On January 3, 2025, the Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) announced sanctions on a Chinese-based cybersecurity company, Integrity Technology Group, Inc. (“Integrity Tech”). These sanctions were in response to Integrity Tech’s “role in multiple computer intrusion incidents against U.S. victims.” The incidents have been attributed to Flax Typhoon, a Chinese […]
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The D.C. Circuit’s TikTok Decision Could Portend Greater Regulation of Chinese-Owned Apps
On December 6, 2024, the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit upheld the constitutionality of the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act (“Act”). The Act, signed into law by President Biden on April 24, 2024, prohibits the “distribution or maintenance” in the U.S. of applications controlled by ByteDance, TikTok’s China-based […]