PLUS: Qualcomm acquires Vietnamese AI outfit; China claims US hacked winter games; India’s browser challenge winner disputed; and more Asia In Brief  Asian nations and tech companies are trying to come to terms with the USA’s new universal import tariffs and additional “reciprocal tariffs”.… READ MORE HERE…

Intelligence chief booted after less than two years on the job President Trump yesterday fired the head of the NSA and US Cyber Command and his deputy.… READ MORE HERE…

We’re not Putin up with this alleged industrial espionage, say the Dutch A Russian national appeared in a Netherlands court on Thursday accused of industrial espionage against ASML, the world’s leading manufacturer of chip factory equipment and a key supplier that helps the likes of TSMC pump out top-drawer processors.… READ MORE HERE…

Australians checking their pensions are melting down call centers and websites Australian retirement fund operators are scrambling after reports emerged of unauthorized access to customer accounts leading to theft of cash.… READ MORE HERE…

The industry’s approach to keeping quality backups may be masking the importance of other recovery mainstays Maintaining good-quality backups is often seen as the spine of any organization’s ability to recover from cyberattacks quickly. Naturally, given the emphasis placed on them by experts of all stripes, you’d be forgiven for thinking that prioritizing them over anything else would be the way to go.… READ MORE HERE…

Law enforcement facing huge gap in ‘AI adoption’ The National Crime Agency (NCA) will “closely examine” the recommendations made by the Alan Turing Institute after it claimed the UK was ill-equipped to tackle AI-enabled crime.… READ MORE HERE…