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Chinese Hackers Hit US Firms Linked To South China Sea Dispute (bloomberg.com)
Chinese hackers have launched a wave of attacks on mainly U.S. engineering and defense companies linked to the disputed South China Sea, the cybersecurity firm FireEye Inc. said. From a report: The suspected Chinese cyber-espionage group dubbed TEMP.Periscope appeared to be seeking information that would benefit the Chinese government, said FireEye, a U.S.-based provider network protection systems. The hackers have focused on U.S. maritime entities that were either linked to -- or have clients operating in -- the South China Sea, said Fred Plan, senior analyst at FireEye in Los Angeles.
"They are going after data that can be used strategically, so it is line with state espionage," said Plan, whose firm has tracked the group since 2013. "A private entity probably wouldn't benefit from the sort of data that is being stolen." The TEMP.Periscope hackers were seeking information in areas like radar range or how precisely a system in development could detect activity at sea, Plan said. The surge in attacks picked up pace last month and was ongoing.
"They are going after data that can be used strategically, so it is line with state espionage," said Plan, whose firm has tracked the group since 2013. "A private entity probably wouldn't benefit from the sort of data that is being stolen." The TEMP.Periscope hackers were seeking information in areas like radar range or how precisely a system in development could detect activity at sea, Plan said. The surge in attacks picked up pace last month and was ongoing.
I get hit thousands of times a day from port scanners, http/SSH vulnerability probes daily from IP addresses all pointing back to China, Korea, the Middle East and Amazon.. You're just now noticing?
Harrison's Postulate - "For every action there is an equal and opposite criticism"
So Amazon, LLC is part of the Chinese hack?
Or are you talking Amazon Women who are attacking the US?
The latter may not be bad especially if there's an invasion and I'll be rounded up and executed by Snu Snu.
China has been hacking the US for longer than Russia and far more pervasively. They just don't bother to monkey in our elections, because they're already winning either way. Russia actually has US politicians who will stand up to them (although they don't seem to have won many elections.)
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That scenario has been proposed already. I think it is likely, but murphy's law will make sure the sea level rise doesn't happen until after an exhaustive treaty is reached or a blood war is won.
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It appear's Uncle Sam's recent willingness to drop trou and put his bum in the air for Putin has been noticed elsewhere.
So now China's trying it on.
I wonder who will be next to have a go. Pretty soon, US cyberspace is going to look like Gangbang Night at a Hell's Angels clubhouse.
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