"Significant risks in terms of privacy and information security": Latin America in the Crosshairs of China-backed Cyber Pirates

State-sponsored cyberattacks are a leading cause of concern among government entities throughout the world, and Latin America is no exception to this reality.

Most of the attacks come from China and Russia and seek to steal and hijack data and personal information, said Jean Reyes, of Honduran technology firm GBM.

“As part of the technological deployment, Chinese companies such as Huawei, ZTE, Xiaomi, and TikTok and online stores of Chinese origin are involved in collecting user data, which they share with the Chinese government,” Víctor Ruiz, founder of the SILIKN cybersecurity center in Mexico, told Diálogo on March 5. “This poses significant risks in terms of privacy and information security.”