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Are We Selling China The Rope?-(wow cnn no less)
cnn ^ | 12/5/2007 | trading center

Posted on 12/05/2007 2:47:52 AM PST by Flavius

National Security: China continues to develop its cyberwarfare capabilities and hacks into the computer systems of foreign governments and corporations. So why are we considering a deal to show them how?

The London Times over the weekend reported that Jonathan Evans, the head of MI5, Britain's domestic spy agency, sent a letter last week to 300 British executives and security chiefs at major corporations warning them they were under attack from "Chinese state organizations" over the Internet.

These attacks involved Chinese "trojans" or software designed to hack into computer systems and feed back confidential data. It is the latest example of a growing Chinese cyberespionage and cyberwarfare capability.

(Excerpt) Read more at money.cnn.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: china; cyberespionage; cyberwarfare; espionage; internet
These attacks involved Chinese "trojans" or software designed to hack into computer systems and feed back confidential data....

maybe they should just make pc's in china and sell them over here, that would make it so much more convenient to hack and call back home to motherland or never never land

1 posted on 12/05/2007 2:47:55 AM PST by Flavius
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maybe they should just make pc's in china and sell them over here, that would make it so much more convenient to hack and call back home to motherland or never never land

They already do. I don't know that there's any evidence that they 'phone home', but still...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lenovo_Group

2 posted on 12/05/2007 3:09:36 AM PST by Riley (The Fourth Estate is the Fifth Column.)
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This can work both ways.

Time to send China the Mother of all viruses.


3 posted on 12/05/2007 4:35:39 AM PST by wolfcreek (The Status Quo Sucks!)
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Not only that, but apparently they put trojans in those USB storage devices, so when you plug them in and they install, you are infected.


4 posted on 12/05/2007 5:47:16 AM PST by CharlesWayneCT (The Swiss Ninja.)
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To: Flavius

Actually, the klintoons GAVE them some of the rope for a piddling few 100K in backdoor payoffs.


5 posted on 12/05/2007 6:23:55 AM PST by Dick Bachert
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6 posted on 12/05/2007 6:29:04 AM PST by phrogphlyer
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To: Flavius

http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2007/11/12/maxtor_infected_hdd_updated/


7 posted on 12/05/2007 6:38:21 AM PST by #1CTYankee (That's right, I have no proof. So what of it??)
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