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Chinese Military Admits Existence of Cyberwarfare Unit

Posted by timothy on from the and-thanks-for-asking dept.

InfiniteZero writes "China has admitted for the first time that it had poured massive investment into the formation of a 30-strong commando unit of cyberwarriors — a team supposedly trained to protect the People's Liberation Army from outside assault on its networks."

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  1. Why not? by tgeek · · Score: 3, Insightful

    An adversary's Command & Control has always been a prime military target. Why should it be any different in an information age? The only thing that surprises me is the relatively small number of 30 (admitted) members in the unit. I'd bet even money that every single major government in the world has such a cyber unit and probably much larger (*cough* US *cough*) in scale.

  2. Re:The best defense is a strong offense by couchslug · · Score: 5, Insightful

    If the US and China compete militarily, many people in BOTH Military-Industrial Complexes benefit.

    Keep it from being a shooting war and it's one fine welfare program for the beneficiaries.

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