China's Cyber-Warfare Capabilities Overstated

An anonymous reader writes "A new paper argues that China's cyber-warfare capability is actually pretty poor. '[China has] evinced little proficiency with more sophisticated hacking techniques. The viruses and Trojan Horses they have used have been fairly easy to detect and remove before any damage has been done or data stolen. There is no evidence that China's cyber-warriors can penetrate highly secure networks or covertly steal or falsify critical data,' the paper reads (PDF). 'They would be unable to systematically cripple selected command and control, air defense and intelligence networks and databases of advanced adversaries, or to conduct deception operations by secretly manipulating the data in these networks.'"

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AC's Cyber-First Posting Capabilities Understated

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An anonymous cocksmoker writes

"A new paper argues that AC's cyber-first posting capability is actually pretty fucking solid. '[AC has] evinced major proficiency with more sophisticated hacking techniques. The lubrication and Trojan condoms they have used have been fairly easy to detect and remove before any jacking has been done or fluids swapped. There is ample evidence that AC's cyber-frosters can penetrate highly secure networks and covertly obtain Frostius Postius,' the paper reads (PDF). 'They would be able to systematically cripple selected command and control, air defense and intelligence networks and databases of advanced adversaries by continually first posting them into oblivion."