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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.

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  1. Re:Hey everybody! by rapid+prototype · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    if i had mod points, i'd mod this 'funny' as well as the referred goatse post. actually quite funny, better than most attempts at humor on the site...

    -rp

  2. Re:My take on this? by Amazing+Quantum+Man · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Hell, I'm an educated, straight, white, christian, american male, aged 18-35... I might as well be satan himself as far as the rest of the world is concerned...

    You lose. Replace "christian" with "jewish".

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  3. Re:My take on this? by Mr_Perl · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    YOU lose, replace Jewish with Athiest.

    Gee, do I win the pity party prize?

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  4. Re:To heck w/ cyberwar by phyxeld · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    Participate in The(Hopefully)Great Slashdot Blackout
    Hey, shouldn't you be, like, not posting on slashdot this week?

    Practice what you preach, etc ,etc...
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  5. Re:To heck w/ T(H)GSB by locoluis · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I would have moderated you as Off-topic, but we agree. :)