China’s Internet Hijacking: enemies re-route our internet traffic

coachisright.com ^ | NOVEMBER 20TH, 2010 | Jim Emerson, staff writer

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According to U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission report released Nov. 17 rerouted internet traffic may have been a smokescreen to hide targeted cyber attack against American and allied servers.

The Hijacking

From the report:

“For about 18 minutes on April 8, 2010, China Telecom advertised erroneous network traffic routes that instructed U.S. and other foreign Internet traffic to travel through Chinese servers. Other servers around the world quickly adopted these paths, routing all traffic to about 15 percent of the Internet’s destinations through servers located in China.

This incident affected traffic to and from U.S. government (“.gov”) and military (“.mil”) sites, including those for the Senate, the army, the navy, the marine corps, the air force, the office of secretary of Defense, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the Department of Commerce, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and many others.”

Routing of internet traffic between ISPs is based on trust. When it comes to a matter of trust ISPs and telecom companies must remember that this is the company that hired Google to block website content from its own citizens.

Once traffic passed through Chinese hands nobody has any idea if any information was captured before being sent on to its destination. There is a possibility that this may have not been the first time and that China may be able to hijack internet traffic again.

What could happen?

Let’s say you wish to visit your favorite website or send an email. In theory the data sent would travel or hop in the shortage route to the desired destination. Like physical highways, often times there are backups or traffic jams and a detour is most often used to reroute traffic. Where and how the traffic will go is up to the whims of… more..

[jmaroneps37]

The Chinese have recognized Obama's weakness and their are probing for more weak spots to take advantage of.

[NeverForgetBataan]

American consumers need to WAKE UP.

Xmas is coming and we flock to the big box discount retailers like the drug addicts in the old west went to the Chinese opium tents.

We are just modernizing the Chinese Military with all this
“free trade”.

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Dear American consumer,
Thanks for buying all our cheap
junk. But most of all, thanks for sending us your job.
Buy more please, We need an Aircraft Carrier!

Regards,
China

[Born to Conserve]

We could prevent this sort of thing, but oh no! That would be “censorship”!

[ronnie raygun]

We are being set up, not only from the outside but also from the inside, partners in crime inc