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US Hacked Chinese University Network

Posted by Soulskill on from the plot-thickens dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Hong Kong's South China Morning Post reports that Tsinghua University, widely regarded as the mainland's top education and research institute, was the target of extensive hacking by U.S. spies this year, according to information leaked by Edward Snowden. The information also showed that the attacks on Tsinghua University were intensive and concerted efforts. In one single day of January, at least 63 computers and servers in Tsinghua University have been hacked by the NSA. The university is home to one of the mainland's six major backbone networks, the China Education and Research Network from where internet data from millions of Chinese citizens could be mined. Universities in Hong Kong and the mainland were revealed as targets of NSA's cyber-snooping activities last week when Snowden claimed the Chinese University of Hong Kong had been hacked." The U.S. government is reportedly hacking into Chinese mobile phone companies as well for access to text messages. In related news, the U.S. has asked Hong Kong to extradite Snowden, and the petition to pardon him has met that 100,000 signature threshold required for an official response from the administration.

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  1. If China by purnima · · Score: 5, Funny

    got nothing to hide, then China has nothing to worry about.

  2. **WHO** is the real traitor ? by Taco+Cowboy · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Snowden a traitor ??

    What about the government of the United States which has violated the Constitutions of the United States ???

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    1. Re:**WHO** is the real traitor ? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

      What kind of whistle blowing crusade is he on by revealing US espionage programs details to the Chinese and then seeking shelter with them? Whatever other things he may be doing, that part at least is treason.

      The Chinese already know about the US espionage programs, they've been complaining about it for many years, you just haven't been listening. The US public on the other hand thinks the Chinese government unilaterally started a hacking war in the past year. Snowden is a patriot who's calling out those who would lead us into another war.

  3. Re:big effing news by Luckyo · · Score: 5, Insightful

    But only one nation rides around on a high horse openly accusing others of it all the time. And that nation just got caught doing the exact thing it accuses everyone else of doing, and doing it on the scale that many didn't even think possible.

  4. An illegal war? by DarkOx · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Our own military brass has spoken publicly about how state sponsored hacking might constitute an act of war and could result in a Kenetic response. In that context the NSA has endangered our nation by potentially starting an unauthorized war with China. When will these dangerous criminals be controlled.

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  5. Re:I was entirely sympathetic to Snowden by purnima · · Score: 5, Insightful

    When did China become an enemy of the US? As far as I know it's a competitor, it is a steadily growing economic giant. Yes, but hardly an enemy. Unless, of course, we're back to 1972 when everyone not in the English speaking world that is not a CIA run dictator is an enemy. Frankly, the US is too small and becoming too irrelevant to safely classify the large chunk of humanity called China as an enemy.