national security

Microsoft's Browser Boss Dean Hachamovitch Touts Privacy Features at D@CES

Peter Kafka in Media on January 7, 2011 at 3:28 pm PT

Microsoft’s Internet Explorer browser is still the world’s most popular, but its dominance is being steadily eroded by competition from Mozilla, Google and Apple. Can a new, aggressive approach to privacy change that?

PayPal to WikiLeaks: You're Cut Off

Arik Hesseldahl in Enterprise on December 4, 2010 at 9:56 am PT

PayPal has joined a steadily growing list of companies that have terminated accounts used by WikiLeaks.

War Against WikiLeaks Continues; France Joins In

Arik Hesseldahl in Enterprise on December 3, 2010 at 8:43 am PT

The battle to cut off WikiLeaks, the secret-exposing site that has official Washington in such an uproar, has turned into a global cat-and-mouse game on the Web. Here’s the rundown.

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Small Deal Brings Scrutiny to Huawei

Shayndi Raice, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on November 19, 2010 at 5:00 am PT

Huawei Technologies Ltd., whose efforts to buy big U.S. companies have been stymied by security concerns, has landed in hot water in Washington for acquiring a small technology firm without first running the deal by the government.

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Supercomputers Fuel Competition

Don Clark, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on November 15, 2010 at 7:51 am PT

China’s installation of the world’s fastest supercomputer is galvanizing efforts by U.S. government agencies and companies to restore American leadership in the technology, a key tool in such fields as climate research, product design and weapons development.

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Chinese Supercomputer Likely to Prompt Unease in U.S.

Don Clark, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on October 28, 2010 at 5:00 am PT

A newly built supercomputer in China appears poised to take the world performance lead, another sign of the country’s growing technological prowess that is likely to set off alarms about U.S. competitiveness and national security.

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Philip Eliot of Paladin Capital: Cyber Security Is Not Going Away

Scott Denne, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on February 9, 2010 at 12:00 am PT

As high-profile cyber attacks, like the one that recently hit Google Inc., become more common, Internet security is getting more attention at commercial organizations and especially in the government.

And Now a Few Words of Happy Reassurance from National Intelligence Director Dennis Blair

John Paczkowski in News on February 4, 2010 at 12:01 pm PT

Coming as it does after Google’s revelation that its network was compromised by malicious hackers, Director of National Intelligence Dennis Blair’s warning that the United States is not yet able to guard its national networks against cyber attacks seems to be, well, stating the obvious. That said, it’s well worth noting, because the sophistication of the attacks against Google obviously does not bode well for national security.

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China Expands Cyberspying in U.S., Report Says

Siobhan Gorman, National Security Correspondent, The Wall Street Journal in News on October 22, 2009 at 11:02 am PT

The Chinese government is ratcheting up its cyberspying operations against the U.S., a congressional advisory panel found, citing an example of a carefully orchestrated campaign against one U.S. company that appears to have been sponsored by Beijing.

China to YouTube: YouBlocked

John Paczkowski in News on March 24, 2009 at 12:09 pm PT

China’s access to YouTube, which has been intermittent at best, ceased entirely late Monday, apparently choked off by the country’s legendary Internet filtering system. There’s no formal explanation yet for the block, though it may be in response to a seven-minute video posted to YouTube last week showing Chinese soldiers brutally beating Tibetans last March after the riots in Lhasa. China, after all, isn’t renowned for its tolerance of free expression or dissident speech.