Jai Vijayan,

Jai Vijayan is a seasoned technology reporter with over 20 years of experience in IT trade journalism. He was most recently a Senior Editor at Computerworld, where he covered information security and data privacy issues for the publication. Over the course of his 20-year career at Computerworld, Jai also covered a variety of other technology topics, including big data, Hadoop, Internet of Things, e-voting, and data analytics. Prior to Computerworld, Jai covered technology issues for The Economic Times in Bangalore, India. Jai has a Master's degree in Statistics and lives in Naperville, Ill.

Biography:  https://www.darkreading.com/author/jai-vijayan

98%

The overall score is a weighted number that takes into account conflict of interest, bias, deception and other practices that undermines the credibility of the source. It is calculated as:
Analysis.OverallConflictOfInterestScore * 0.3F + Analysis.OverallBiasScore * 0.3F + Analysis.DeceptivenessScore * 0.3F + Analysis.ReadabilityScore * 0.1F

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The Daily's Verdict

This author is known for its high journalistic standards. The author strives to maintain neutrality and transparency in its reporting, and avoids conflicts of interest. The author has a reputation for accuracy and rarely gets contradicted on major discrepancies in its reporting.

Bias

95%

Examples:

  • FBI Director Christopher Wray this week delivered what might be the starkest warning yet on the threat that China-backed hackers pose to US national and economic security.
  • Immediate and Imminent Threat Stakeholders across private industry and government need to treat the threat as immediate and implement plans to fortify networks and respond to attacks now, the nation's leading law enforcement official said.
  • In response to the growing threat, the FBI has mobilized its own field offices in the US and around the world to address the threat, Wray said. The agency is also working with US Cyber Command, the CIA, and foreign law enforcement agencies to disrupt Chinese hacking operations.

Conflicts of Interest

100%

Examples:

No current examples available.

Contradictions

95%

Examples:

  • China's cyberattackers are giving the Chinese government the ability to wait for just the right moment to deal a devastating blow.
  • Chinese hackers are outnumbering FBI personnel by at least 50 to 1 and can potentially wreak havoc on US critical infrastructure.
  • The People's Republic of China has targeted sectors that make US society run as fair game in its bid to dominate on the world stage.

Deceptions

100%

Examples:

No current examples available.

Recent Articles

Chinese Hackers Targeting Critical Infrastructure: NSA and FBI Warnings

Chinese Hackers Targeting Critical Infrastructure: NSA and FBI Warnings

Broke On: Thursday, 18 April 2024 Chinese hackers, according to the NSA and FBI, have been targeting critical infrastructure systems in the US with the goal of disrupting or damaging them. Gen. Timothy D. Haugh and FBI Director Christopher Wray issued warnings about China's cybersecurity threat at a security conference, highlighting incidents where Chinese hackers targeted critical infrastructure in Guam and on the continental US using advanced techniques to avoid detection by malware. The People's Republic of China (PRC) is accused of targeting sectors such as telecommunications, energy, water, technology and other critical infrastructure services. Private organizations can improve their cyber defense and response mechanisms to better protect against these threats.