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Speaker 1: here to break down the latest twists in the US
Speaker 1: China tech slugfest that's been hotter than a data center meltdown.
Speaker 1: Let's get straight to the juiciest bite. Just today, the
Speaker 1: US Commerce Department slammed down an export control rule that
Speaker 1: expands the blacklist to hit subsidiaries majority owned by sanctioned
Speaker 1: Chinese companies like Huawei and Yangsee Memory Technologies. It's a
Speaker 1: move design to keep US tech, from AI chips to
Speaker 1: the fanciest chip making tools out of Chinese reach by
Speaker 1: closing the classic subsidiary loophole. Now, if a company is
Speaker 1: fifty percent or more owned by a blacklisted parent Boom,
Speaker 1: you're blacklisted too, and good luck getting that GPU or
Speaker 1: advanced photo lithography kit. China's Commerce Ministry predictably isn't thrilled,
Speaker 1: calling it on reasonable suppression and vowing countermeasures. Washington meanwhile,
Speaker 1: claims it's just about plugging national security leaks. But let's
Speaker 1: be real, this is about squeezing China's ambitions in AI
Speaker 1: semiconductors and next gen comms, while Beijing scrambles to harden
Speaker 1: supply chains with its own tech self reliance push. But
Speaker 1: these new rules are also giving every export compliance officer
Speaker 1: on both sides a splitting headache, disrupted supply chains, more
Speaker 1: due diligence, and a serious chill in international chip and
Speaker 1: telecom trade. Analysts set Asia Financial think this will make
Speaker 1: it even harder for global firms to figure out if
Speaker 1: they're running a foul of Washington. Shifting to the digital trenches,
Speaker 1: there's been a major cyber drama. Cisco just confirmed a
Speaker 1: wave of hacks targeting hundreds of their firewall devices inside
Speaker 1: US government systems. CISA, the US government's cyberbody, sent out
Speaker 1: a full blown emergency directive because hackers explodeited zero day
Speaker 1: flaws that persist even through reboots, giving them persistent access
Speaker 1: to sensitive networks. Intriguingly, Cisco's investigation and independent threat intel
Speaker 1: firms like Palo Alto Networks are connecting these attacks to
Speaker 1: Chinese espionage groups. They call this campaign arcane door. Attackers
Speaker 1: disabled security logs, dodged forensics, and basically went full spy Ninja.
Speaker 1: And not to be outdone, Cisco Talo's threat researchers surfaced
Speaker 1: fresh attacks using the plug x and Rainy Day backdoors
Speaker 1: malware families linked to the Nikon group out of China,
Speaker 1: mainly hitting Asian telcos and manufacturing. The code is slick,
Speaker 1: DLL side loading, encrypted payloads, and a tendency to share
Speaker 1: algorithm tricks across malware strains. The big brains at Talos
Speaker 1: think there's real crossover between Nikon and backdoor diplomacy, hinting
Speaker 1: Chinese offensive cyber teams might be sharing tools or working
Speaker 1: off the same blueprint. Imagine ninja clans using the same
Speaker 1: set of lock picks. On the industry front, the US
Speaker 1: compelled a TikTok restructuring that will leave eighty percent of
Speaker 1: the US arm with American investors, but China's byte dance
Speaker 1: keeps a minority sake oracle and a phalanx of US
Speaker 1: national security goons will now watch TikTok's algorithm and US
Speaker 1: user data like hocks. Experts say this could become the
Speaker 1: model for clean foreign tech allowed into the States. If
Speaker 1: enforced as promised, TikTok may go from data privacy pariah
Speaker 1: to post a child of American digital hygiene. Looking ahead,
Speaker 1: strategic thinkers from foreign affairs are ringing the alarm bell.
Speaker 1: The old U S tech edge is eroding as China
Speaker 1: ramps up shipbuilding, missile inventory, and military AI crunch. The
Speaker 1: US is betting on a third offset of network sensors,
Speaker 1: unmanned systems, and precision weapons to keep pace, but some
Speaker 1: Pentagon folks like Admiral Papao, are nervous that the Chinese
Speaker 1: defense industrial complex is now out iterating Washington. Long story short,
Speaker 1: Both sides are innovating, hacking, and restricting at breakneck speed.
Speaker 1: The US wants to freeze China out of tomorrow's chips
Speaker 1: and platforms, while China both doubles down on homegrown innovation
Speaker 1: and punches back in cyberspace the next twelve months. Buckle up,
Speaker 1: It's only going to get wilder. Thanks for tuning in,
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