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Born at the Crest of the Empire

Thursday, May 29, 2008

Chinese hackers causing blackouts?

I'm not sure I believe this, but it's floating around today,
Computer hackers in China, including those working on behalf of the Chinese government and military, have penetrated deeply into the information systems of U.S. companies and government agencies, stolen proprietary information from American executives in advance of their business meetings in China, and, in a few cases, gained access to electric power plants in the United States, possibly triggering two recent and widespread blackouts in Florida and the Northeast, according to U.S. government officials and computer-security experts.


Also today, (AP) "U.S. authorities are investigating whether Chinese officials secretly copied the contents of a government laptop computer during a visit to China by Commerce Secretary Carlos M. Gutierrez and used the information to try to hack into Commerce computers...."

2 Comments:

  • Stunning: CNN Logic

    0 Chinese must be against Chinese Government;
    1 There are only three kinds of Chinese: Fa Lun Gong, Tibet independence group and the Chinese who are brainwashed by Chinese communist party
    2 If a Chinese person is not against the Chinese government, he must have been brainwashed by Chinese communist party.
    3 All actions taken by Chinese people, if not go against the Chinese government, must be arranged by Chinese government
    4 Any positive news about China must be fabricated;
    6 Any Chinese goods must contain lead, except for, of course, pig lead;
    7 Falungong and Tibet Independence totally represent the opinion of all Chinese people, and any who are against them have been brainwashed by the communist party;
    8 Tibetan people must be represented by Tibet Impendence Group, and must ask for separation;
    9 Any criminals arrested by Chinese government are arrested for political reasons, and there are no other kinds of criminals in Chinese prison;
    10 Any Chinese people except for Falungong and Tibet Independence must don’t know what human rights are;
    11 Any actions taken by Chinese people must be extreme, except for of course falugong and Tibet independence.

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 4:46 AM  

  • I'm assuming this is spam of some sort since I discounted these stories up top and never mentioned several of the response points.

    I wonder if it's officially sanctioned or just somebody.

    By Blogger mikevotes, at 6:40 AM  

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