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Beijing Suspected in Hacking Yacht Owned by Chinese Billionaire
The Washington Free Beacon ^ | Sept 08, 2017 | Bill Gertz

Posted on 09/08/2017 6:59:06 AM PDT by ptsal

China is suspected of hacking the electronics of a yacht owned by a Chinese billionaire targeted by Beijing.

Guo Wengui, who uses the English name Miles Kwok, said several incidents involving his 152-foot motor yacht, Lady May, appear to be part of a Chinese government effort to threaten and intimidate him.

**snip**"I want every American and law enforcement agency to understand the Chinese government, through using the internet, cell phones, and modern communications technologies, can obtain private correspondence and information from each and every American citizen if it wishes, and can do that very easily almost without any cost," he added.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Technical
KEYWORDS: china; electronics; hack; ship
Anyone at the 7th Fleet reading this?
1 posted on 09/08/2017 6:59:06 AM PDT by ptsal
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To: ptsal

Wonder who was listening to the celebrity yacht in Tahiti last February?


2 posted on 09/08/2017 7:00:14 AM PDT by ptsal ( Get your facts first, then you can distort them as you please. - M. Twain)
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Hastingcides on the high seas will become common.


3 posted on 09/08/2017 7:23:42 AM PDT by bgill (CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola.")
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This shouldn't be a surprise to anyone. Our government isn't the only ones who have this capability...and use it.

Does it make it right? Of course not. But surprising? Not at all.

4 posted on 09/08/2017 7:37:21 AM PDT by rxsid (HOW CAN A NATURAL BORN CITIZEN'S STATUS BE "GOVERNED" BY GREAT BRITAIN? - Leo Donofrio (2009))
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Recall when Wall Street was shut down a few years ago for “unknown” reasons. Reports later were that it was China apparently experimenting with their capabilities. And they were successful in shutting it down. The guy is correct.


5 posted on 09/08/2017 8:14:37 AM PDT by elpadre (AfganistaMr Obama said theoal was to "disrupt, dismantle and defeat al-hereQaeda" and its allies.)
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