U.S. charges Chinese military officers for hacking

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LightPattern

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Finally! Official charges resulting from very specific allegations.

U.S. accuses China of cyber spying on American companies
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/05/19/us-cybercrime-usa-china-idUSBREA4I09420140519

A U.S. grand jury has indicted five Chinese military officers on charges of hacking into American companies for information on nuclear plant design, solar manufacturing and other secrets in the toughest action taken by Washington to address cyber spying.

"When a foreign nation uses military or intelligence resources and tools against an American executive or corporation to obtain trade secrets or sensitive business information for the benefit of its state-owned companies, we must say, 'enough is enough,'" U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder said at a press conference.
 

PokerGuy

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Big deal, this means nothing, other than those particular people won't be coming to the US anytime soon to visit. Unfortunately, our options are limited with the chicom aggression.
 

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Unless they were physically inside the location it will not have any impact.

If they got the information over a network that is externally accessible; others will have that knowledge on the info and how to get at it.

All this does is embarrass the people involved; does not cripple the capabilities of the opposition or really penalize.
 

MongGrel

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The really sad part is there are all ready many large corporations actively giving information freely to China all ready, to reap profits in the whole Globalization scheme of things.

It's been going on quite a while now.
 
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When a foreign nation uses military or intelligence resources and tools against an American executive or corporation to obtain trade secrets or sensitive business information for the benefit of its state-owned companies, we must say, 'enough is enough,'" U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder said at a press conference.

How can he say that with a straight face :D
 

LightPattern

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I'm glad to see an official response to well researched reports like this:
http://intelreport.mandiant.com/

When so many of us deal with network attacks originating from China on a regular basis and have to explain it to those who don't understand the importance of computer security fundamentals.. I'm glad to have official public action like this to point to.
(And justify the ongoing cost of security protocols)
 
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