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Internet the key front in China’s battle with Western hostile forces: military paper

May 20, 2015 creative consequences, country, government, media-watchdog, online-controls, public-offering, ruling, russia, technology-used, were-essential

The Internet is the most important front in China’s ideological battle against “Western anti-China forces”, the country’s military newspaper said on Wednesday, adding that online controls were essential to the government’s survival. Calls to reject Western thought and values have grown stronger under President Xi Jinping, who has urged more “ideological guidance” at universities and the study of Marxism.

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Telstra says newly acquired Pacnet hacked, customer data exposed

May 20, 2015 creative consequences, country, hack, online-controls, other-business, sydney, telstra, were-essential

Australian telecommunications firm Telstra Corp Ltd said on Wednesday computer systems at its recently acquired undersea cable company Pacnet Ltd had been hacked, potentially exposing sensitive customer information to theft. Telstra said the corporate information technology network of Pacnet, email and other business management systems of the company, had been accessed by an unauthorized third party several weeks before its $550 million takeover of the firm was completed on April 16. Telstra said it didn't know who was behind the hack