Evidence Weakens That China Did the Recent Cyberattacks

click2005 notes an article in The Register calling into question the one piece of hard evidence that has been put forward to pin the Google cyberattacks on China. It was claimed that a CRC algorithm found in the Aurora attack code was particular to Chinese-language developers. Now evidence emerges that this algorithm has been widely known for years and used in English-language books and websites. Wired has a post introducing the Pentagon's recently initiated effort to identify the "digital DNA" of hackers and/or their tools; this program is part of a wide-ranging effort by the US government to find useful means of deterring cyberattacks. This latter NY Times article notes that Google may have found the best deterrence so far — the threat to withdraw its services from the Chinese market.

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[Sir_Lewk]

Yeah, I wasn't going for a +1 Funny mod there, I've actually been noticing numerous troll or flamebait moderations for relevant and insightful/informative posts that happened to be somewhat critical of the Chinese government by nature of what they were saying.

I figure it's either elitist suburbanites who figure they will be more "progressive" than everyone else today, or Chinese astroturfers (paid or otherwise). A message to the former: get real, the Chinese government (and other governments or organizations, including the US Airforce) is known for encouraging people to astroturf for them and you are not doing anybody a favor by accusing people who point this out of being trolls.