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Cyber Attacks on US Linked to Chinese Military?
wiredog writes "Security expert Bruce Schneier is reporting on a continuing effort to penetrate US government and industry computer systems that most likely stems from the Chinese military." From the Terranet article: "The attacks have been traced to the Chinese province of Guangdong, and the techniques used make it appear unlikely to come from any other source than the military, said Alan Paller, the director of the SANS Institute, an education and research organization focusing on cybersecurity."
so does this mean in the coming information war they are going to use that commie OS, what is it...
Linux, I think it's called?
Bury me in mashed potatoes.
Nice try, China! Your silly attempts to raise yourself to the level of the U.S. will never succeed. The U.S. is the dominant super power and always will be!
Just ask Britain and France! If anyone understands that national standing on the international scene, once established, is permanent... it's them!
I'm a big tall mofo.
Or, "Operating systems are just too complex. It takes a huge well-funded corporation to support that kind of development."
I assure you, as an anarcho-capitalist, I run into this same absurd "argument" on all kinds of subjects.
"Dams are just too big and expensive, they cannot be built privately." Oh, but don't notice that Boulder Dam was a private project expropriated by the Fed.Gov and renamed Hoover Dam...
The Ludwig von Mises Institute. The reasoning individuals economics
1. How do they know that it's the Chinese Military? It could be a criminal organization.
2. Do you really think that anything really sensitive would be able to be accessed from the Internet?
I heard a story about these Chinese hackers on the radio, apparently all of the data for the Mars Polar Lander was stolen as well.
Now China is planning on landing men on the moon within 15-20 years......coincidence?
He who knows best knows how little he knows. - Thomas Jefferson
it is possible they stole "extremely sensitive" information. I bet they raided the government's pr0n library
Posting anonymously so the devil can't find me and drag me to Hell for that one.
lol... people who believe the Chinese are going to be a responsible superpower are absolutely insane. Hopefully they'll be the first against the wall.
Fortuanatly for the Chineese our president seems to be assasinating his character all by himself.
I wish they'd hack my mortgage company and reduce my principal!
It isn't the Chinese!
Everyone knows that the Chinese could shut down the U.S. military by mailing a baker's dozen fingercuffs to the Commander in Chief and the War Cabinet.
Can't push the nuke button without use of your fingers, can you?
They can't. There's a chink in their security.
Apparently they also have some gook in their servers
(heck, there've been three on /. in the past few days)
including dupes?
"Hello 911? I just tried to toast some bread, and the toaster grew an arm and stabbed me in the face!"
Of course, if we try that then the Chinese will probably retaliate by triggering the self-destruct hooks that they've hidden in all of the motherboards they've been selling us...
The American vision of ultra modern future: high speed trains and efficient McDonalds.
'nuff said.
hacked by chinese
Costello: Well then who's the president?
Abbott: Yes.
Costello: I mean the fellow's name.
Abbott: Who.
Costello: The guy in power.
Abbott: Who.
Costello: The president.
Abbott: Who.
Costello: The guy calling the shots...
Abbott: Who is the president!
Costello: I'm asking you who's the president.
Abbott: That's the man's name.
Costello: That's who's name?
Abbott: Yes.
Liberals call everyone Nazis yet they are the closest thing to it.
I bet they're all running RED Hat! Ha!
Sorry, that was terrible.
I'm just trying to imagine what nefarious devices Microsoft would use to disable the Chinese networks. All I can picture is Clippy popping up and saying, "It looks like you're trying to invade Taiwan. Would you like help with this?" and then leading you through the steps to wipe your hard drive.
STEEE-RIKE!!!
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From your second paragraph (the first one quoted above), it appears we've already figured out what to do to cause harm to them.
Why, we are YELLOW, of course!!! :^)
If I was the chinese I would not trust any item not made under my control.
What items are these? Remember this is China we're talking about.
Note: It's time to replace the chip in subject #766577's head.
I suffer from attention surplus disorder.
The Pentagon's web page one day was replaced with a page that said "Hacked by Chinese."
War on War.
"All you have to do is be fragile and grateful. So stay the underdog." Chuck Palahniuk, Choke