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New Entries in the CFR Cyber Operations Tracker: Q2 2024

An update of the Council on Foreign Relations' Cyber Operations Tracker for the period between April and June 2024.

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Technology and Innovation
The War Over the World's Most Critical Technology: A Conversation with Chris Miller
Semiconductors have become a major geopolitical issue, especially in the U.S.-China rivalry. David Sacks and Chris Miller discuss how semiconductors became a flash point and what the future holds for microchips.
Cybersecurity
Cyber Week in Review: December 23, 2022
Inglis to step down as Cyber Director; Epic Games fined $520 million; Cyber Command conducted offensive operations before midterms; Senate passes bill banning TikTok; carmaker NIO hit by data extortion.
Technology and Innovation
India’s Prospects in the Global Semiconductor Manufacturing Race
India has committed itself to expanding semiconductor manufacturing in the country, but bureaucratic dysfunction and a lack of water and energy will stop the country from competing internationally.
  • Cybersecurity
    Cyber Week in Review: December 16, 2022
    Apple expands end to end encryption; Japan tightens chip controls; U.S. adds new companies to Entity List; Chinese apps delete zero-COVID data; Meta releases new report on influence operations.
  • Cybersecurity
    Digital Agriculture—A Gap in Critical Infrastructure Protection
    Despite digital technology's growing importance in the world's food supply, governments have done little to secure digital agriculture or include it under critical infrastructure protections.