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Chinese Hackers Strike Energy Companies
angry tapir writes "Chinese hackers working regular business hours shifts stole sensitive intellectual property from energy companies for as long as four years using relatively unsophisticated intrusion methods in an operation dubbed 'Night Dragon,' according to a new report from security vendor McAfee."
Reader IT.luddite links this informative PDF from CERT.
So the article detailing unsophisticated intrusion methods itself requires you to allow cookies before it's readable? Firefox, Opera, and IE all open a blank page if you refuse to accept their little offerings. So English majors...it is ironic?
Oh and bonus points for throwing a pdf in there too.
Sounds more like the name of a McAfee marketing campaign.
From TFA:
Further, the attacks appeared to originate from computers on IP (Internet protocol) addresses in Beijing, between 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. local time there, suggesting that the culprits were regular company employees rather than freelance or unprofessional hackers, McAfee said in its report.
Or maybe those responsible has pwned some computers at a business, which were only turned on between 9 and 5. While McAfee's conclusion is possible, I wouldn't consider it likely without some other evidence supporting it.
Don't tell me to get a life. I had one once. It sucked.
It's called the Cultural Revolution and it officially started in 1966. While it was mainly toward purging capitalism, it was in fact much much more damaging. Essentially, 3000+ years of Chinese culture was WIPED OUT. In effect, all modern Chinese are suffering from cultural amnesia. An entire civilization "rebooted" back to the very beginning except for language and minor customs. From a Western POV, China post-revolution is a new nation formed in the year 1966. Quite young.
If you're like me, you get the feeling that you're walking among a nation ran like the Lord of the Flies mentality when walking the streets of any major city. No manners, no trust, no honor, and lots of back stabbing politics from friends and co-workers. At best, family is all you can rely on in that nation. Quite sad!
Life is not for the lazy.
It is not immoral to the Chinese. The only shame is in getting caught red-handed. If it can't be conclusively proven, then it is not relevant. Winning is winning.
"You want to know how to help your kids? Leave them the fuck alone." -George Carlin