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Trojan Dragons: China's International Cyber Warriors
The Heritage Foundation ^ | December 12, 2007 | By John J. Tkacik, Jr.

Posted on 12/13/2007 3:56:56 AM PST by JACKRUSSELL

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1 posted on 12/13/2007 3:56:58 AM PST by JACKRUSSELL
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2 posted on 12/13/2007 3:57:18 AM PST by JACKRUSSELL
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3 posted on 12/13/2007 4:06:47 AM PST by Eagles6
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Nobody will tell me why we have to accept packets from .cn or why we need to have connectivity with them. My .htacess file is as large as the server will handle, and if I can deny so many of their IPs on my stupid little websites, then the Government can as well.

I was getting those, "Send us a sample product and we'll buy thousands" emails.

They get a reply, "Thank you for your large donation to Falun Gong".

I see my IP Adresses are now blocked by the PRC. Good.

4 posted on 12/13/2007 4:20:53 AM PST by Gorzaloon
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To: Jeff Head

Jeff, I think that you might be interested in this story.


5 posted on 12/13/2007 4:43:09 AM PST by Virginia Ridgerunner (“We must not forget that there is a war on and our troops are in the thick of it!” --Duncan Hunter)
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To: JACKRUSSELL

The really sad part of this story is that most of the PLA hackers were trained in the American universities in the 1990s.


6 posted on 12/13/2007 4:43:59 AM PST by Virginia Ridgerunner (“We must not forget that there is a war on and our troops are in the thick of it!” --Duncan Hunter)
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Anyone alarmed? China’s cyber spies have been a part of America’s computer networks for over a decade, and their military and industrial engineer spies have been here since Nixon invited ‘em. The Chinese Empirists want to reclaim Taiwan soon and have their eyes on a few disputed Japanese/Chinese islands as belated WWII reparations, for starters. America protects both, so Sun Tzu’s principle’s apply.


7 posted on 12/13/2007 4:48:39 AM PST by flowerplough ("These go to eleven." -- Nigel Tufnel)
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Trojan Dragons: Tiger Balm scented condoms? Weee Ohh!

Seriously, the ChiComs have the ability to shot down our satellites and corrupt our computers......they'll win the war before it begins.

8 posted on 12/13/2007 4:50:51 AM PST by wolfcreek (The Status Quo Sucks!)
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so this explains all the huckabee threads...


9 posted on 12/13/2007 5:44:10 AM PST by longtermmemmory (VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
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To: Gorzaloon

We had a SANS class and the instructor made a good point. There are so many computers in the US and they are so insecure, that is is virtually impossible to tell a honey-pot from a legit machine. So honey-pots actually work in the US. The blackhats cannot resist them.

We have a group that identifies pwn3d machines on campus so we can shut them down. We don’t need them inside the wire.


10 posted on 12/13/2007 5:52:48 AM PST by AppyPappy (If you aren't part of the solution, there is good money to be made prolonging the problem.)
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To: JACKRUSSELL

We can always just turn OFF our internet.


11 posted on 12/13/2007 5:55:31 AM PST by Eye of Unk
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I wonder if the Hong Kong Blondes are still around. If they are we should find them and give them all the resources they need. I’d say we should recruit them and give them facilities here to work from, but I’m afraid their identities and location would become known to the PRC.


12 posted on 12/13/2007 6:01:49 AM PST by tacticalogic ("Oh bother!" said Pooh, as he chambered his last round.)
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To: Eye of Unk

Which would disrupt world wide net operations between countries...the main reson why there has been a push to get the US to GIVE UP internet control. But I say if a threat arises militarily, I agree turn it off!


13 posted on 12/13/2007 6:02:32 AM PST by mdmathis6
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Alaska delegation plans to block any export of natural gas

PIPELINE: State delegation vows it will block plan backed by China.

http://www.adn.com/money/industries/oil/pipeline/story/9516055p-9426730c.html

(I live in Alaska and this is what WE say!)


14 posted on 12/13/2007 6:08:33 AM PST by Eye of Unk
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To: tacticalogic
I'm thinking these Chinese are not that smart. They're "twisting the dragon's tail"... There is far more network bandwidth and more cpu cycles in the west than there is in all of China. If they continue to push/probe... Someone may turn around and unleash their own counter-offensive against them. An onslaught like they never imagined possible...

Then again, maybe that is their intent. To push us until we do respond to characterize what we are capable of. In that case, playing the quiet waiting game is smart. We shouldn't tip our hand as to what our counter-code is capable of until we really need to use it.

15 posted on 12/13/2007 6:15:12 AM PST by CodeMasterPhilzar
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Ping.


16 posted on 12/13/2007 11:02:24 AM PST by Paul Ross (Ronald Reagan-1987:"We are always willing to be trade partners but never trade patsies.")
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ping


17 posted on 12/13/2007 11:06:49 AM PST by Calpernia (Hunters Rangers - Raising the Bar of Integrity http://www.barofintegrity.us)
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To: wolfcreek

They say they do, anyway.

Kind of like how the Soviets used to claim they had more missles.

Between panic stricken journalists who don’t know squat about computers or hacking and Chinese Communist leaders who will say pretty much anything to make themselves look good, I’m throwing up a great big ORLY.


18 posted on 12/13/2007 11:10:05 AM PST by Constantine XIII
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I cannot stress how bad an idea that this is. :p


19 posted on 12/13/2007 11:10:52 AM PST by Constantine XIII
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To: Paul Ross

Thanks for the ping!


20 posted on 12/13/2007 11:16:34 AM PST by Alamo-Girl
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