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Japan messenger app Line let engineers in China access user data without consent: Report "There hasn't been anything that breached legal or regulatory boundaries," a spokesman for Line said." We will continue to respond to laws and regulations in all jurisdictions, including Japan." Chinese hackers target telecoms companies worldwide A hacking group, believed to be working out of China, is reportedly targeting telecom companies around the world in a bid to steal 5G technology secrets, among other sensitive information. Higher Ed Urged to Increase Focus on Cyber Threat Intelligence During a FireEye webinar today, Zach Furst, deputy CISO of the University of Iowa, stressed the importance of leveraging threat intelligence to secure higher education networks and research. SBI, ICICI, HDFC, Axis Bank, PNB, and the Indian IT department targeted in a phishing scam Cybercriminals are trying to lure Indian users into revealing important personal information with a new re...