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Foreign Hackers Attack Canadian Government

An anonymous reader writes " According to the CBC: 'An unprecedented cyberattack on the Canadian government from China has given foreign hackers access to highly classified federal information, and forced at least two key departments off the internet, CBC News has learned. The attack, first detected in early January, left Canadian counter-espionage agents scrambling to determine how much sensitive government information may have been stolen and by whom.' It should be noted that the Auditor-General warned of this months ago and was ignored by everyone as she usually is. It should also be noted that public sentiment towards China is getting very, very testy."

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  1. Re:Executive spear-phising by antifoidulus · · Score: 3, Funny

    Q: How can you tell the difference between a spear phisher and an actual sys admin?
    A: The spear phisher is polite.

  2. Canada? by Charliemopps · · Score: 4, Funny

    What did the steal? Their recipe for maple syrup?

  3. Re:China Ain't Too Bright by Trails · · Score: 3, Funny

    Of course it is!!! China's population is entirely static. No one is being born and no one will die. In 1200 years their average age will be 1240!!! Then they're really fucked.

  4. Re:China Ain't Too Bright by realityimpaired · · Score: 4, Funny

    Well, it's a language barrier thing. Canadian for "fuck off" is "would you please consider leaving at your convenience?" :)

  5. Re:China Ain't Too Bright by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    p>This can't happen overnight... it already owns too many balls

    with a billion people, around 50% male.....that must be like a billion balls

  6. Re:China Ain't Too Bright by Abstrackt · · Score: 5, Funny

    Well, it's a language barrier thing. Canadian for "fuck off" is "would you please consider leaving at your convenience?" :)

    As a Canadian, this comment offends me. Sorry about that.

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    They say a little knowledge is a dangerous thing, but it's not one half so bad as a lot of ignorance. - Terry Pratchett
  7. Re:China Ain't Too Bright by Xer0ss · · Score: 4, Funny

    As one Canadian to another would you please consider leaving at your convenience?