Chinese "Cyber-Attack" US Department of Commerce

Kranfer writes "The register has an article about how the Chinese have recently launched an attack against the US Department of Commerce. From the article: '...attacks originating from computer crackers largely located in China's Guangdong province are aimed at extracting sensitive information from targets such as the Commerce Department's technology export office. Security consultants and US government officials reckon the assaults have at least the tacit support of the Chinese government...' This is not the first time Chinese hackers have attempted to gain access to US Government systems."

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This is getting ridiculous

[BVis]

Does anyone on the Slashdot editorial staff even read the main page anymore?

Those Chinese

[Anonymous Coward]

After we make a glass parking lot out of Iran and North Korea, we'll come for those darned Chicoms, and make their country glow in the dark! Now let us bow our heads to Jesus for his blessing....

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Re:Not Chinese

[drinkypoo]

China is a lot scarier than anything else on this planet right now, especially to the US. China should frighten the world though, there's no women for something like twenty-five percent of their male population and given the attitude of the Chinese culture towards women, they're not likely to find a bunch of willing mail-order brides. I mean people are still leaving their girl babies out to die of exposure in that country, you know what I mean?

But to the US it's scary for a different reason: the trade imbalance, which is going to kick our ass. The US economy is going to get worse before it gets better and China is a big part of that.

Demonizing China is not only logical, but it may actually be a good idea.