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CIA Warns China Might Be Planning Cyber Attack
malibucreek writes "The Los Angeles Times is reporting that the CIA is warning of possible cyber-terrorism against U.S. and Taiwanese computer systems by the Chinese Army. Or, China could just launch a massive denial-of-service attack by sending billions of "GET HERBAL VIAGRA" e-mails from the .cn TLD." The article has a reasonable amount of information
and is probably worth a read if you're curious about what could be a real big
deal in the future.
That American Hackers = #1! Go America! If Americans can hack alien spaceships with Mac laptops, then China should be no threat at all!
Great! Now we can be prepared!
:)
sheesh
Also, there is evidence that certain Germans may covet Krakow. Be on the alert.
One if by land, two if by sea!
timothy
jrnl: http://tinyurl.com/c2l8yr / foes: http://tinyurl.com/ckjno5
months accross the top, days on the side...
$10 a square, the bet - when will china simply be cut off the internet and all chinese traffic blocked by all of the major routers?
my guess is sooner than later. china already blocks the internet from itself, maybe its time for us to do if for them... although that herbal viagra really did work!!
MARIJUANA, SHROOMS, X: ONLINE?! - E
[BLOCKQUOTE]"The People's Liberation Army does not yet have the capability to carry out its intended goal of disrupting Taiwanese military and civilian infrastructures or U.S. military logistics using computer virus attacks," said the CIA's report, which was included in a broader national security assessment that authorities distributed to intelligence officials. [/BLOCKQUOTE] What, they don't have a text editor and a book Visual Basic? Could it be that Microsoft's monopolistic pricing schemes has saved democracy?
"Don't mind me cutting myself on Occam's Razor"
Confidential?
We are in trouble if the best way we know to keep things confidential is to give them to a major newspaper.
Now why would the CIA warn China about an attack that they are planning? What is this world coming to?
You just gotta accept that layer 7 of the OSI is a write-off at this point and hang out with all the cool kids on layer 2 and 3.. dont go near 4, though, that's still on the other side of the tracks.
slashdot: where everyone yells sarcastic metaphors to themselves to understand the issue
They've already infultrated Slashdot! Oh, these Red Army types are much more sophisticated that I could have imagined! Using social engineering to keep US Geeks from countering their plot.
Good thing I saw through the disguise!
Of course, the way we figured it out is we went to the CIA and DOD and said,
"Are you guys planning to attack Chinese computer systems?"
"Of course."
So the thinking goes, if we're planning on how to do it, so are they. Ergo:
CHINESE MAY BE PLANNING ATTACK ON US & TIAWAN COMPUTER SYSTEMS!
Awake! Awake! Fear - Fire - Foes! Awake!
The Russians are also planning on retaliating against a major nuclear attack from the US by launching thier own massive nuclear attack.
Ain't none of it actually likely to happen.
if ($it != $onething) {$it = $another;}
Hey, CmdrTaco, how about a spoiler warning?
Maybe some of us wanted to be surprised when the cyber attack comes? Geez....
Uh, I think you need to adjust your tinfoil hat, there.
At least try to have your conspiracy theories make some kind of sense. Exactly what kind of government test can go awry, resulting in anthrax being mailed to US senators?
Prof. Egbert: "Jenkins, I asked you to put that anthrax back into deep freeze, and mail our funding request to the capitol...I found our funding request in the freezer, but where is the anthrax?"
Prof Jenkins: "D'oh!"
Liberal (adj.): Free from bigotry; open to progress; tolerant of others.
We're always on the brink of destruction because it sells.
When was the last time you read an article with the title:
"Congratulations! We're still not glowing!"
hell, this could be a great Onion Piece.
By. R. Jason Valentine.
Today, the world rejoiced. It's been 45 years since nuclear weaponry had reached numbers and yield to destroy all life on earth at least one time over, and we haven't done it yet. Senior level officials at Norad and the Pentagon were seen slapping each other on the back and smoking large cigars. Said one high-ranking official, "Man, I've never done my job - which basically involves blowing up the wholeworld - and I'm glad! I hear I'm even getting a bonus this year!"
Meanwhile, in Moscow, an unprecedented run on vodka was reported. One senior staff member noted, "Well, the Americans are getting hammered about not blowing up the world, so why shouldn't we?" Grumblings about no bonuses were quickly silenced, for fear of being "party-poopers".
Meanwhile, Tree-hugger doomsdayers were a bit more glum. Not only have they proven to be as reliable as Clinton's testimony, but if news of this celebration gets out, they could lose a significant portion of their funding. Some of the better amongst them have come up with a great new spin, proving that American ingenuity is still alive and well. The spin? "Doomsday nears as weapons controllers man stations with horrid hangover."
Linux - Because Mommy taught me to Share.
This is a copy of the message which set off the chain of events leading to this news article.
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From: eli7ehax0r@yahoo.cn
to: President@Whitehouse.gov
Subject: fuck poiSonB0x!
ALL YOUR BASE ARE BELONG TO US.
FUCk PoiSonB0x! Mr. President@!!!!!`
from: #poisonB0x@irc.haxor.cn
w3 are leetest. America must die!!!
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Needless to say, the US elite anti-terrorism squads are taking the very seriously, and will start bombing China immediately.
(note: lameness filter sucks.)
Makes me want to move to the EU, where fascism is called by its real name, not jingoed patriotism.
I seriously doubt we'll notice any difference.
Ergonomica Auctorita Illico!
"...hate those guys who blow the WTC?"
Internet access- $25
/. AC bad grammar- priceless!
Vote monkeys into Congress. They are cheaper and more trustworthy.