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Benjamin Fung

@bfung123

Canada Research Chair in Data Mining for Cybersecurity & Professor, McGill University

 Canada
dmas.lab.mcgill.ca/fung/
Joined February 2014
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@NSERC_CRSNGJun 11
📢 In an in-depth Q&A for IMPACT, Dr. Benjamin Fung, one of Canada’s leading cybersecurity experts, answered our questions about critical breakthroughs in big data and AI-driven threat detection. ▶️ n4.nserc-impact.ca/10
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I am honoured to join the Steering Committee for the Cybersecurity Think Tank: GenAI Security — an exclusive retreat bringing together top cybersecurity leaders to confront the complex risks and transformative opportunities of Generative AI. #WeAreCyber #GenAISecurity
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Taking place at the Four Seasons Toronto, this high-impact experience is designed for those shaping the future of secure innovation. Over two days, we’ll engage in immersive tabletop exercises and peer-to-peer collaboration—elevating how we lead in the age of AI.
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Proud to be part of a forum where influence, insight, and innovation meet. #WeAreCyber #GenAISecurity #CybersecurityLeadership #ExecutiveThinkTank
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McGill SIS@mcgillsis18 Feb 2025
#McGill University offers an online graduate certificate in #cybersecurity for both full-time (6-month) and part-time (10-month) study. The program includes five asynchronous online courses. For more information, visit mcgill.ca/sis/programs/onlin…
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Chinese startups supported by Microsoft and Google incubator programs worked with police restofworld.org/2024/microso…
Chinese startups supported by Microsoft and Google incubator programs worked with police

Chinese startups supported by Microsoft and Google incubator programs worked with police

Documents reviewed by Rest of World show several companies backed by U.S. tech giants provided policing or censorship tools to Chinese law enforcement.

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Quebec RCMP
@rcmpqc9 Jul 2024
1/2 We are actively investigating allegations of criminal activities related to Chinese Foreign Interference in Quebec. Report any form of threats, harassment or intimidation anonymously from the Chinese Communist Party. rcmp.ca/report-it
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Chinese brokers launder hundreds of millions for global crime groups | F... youtu.be/EjGIp7kdS6E?si=F4Pr… via @YouTube
Chinese brokers launder hundreds of millions for global crime groups | FT Film

Chinese brokers launder hundreds of millions for global crime groups | FT Film

Chinese money launderers are facilitating the fentanyl epidemic and...

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Sam Cooper
@scoopercooper25 Jun 2024
Exclusive analysis: Who is the ‘high harm’ PRC proxy, why won’t Ottawa disclose whether life safety and violence in Diaspora could be involved, like US case targeting a candidate thebureau.news/p/ottawa-wont…
Ottawa won't disclose threats from "high risk, high harm" PRC proxy

Ottawa won't disclose threats from "high risk, high harm" PRC proxy

Op/Ed: Other nations have named PRC secret police proxies that allegedly fund Parliamentarians and threaten Diasporas, but Canada won't reveal dangers in "egregious" NSICOP case study

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Chinese and Hong Kong students abroad live in fear: Universities must act universityworldnews.com/post…
Chinese students abroad live in fear: Universities must act

Chinese students abroad live in fear: Universities must act

China’s transnational repression directed at Chinese and Hong Kong students studying abroad poses a threat to the free exchange of ideas that is at ...

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McGill SIS@mcgillsis27 Jan 2024
#McGillUniversity offers an online graduate #certificate in #cybersecurity. The program consists of five asynchronous online courses with high-quality videos and interactive lab materials. Apply by July 15, 2024. For more information, please visit mcgill.ca/sis/programs/onlin…
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Eh Sayers podcast A Little Less #Misinformation, a Little More True Facts, Please listen along here: share.transistor.fm/s/ac1ad0…
A Little Less Misinformation, a Little More True Facts, Please | Eh...

A Little Less Misinformation, a Little More True Facts, Please | Eh...

In the age of social media, AI, and deepfakes, discerning fact from fiction is a crucial skill. Nowadays, we’re not just getting our information from the six o’clock news. Friends, family, research...

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McGill announces award to offset Legault government's tuition hike montrealgazette.com/news/loc…
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Sam Cooper
@scoopercooper1 Dec 2023
Must watch video on CCP use of media to target dissidents and journalists- this is happening in Canada and I’m with the international journalists exposing and trying to block it.
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"I don't feel safe in the UK.” For @C4Dispatches, reporter @IsobelYeung confronts a suspected Chinese government spy. The man, claiming to be a journalist, approached a Hong Kong dissident who escaped to the UK.
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Tuition hike will cost Quebec $35 million, deprive local students of aid: McGill

Tuition hike will cost Quebec $35 million, deprive local students of aid: McGill

“With this measure, the government is trying to save $46.6 million, but the impact of that is that the province and its economy will lose more than $80 million."

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Opinion: Quebec's tuition hikes founded on division montrealgazette.com/opinion/…
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Quebec wants to limit access to English vocational training montrealgazette.com/news/que…
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未来台湾女副总统萧美琴，非常棒的英文演讲！ teapaw.org/xinwendiaocha/status/1…
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Adrian Zenz
@adrianzenz18 Nov 2023
China Is Slowly Erasing Tibet's Name, replacing "Tibet" with the transliterated Mandarin term "Xizang". Timely report on this important topic. newsweek.com/china-changing-…
China is slowly erasing Tibet's name

China is slowly erasing Tibet's name

Rights advocate Lhadon Tethong told Newsweek that efforts by China to re-name Tibet are "a move from the colonial playbook" and will likely to be resisted.

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Opinion: Anglo institutions are part of Quebec, too montrealgazette.com/opinion/…
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