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5:30am

Tue March 26, 2013
The Digital Future

The cyber threat from China

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Are hackers from China stealing U.S. secrets?

China has denied these allegations for years. But a recent report by cybersecurity firm Mandiant thoroughly documents the activities of a team in China that has apparently ransacked terabytes of data from U.S. corporations.

Our technology commentator, Strategic News Service publisher Mark Anderson, has been warning us about the growing cyber threat from China. On this month’s edition of The Digital Future, Mark tells KPLU’s Dave Meyer the Mandiant report is truly a “smoking gun".

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9:10am

Fri January 25, 2013
Business

Starbucks profit, sales rise, boosted by Asian demand

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Starbucks says profit in its most recent quarter climbed 13 percent as the coffee giant benefits from a big push into Asia.

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2:26pm

Wed January 16, 2013
Business

Outsourced: Employee sends own job to China; surfs the web

Originally published on Thu January 17, 2013 3:41 am

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What began as a company's suspicion that its infrastructure was being hacked turned into a case of a worker outsourcing his own job to a Chinese consulting firm, according to reports that cite an investigation by Verizon's security team. The man was earning a six-figure salary.

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5:49pm

Wed September 19, 2012
U.S.

Why China wants a mural in Oregon destroyed

Originally published on Wed September 19, 2012 5:09 pm

The mural in downtown Corvallis, Ore., is big: 10 feet high and 100 feet long. One side shows a peaceful countryside setting in rural Taiwan. The other shows police beating protesters in Tibet and a Buddhist monk setting himself ablaze in protest.

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3:17pm

Tue July 3, 2012
Business

Boeing expects Asian demand to propel growth

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Boeing says the world will need 34,000 new airplanes over the next 20 years, mostly driven by increasing demand from Asia.

Boeing has to plan 20 years down the line in an industry where designing and building a plane can take almost a decade. The company says it expects airlines will want even more single-aisle airplanes, like its 737s, which are made in Renton.

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5:00am

Thu June 14, 2012
Education

A graduate's journey from rural Tibet to Ingraham High School

You might say the Dalai Lama was his guidance counselor.

When Choega Thundrup dons his cap and gown Friday, it will be thanks to the spiritual leader who set him on his path, and people who risked their lives to help him get there.

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4:30am

Tue November 29, 2011
The Digital Future

Countering the cyber espionage threat from China and Russia

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It's official: China and Russia are the two biggest sources of cyber espionage attacks against the United States.

The Office of the National Counterintelligence Executive singled out those two nations in a recent report to Congress (coincidentally, it's been difficult to reach the counterintelligence website since the report came out and those links may not work).

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