Posted on 09/13/2007 7:56:59 AM PDT by george76
The New Zealand secret service has suggested the Chinese government was behind attacks on the country's networks.
New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark yesterday assured reporters that no classified information had been compromised but ...
"We have very smart people to provide protection every time an attack is tried. Obviously, we learn from that," ...
Warren Tucker, New Zealand's Security Intelligence Service director, hinted ...that the Chinese government was responsible for the attacks, referring to previous allegations about the country's spying activities by Canada's secret service.
The allegations come only a week after the Chinese foreign ministry denied that the Chinese government had endorsed attacks on the computer networks of Germany, the United States and the United Kingdom.
(Excerpt) Read more at news.com ...
ChiComs are frisky.
About time for an Asian version of NATO... a Western Pacific Treaty Organization.
> ChiComs are frisky.
They probably didn’t hack into our computers at all: more likely, Helen probably shared her account and password with them “to facilitate efficient information sharing and dialog.”
Could China be working with the Storm Worm botnet gang?
New Zealand has computers?
Who knew?
> New Zealand has computers?
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> Who knew?
We get all the new toys, usually, long before the rest of the world. That’s the advantage of being a tiny, well-educated and affluent Nation: we’re a perfect test marketplace. Once the new toys have been played with in NZ, they get handed down to West Island and the rest of the world. No, life ain’t fair, but.
just teasin’ you! I love New Zealand.
> just teasin’ you! I love New Zealand.
Oz is a great place, too. We’re very lucky DownUnder.
World Cup should be good ay, once the real play begins. It will either be the Wallabies or the All Blacks this time ‘round.
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