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Industry News: ESG5

    Financial Institutions to Face Higher Penalty for Cyber Attacks, Disruptions Under New Bill

    2022-04-05

    The Straits Times: Financial institutions today rely heavily on technology to deliver financial services, Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) board member Alvin Tan told Parliament on Monday (April 4) during the second reading of the Financial Services and Markets Bill.

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    Cybersecurity Firm Says Chinese Hackers Breached Six US State Agencies

    2022-03-08

    CNN: A Chinese government-backed hacking group has breached local government agencies in at least six US states in the last 10 months as part of a persistent information-gathering operation, investigators at cybersecurity firm Mandiant said.

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    UN Experts: North Korea Stealing Millions in Cyber Attacks

    2022-02-06

    U.S. News: North Korea is continuing to steal hundreds of millions of dollars from financial institutions and cryptocurrency firms and exchanges, illicit money that is an important source of funding for its nuclear and missile programs, U.N. experts said in a report quoting cyber specialists.

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    Crypto.com Shares Details on Security Breach: 483 Accounts Compromised

    2022-01-20

    Coin Telegraph: The Crypto.com security breach saga gets clarity with an official statement from the Singapore-based crypto exchange following a halt on withdrawals after detecting “suspicious activities” in user accounts.

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    China exempts Hong Kong listings from finalised cybersecurity review rules for offshore IPOs, analysts say

    2022-01-04

    South China Morning Post: China’s regulators will exempt Hong Kong from the rigid cybersecurity review process for all initial public offerings (IPOs) in foreign markets by companies with the personal data of at least 1 million customers, according to analysts’ reading of the finalised regulations published.

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    Alibaba Admits It Was Slow to Report Software Bug After Beijing Rebuke

    2021-12-23

    BNN Bloomberg: Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. conceded it was slow to report a major vulnerability in widely used software because it was unaware of its severity, a day after China’s tech industry overseer suspended cooperation on cybersecurity with the online retail giant.

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    Crypto Exchange Bilaxy Loses $21M in Hack

    2021-08-31

    PYMNTS:  Hong Kong cryptocurrency exchange Bilaxy was the victim of a hack that compromised a hot wallet on its platform and saw the transfer of 295 ERC-20 tokens, worth more than $21 million, to a single wallet on Sunday (Aug. 29). 

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    Singapore, US Pledge Deeper Collaboration In Cybersecurity

    2021-08-23

    ZDNet: Singapore and the US have inked a series of memorandums of understanding (MOUs) to widen their collaboration in cybersecurity across defence, financial, and research and development.

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    More Than $90 Million in Cryptocurrency Stolen After a Top Japanese Exchange is Hacked

    2021-08-19

    CNBC: Japanese cryptocurrency exchange Liquid said Thursday it has been hit by a cyberattack that saw hackers make off with a reported $97 million worth of digital coins.

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    U.S. and Canada Blame China for Microsoft Exchange Hack Earlier This Year

    2021-07-19

    CBC: The United States, Canada, and numerous other nations formally blamed China on Monday for a massive hack of the Microsoft Exchange email server software and accused Beijing of working with criminal hackers in ransomware attacks and other cyber operations.

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