The Undeclared "Cyber Cold War" With China

First time accepted submitter lacaprup writes "Chinese-based hacking of 760 different corporations reflects a growing, undeclared cyber war. From giants like Intel and Google to unknowns like iBahn, the Chinese hackers are accused of stealing everything isn't nailed down. Simply put, it is easier and cheaper to steal rather than develop the legal way. China has consistently denied it has any responsibility for hacking that originated from servers on its soil, but — based on what is known of attacks from China, Russia and other countries — a declassified estimate of the value of the blueprints, chemical formulas and other material stolen from U.S. corporate computers in the last year reached almost $500 billion"

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Welcom to Shitty Wok

[Toe, The]

Take yer data prease?

Re:Welcom to Shitty Wok

[Nadaka]

China is the Han race. They used to have a lot more diversity, but the Han have been genociding and absorbing the other races of china for a few thousand years.

Re:U.S. propaganda

[PickyH3D]

Yup, the US has been lying about the constant cyber attacks. Those defense contractors too.

Oh, and Google too. Those emails relating to those pesky Chinese dissidents? Hacked by the US or Israel, and not the nation that throws its own people behind the Great Firewall.

The US absolutely participates in cyber espionage, and we don't exactly hide it. We have the NSA. We also are known to have used a software bug to blow up a pipeline in Russia during the Cold War (the US knew that Russia was trying to steal said source code). And that was before it was cool.

There's something to be said about a healthy amount of skepticism, but having worked at places where this is a serious issue, I can say without a shred of doubt that you are wrong. You are the dumbest person that I have read on the internet today. Congratulations, and enjoy the Chinese propaganda machine.

PS: it's "lying."