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Chinese Government Accused of Hacking Congress

Posted by samzenpus on from the taking-the-gold-in-hacking dept.

Alotau writes "Chinese hacking is getting some serious Congressional attention. Two House members said Wednesday their Capitol Hill computers, containing information about political dissidents from around the world, have been hacked by sources apparently working out of China. Virginia Rep. Frank Wolf says four of his computers were hacked. New Jersey Rep. Chris Smith says two of his computers were compromised in December 2006 and March 2007. The two lawmakers are longtime critics of China's record on human rights."

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  1. Windows Again! by westbake · · Score: -1, Troll

    Everyone's favorite weak link is revealed in the article:

    U.S. authorities are investigating whether Chinese officials secretly copied the contents of a government laptop computer during a visit to China by Commerce Secretary Carlos M. Gutierrez and used the information to try to hack into Commerce Department computers.

    The government has more secure systems for people's laptops, like Bastile Linux, and should be using them instead of a consumer grade OS that was never intended to store anything more important than Solitair. When insecure systems are used to access secure systems, security falls to the level of the weak system.

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    1. Re:Windows Again! by gnutoo · · Score: -1, Troll

      How do you know it was not a Mac, like Al Gore walks around with?

    2. Re:Windows Again! by westbake · · Score: -1, Troll

      That would not have been much better, now would it? The point is that sensitive information deserves proper care.

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    3. Re:Windows Again! by camperdave · · Score: 0, Troll

      Yes. It's quite clever. MS hires a bunch of long haired hippies to rant and rave about Linux and vaguely mention insecure operating systems (notice that they didn't mention any names). Soon government types will get tired of hearing the rants, especially if they get associated with terrorists or communists (notice how they chose Bastile Linux, which is clearly playing on the US's odd aversion to anything coming out of France). A few well placed reports on how All American MS Windows is "more secure" than this foreign based, communist/terrorist Linux, and Boom! Government sales out the YinYang.

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    4. Re:Windows Again! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

      Last night I met a dude while out glory holing. He was early 20s, skinny, seemed pretty inexperienced. We ended up at a bar.

      Anyway, after about 2-3 hours of drinking he finally got up the courage to admit to he liked cock, and we went back to my place to fuck.

      We make out at the front door for about a minute or two, drunkenly stumble in, throw clothes everywhere, and he pushes me on the bed, gives me one more peck on the lips, then goes down on me...skipping past my penis, and totally ignoring the balls...and starts feasting on my butt buffet. Seriously, I don't think a colonic would have cleaned my ass any better than his tongue did. I am not complaining, he was a fucking expert, jacking me off at the same time and working his tongue around like my dog when I shoved peanut butter up my ass. Of course, all I could think about was how many guys he's done this to before if he's so eager to do it to me, but whatever.

      This morning, I roll him over for morning sex, and when we are done, I jokingly call him "poop lips." He doesn't understand why.

      Malda: "Uhhhhhh...are you the same dude as last night?"

      Poop lips "Of course I am the same guy, wtf!" (yeah, he said double-you-tee-eff)

      Malda "Do you not remember licking my ass like it was a Tootsie Pop?"

      Poop lips "OH MY GOD I DID NOT!"

      Of course you didn't. After all, if you "don't remember" it, than it didn't happen, right?

    5. Re:Windows Again! by Serious+Callers+Only · · Score: -1, Troll

      Hello twitter. I've got to admit this is a deviously clever tactic - post messages under another pseudonym attacking yourself, in the hope of being modded up.

      However fortunately we know your game, and we won't let you get away with it. Mods, attack this imposter!

  2. War. by TheSubAtomic · · Score: 0, Troll

    inb4 war with china also inb4 the US gets wtfpwnt by china

  3. Hey! by crhylove · · Score: 0, Troll

    Our congress is the most inept, pathetic, and treasonous part of our government. Nearly as bad as Dick Cheney himself. Attacking us there is really like hitting below the belt. WTF?

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