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China Expresses Concern at Revelations in Wikileaks Dump of Hacked CIA Data (reuters.com)

Posted by msmash on from the concerns-rise dept.

China has expressed concern over revelations in a trove of data released by Wikileaks purporting to show that the CIA can hack all manner of devices, including those made by Chinese companies. From a report on Reuters: Dozens of firms rushed to contain the damage from possible security weak points following the anti-secrecy organization's revelations, although some said they needed more details of what the U.S. intelligence agency was up to. Widely-used routers from Silicon Valley-based Cisco were listed as targets, as were those supplied by Chinese vendors Huawei and ZTE and Taiwan supplier Zyxel for their devices used in China and Pakistan. "We urge the U.S. side to stop listening in, monitoring, stealing secrets and internet hacking against China and other countries," Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Geng Shuang told a daily news briefing.

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  1. China should worry by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Perhaps China should be *more* worried about the people who hacked the CIA, rather than the CIA? If there are all these security holes in Chinese made kit, then the Russians will be exploiting them just as much as the CIA.

    1. Re:China should worry by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

      The Chinese are probably more concerned that their backdoors have been found than anything else.

    2. Re:China should worry by gnick · · Score: 3, Interesting

      Perhaps China should be *more* worried about the people who hacked the CIA, rather than the CIA?

      Maybe, but I think it's far more likely to be a leak than a hack.

      If there are all these security holes in Chinese made kit, then the Russians will be exploiting them just as much as the CIA.

      Well, the Russians now know about these vulnerabilities as well as the ones they've discovered on their own - Just like every other country with a cyber-warfare division. You have to assume that there was some overlap - The Russians were likely already exploiting some of these holes. The big difference now is that we have a large number of cards on the table. Oops.

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  2. Tough by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    As a Canadian, it's become harder and harder to decide which country is the least hostile between the U.S.A., China and Russia.

    I like most Americans, but your government? Yuck.

    1. Re:Tough by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Informative

      Dude, your govt is just as guilty. They are part of Five Eyes. Have you never heard of any of this stuff?

    2. Re:Tough by DontBeAMoran · · Score: 3, Funny

      We're too busy trying to not freeze to death because we all live in igloos.

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  3. ...... what? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    "We urge the U.S. side to stop listening in, monitoring, stealing secrets and internet hacking against China and other countries," Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Geng Shuang told a daily news briefing.

    really?????? thats funny coming from china, the king of stealing IP

    1. Re:...... what? by gnick · · Score: 3, Interesting

      That's sure the way it seems. This is an obvious case of pot/kettle. I'm sure our response would be the same if the tables were turned. We all act shocked when the other guy is exposed for the same activities that intelligence agencies all over the world surely take part in. The Chinese stand out because the economic espionage is so prevalent.

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  4. Using China's Backdoors by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    China is just mad that the CIA is using the backdoors installed in the equipment they build.

  5. Irony? by DatbeDank · · Score: 4, Insightful

    This is a prime example of the pot calling the kettle black.

    1. Re:Irony? by Khyber · · Score: 3, Insightful

      "There is no evidence of China hacking and putting its own citizens at risk on anything like the scale of the NSA/CIA."

      Falun Gong. Holy shit do you even pay attention?

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  6. "But everybody else is doing it..." by evolutionary · · Score: 4, Insightful

    We accuse people of hacking our systems, but we are doing it in turn. No surprise. And what do we expect the Chinese to say with these finding? Of course they are doing it, and we are doing it. Everybody's doing it now. We seem to be like children: "Why can't I, everybody else is?". It's like the arms race with nuclear weapons, expect we are using these weapons and they are easy to make publicly accessible. (As the frequent leaks are proving).

    What I'd really like to know is why aren't US citizens showing their outrage at having their basic constitutional right to privacy as well as due process to search of private data (which often resides in their home) violated on a daily (more likely many. many times per day) basis. Americans' need to stand up for what they say they believe in.

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