US Examining Alibaba's Cloud Unit for National Security Risks (reuters.com) 11
The Biden administration is reviewing e-commerce giant Alibaba's cloud business to determine whether it poses a risk to U.S. national security, Reuters reported Tuesday, citing three people briefed on the matter, as the government ramps up scrutiny of Chinese technology companies' dealings with U.S. firms. From a report: The focus of the probe is on how the company stores U.S. clients' data, including personal information and intellectual property, and whether the Chinese government could gain access to it, the people said. The potential for Beijing to disrupt access by U.S. users to their information stored on Alibaba cloud is also a concern, one of the people said. U.S. regulators could ultimately choose to force the company to take measures to reduce the risks posed by the cloud business or prohibit Americans at home and abroad from using the service altogether. Former President Donald Trump's Commerce Department was concerned about Alibaba's cloud business, but the Biden administration launched the formal review after he took office in January, according to one of the three people and a former Trump administration official. Alibaba's U.S. cloud business is small, with annual revenue of less than an estimated $50 million, according to research firm Gartner Inc. But if regulators ultimately decide to block transactions between American firms and Alibaba Cloud, it would damage the bottom line one of the company's most promisingbusinesses and deal a blow to reputation of the company as a whole.
Seems unlikely (Score:3)
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exactly, it fucking hurts that people are so ignorant they think there is even a question.
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That however is not directly related to if Alibabas cloud units has a national security risk.
I am assuming that you are a Loyal American, however would you design a product that leaks data to the American Government, or would you rather make a secure system witch will allow your customers to trust their business with you.
Also China does have national interest in being a trusted trading partner with the world, and lead the world in technology. Getting an influx of American money may be more of an incentive
Does the Olympics app have built in backdoors? (Score:3)
There's your answer.
$500 Billion (Score:1)
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Might make a great change from the Military Industrial Complex. Maybe we'll be busy reading fortune cookies instead of mass murdering civilians in target nations?
Flood of data theft (Score:2)
How many foreign companies have found NSA software on their servers/routers/gateways? The US can't claim to be a victim here.
How many US corporations were subject to ransomware? How many US corporations had their client lists downloaded by N. Korean / Russian spies? If US congress really cared about customer privacy they would enact privacy laws, plus a standards body to specify safe practices and minimum standards for protecting that privacy.
It's good that (some) authoritarian governments are being
ALL cloud is a national security risk (Score:1)
how many times do we need to see vendors hacked before people start to realise that Cloud that is not Zero Knowledge is a risk to everyone?