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Eugenio Benincasa @euben.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

"It is normal to strengthen technical exchanges and promote scientific and technological innovation"... "by harnessing hacking contest vulnerabilities for strategic use by security agencies*" There, fixed it for them. Analyses backing this up 👇 (1/6) (Source: www.newsweek.com/us-indicts-h...)

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Eugenio Benincasa @euben.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

The process of feeding hacking contest vulnerabilities to security agencies is explicitly stated in China's own directive on hacking competitions (2018). (Text from "Capture the (red) flag" report, coauthored this year with @dakotaindc.bsky.social) 2/6

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Eugenio Benincasa @euben.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

In 2021, @patrickhowelloneill.com reported on how China used an iPhone exploit showcased at the 2018 Tianfu Cup to spy on Uyghurs. www.technologyreview.com/2021/05/06/1... 3/6

technologyreview.com

How China turned a prize-winning iPhone hack against the Uyghurs

An attack that targeted Apple devices was used to spy on China’s Muslim minority—and US officials claim it was developed at the country’s top hacking competition.

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