about tracking her whereabouts, nor did anybody ever ask for her permission. She says she only found out about it by watching a recent Chinese state TV report about iPhone being a security risk to the state. 
Canada joins US in openly accusing China of state-sponsored hacking
The Canadian government has accused China of being behind a “cyber intrusion” at the National Research Council of Canada (NRC), the country’s main science and technology research body. Few details of the intrusion have emerged so far, and given the Read more…
iPhones are a security threat to the state, China claims
China has cited Apple iPhone’s ability to track and time-stamp users’ whereabouts as reason to declare the mobile phone hazardous to state security. 
FitzRoy, Oleg Pliss, Spotify and TrueCrypt – 60 Sec Security [VIDEO]
Did FitzRoy get hacked? Who is Oleg Pliss? What’s up with Spotify? Where has TrueCrypt gone? 60 Second Security – 31 May 2014
Chinese government shuns Windows 8 – security, economy or politics?
China is banning the use of Windows 8 in government departments, with an announcement from the country’s Central Government Procurement Center nicely timed to add to the sizzling diplomatic row between China and the US.
US charges Chinese military officers with cyber espionage
Tensions between China and the United States over spying go back a long way. But – in a first – the US has indicted five Chinese military officials for alleged cyber espionage, which could ratchet up the tension to a new level.