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Adam Segal is the Ira A. Lipman chair in emerging technologies and national security and director of the Digital and Cyberspace Policy program at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR). An expert on security issues, technology development, and Chinese domestic and foreign policy, Segal was the project director for the CFR-sponsored Independent Task Force reports Confronting Reality in Cyberspace, Innovation and National Security, Defending an Open, Global, Secure, and Resilient Internet, and Chinese Military Power. His book The Hacked World Order: How Nations Fight, Trade, Maneuver, and Manipulate in the Digital Age (PublicAffairs, 2016) describes the increasingly contentious geopolitics of cyberspace. His work has appeared in the Financial Times, the New York Times, Foreign Policy, the Wall Street Journal, and Foreign Affairs, among others. He currently writes for the blog, “Net Politics.”
Before coming to CFR, Segal was an arms control analyst for the China Project at the Union of Concerned Scientists. There, he wrote about missile defense, nuclear weapons, and Asian security issues. He has been a visiting scholar at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Center for International Studies, the Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences, and Tsinghua University in Beijing. He has taught at Vassar College and Columbia University. Segal is the author of Advantage: How American Innovation Can Overcome the Asian Challenge (W.W. Norton, 2011) and Digital Dragon: High-Technology Enterprises in China (Cornell University Press, 2003), as well as several articles and book chapters on Chinese technology policy.
Segal has a BA and PhD in government from Cornell University, and an MA in international relations from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University.
Affiliations:
- Columbia University, adjunct
- Cornell University, Reppy Institute of Conflict Studies, advisor
- Stanford University, affiliate
Current Projects
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TikTok CEO testifies before the House; Google releases AI chatbot; U.S. authorities shut down cybercrime forum; U.S. unveils new semiconductor rules; Google suspends Chinese app.
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TikTok explores separating from ByteDance; OpenAI releases GPT-4; SEC proposes tighter rules on financial system cybersecurity; CISA establishes ransomware warning system; Samsung announces $228 billion hub in South Korea.
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TSA announces new airport cyber standards; EPA outlines cyber review process for water systems; Germany may ban Huawei and ZTE; Police arrest ransomware gang members; China to establish National Data Administration.
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Biden administration releases cyber strategy; Chinese government issues new digital plan; ransomware attack hits U.S. Marshals Service; U.S. and allies host semiconductor meeting; Australia establishes new cyber office.
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Russia plans to unveil new surveillance system; China unmasks Against The West; EU bans TikTok on government devices; EU warns of Chinese APT campaigns; Go Daddy reports multi-year breach.
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U.S. bans six Chinese organizations following balloon incident; Beijing to support development of large AI models; Chris Inglis departs ONCD; TI announces $11 billion U.S. fab; Israeli company ran large disinformation campaigns.
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Spoofing methods and deepfakes discovered in Russian disinformation campaign; India bans apps with Chinese links; Google unveils chatbot to compete with ChatGPT; Iran hacks Charlie Hebdo; Quad launches Cyber Challenge initiative.
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The Netherlands will sign on to U.S. chip controls; Google issues report on influence campaign; Abraham Accords expanded to cybersecurity; Biden likely to ban sales to Huawei; U.S. and India meet to discuss technology.
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Meta announces Trump can return to its apps; international ransomware task force launches; Justice Department files lawsuit against Google; FBI and DOJ take down ransomware family; China is supplying Russia with technology.
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An update of the Council on Foreign Relations' Cyber Operations Tracker for the period between October and December 2022.
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China sets market size goal for data security industry; SEC sues law firm after cyberattack; Ukraine sees coordination between kinetic strikes and cyberattacks; Bangladesh bought Israeli spyware; U.S. takes down crypto exchange.
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Supreme Court denies NSO petition; Biden calls for more technology regulation; Cyberespionage group targets nuclear labs; Flights grounded after computer outage; Jack Ma relinquishes control of Ant Group.
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Meta fined $400 million for advertising practices; Chinese and Russian media collaborate; State Department establishes new technology office; hackers leak Twitter data; Huawei makes microchip breakthrough.
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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.
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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.
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Apple continues moving production out of China; APT 41 accused of stealing COVID relief funds; House votes on NDAA; Netherlands will align with U.S. export controls; Maryland bans Tiktok on some phones.
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Chinese anti-lockdown protestors evade censors, U.S. and UK restrict Chinese technology sales; Ireland fines Meta $275 million; EU adopts new cybersecurity directive; Australia passes new data privacy bill.
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UK blocks semiconductor factory sale; Australia plans cyberattacks on ransomware groups; Google settles location tracking lawsuit; U.S. and EU will release a new AI roadmap; Italy bans facial recognition technology.
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Nvidia begins offering new microchip; Japan joins NATO cyber center; Greece to ban sale of spyware; Meta and Twitter lay off thousands of employees; Germany blocks sale of semiconductor factory.
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An update of the Council on Foreign Relations' Cyber Operations Tracker for the period between July and September 2022.
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U.S. sanctions Iranian groups after crackdowns; Mondelez reaches settlement in NotPetya case; U.S. hosts ransomware summit; Red Cross proposes adding digital emblem to systems; Digital Markets Act enters force.
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TikTok accused of monitoring U.S. citizens; Hacktivists leak documents from Iran's nuclear program; DOJ charges Chinese intelligence officers; Chinese influence campaign detected; Elon Musk buys Twitter
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China bans some WeChat users; China using U.S. technology in hypersonic missiles; Russia centralizes video surveillance; U.S. announces new cybersecurity guidelines for railroads; FBI warns hackers scanning election systems.
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Germany's cybersecurity chief faces dismissal; Ukraine experiences internet disruptions; GCHQ head warns of China threat; Biden to launch new cybersecurity program; Semiconductor firms begin to pull out of China.