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China cancels deal with Alibaba Cloud over cybersecurity issue – InfotechLead

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Chinese regulators have suspended an information-sharing partnership with Alibaba Cloud Computing, over accusations it failed to promptly report and address a cybersecurity vulnerability. Alibaba Cloud did not immediately report vulnerabilities in the popular, open-source logging framework Apache Log4j2 to China’s telecommunications regulator, according to 21st Century Business Herald, citing a recent notice by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT). MIIT suspended a cooperative partnership with the cloud unit regarding cybersecurity threats and information-sharing platforms, to be reassessed in six months and revived depending on the company’s internal reforms. This latest measure highlights Beijing’s desire to strengthen control over…

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