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."

Comments

Re:How far is too far?

[thoughtsatthemoment]

All the news of the Wall Street financial fraud attempts, compounded with the links many of those have to government, begs the question: "How far is too far?" When will China (or the international community) hold USA accountable and force them to stop these actions? The way I see it, what they are doing is worse than firing shells over a border. This could easily be a buildup for a larger attack, yet no one has done anything substantial yet.

FTFY

Re:How far is too far?

[tomthepom]

the financial crimes that were committed stemmed from behavior that was initially within the law before greed took over.

And rape stems from behaviour that is initially within the law before lust takes over.