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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.
our largest trading partner isnt secretly trying to destroy us.
how is it these "china is coming to kill us all through the tubes" articles make it to slashdot? they have no nerdworthy content. One may go so far as to simply claim its masturbatory whitewash more suited for the daily fare of Fox news.
to play devils advocate, yes the aurora code was fascinating reading and research, and this article was at least somewhat meritous if only to discredit the present aire of distrust and fear of china.
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I like Chinese. They only come up to your knees. Yet they're wise and they're witty and ready to please.
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