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The U.S. Commerce Department on Friday added drone maker DJI to its “Entity List,” effectively banning U.S. companies from doing business with the China-based firm.
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The addition of DJI to the Entity List, first reported by Reuters, marks a last-minute acceleration in the Trump administration’s crackdown on Chinese firms and follows similar action against Huawei, which was added to the list last year on national security grounds. The move comes just weeks before President-elect Joe Biden takes office. Biden has criticized Trump’s handling of U.S.–China relations, which have boosted tensions between the two countries and set the stage for what some call a New Cold War.
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U.S. Commerce Department confirms security breach
December 13, 2020 / 8:30 PM / CBS News U.S. government hacked in cyberspying operation
The U.S. Commerce Department on Sunday confirmed a security breach at one of its bureaus, and said federal authorities are investigating. We can confirm there has been a breach in one of our bureaus, a Commerce spokesperson told CBS News. We have asked CISA [Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency] and the FBI to investigate, and we cannot comment further at this time.
Reuters, the news agency that first reported the hack, cited sources who said the U.S. Treasury Department was also breached, and that hackers may have broken into other government agencies as well. The sources told Reuters that hackers may have been able to monitor staff emails at the agencies for months. And also Reuters reported that the affected bureau at the Commerce Department was the National Telecommunications and Information Administration.
By: CBS News
The U.S. Commerce Department on Sunday confirmed a security breach at one of its bureaus, and said federal authorities are investigating. We can confirm there has been a breach in one of our bureaus, a Commerce spokesperson told CBS News. We have asked CISA [Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency] and the FBI to investigate, and we cannot comment further at this time.
Reuters, the news agency that first reported the hack, cited sources who said the U.S. Treasury Department was also breached, and that hackers may have broken into other government agencies as well. The sources told Reuters that hackers may have been able to monitor staff emails at the agencies for months. And also Reuters reported that the affected bureau at the Commerce Department was the National Telecommunications and Information Administration.