US justice department charges Chinese with hacking

[Jimbuna]

Who woulda thunk :doh:

The US has charged five Chinese army officers with hacking into private-sector American companies in a bid for competitive advantage, in the first cyber-espionage case of its kind.

Attorney General Eric Holder said the alleged breaches were "significant" and demanded "an aggressive response".

US prosecutors say the officers stole trade secrets and internal documents from five companies and a labour union.

China denied the charges and warned the case would harm US-China relations.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-27475324

[Skybird]

That's a bit ironic, isn't it. The hungry roaming wolf complaining about that he got bitten. :haha: What should we then say over here? We get bitten by them both, as if we were engaged in a two-fronts-war already.

[Catfish]

US justice department charges Chinese with hacking
You just can't make those things up !!

:rotfl2::rotfl2::rotfl2:

[Jimbuna]

Could be the beginning of a long running saga of claims and counter claims.

[Oberon]

Could be the beginning of a long running saga of claims and counter claims.

It's inevitable, it's the new era of espionage. :salute:

[Jimbuna]

It's inevitable, it's the new era of espionage. :salute:

Most definitely :yep:

[Catfish]

Well if you look at statistics and listen to well-informed circles the US were clearly in advance regarding spying, along with England and its former (?) colonies.
Which perfectly makes sense, since IT-wise they are still advanced in that field, and they sure were 20 years ago.

Since England is alway so interested in "who started" it, i'd say this time you really were first.
Kudos :03:

[Dread Knot]

In lieu of recent events, one probably won't require a Master's Degree in Confucian Studies to gauge China's response.

http://d1u0vyj1e00z8y.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/Fortune-cookie-shutterstock_102354181.jpg.png

[Wolferz]

It's as old as the internet itself and a moot point. Like closing the barn door after the horse has already been stolen. :roll:

[Mr Quatro]

China denied the charges and warned the case would harm US-China relations.


I wonder if we should start buying anything made of plastic ahead of time :haha:

[Dread Knot]

I wonder if we should start buying anything made of plastic ahead of time :haha:

NASA might wanna stock up on those Made in China trampolines. Between Russia and China we might have no Space Program. :D

[vanjast]

Well.. Ya All
Just think of Ye Congressman.. with a Monica all over the jewels, rapping China with his bling....

What a bloody assh.le... the Ching beat you at your own game - 'suk it yankee'

[soopaman2]

Did the genius Eric Holder just figure out this just now?

I figured it out when they (chinese) pirated the first I-phone.

Next week Holder will figure out he sold and lost a bunch of guns to the Mexican Cartels.:har::har:

[Stealhead]

They where reverse engineering US technology long before the iphone 5.

I never understand why people look down on reverse engineering it is actually pretty clever nearly everything borrows something from a previous concept.

Everyone spies on everyone else as well why this is so shocking is beyond me.

[Mr Quatro]

I figure these guys are a lot smarter than I am, right?

If I could hack into their computers I couldn't understand a word they said :o

They can at least translate the English language and numbers into Chinese ... their minds must be a funny place :yep:

[Sinkmore]

The U.S. Spies probably figured it out while routinely spying on China - and every other nation, and on every single phone call or email on Earth, etc. - so it's hard to muster up a lot of righteousness about it.

The U.S. has a lot of nerve to even mention "spying", holy crap. Elephant balls! Next we (I'm American) will accuse them of using foreign policy and their military to secure (steal...) third world oil and raw materials.

[Wolferz]

The U.S. Spies probably figured it out while routinely spying on China - and every other nation, and on every single phone call or email on Earth, etc. - so it's hard to muster up a lot of righteousness about it.

The U.S. has a lot of nerve to even mention "spying", holy crap. Elephant balls! Next we (I'm American) will accuse them of using foreign policy and their military to secure (steal...) third world oil and raw materials.

Funny how our government wants to throw a flag on a play that came out of their own playbook isn't it?
Honorable people don't act that way.
Makes me want to vomit.:stare:

[soopaman2]

Funny how our government wants to throw a flag on a play that came out of their own playbook isn't it?
Honorable people don't act that way.
Makes me want to vomit.:stare:

I do not think this is from our own playbook, I think it is just human nature. Spying, espionage, and intrigue have gone on since the dawn of mankind, it stems from a deep down animal instinct to distrust other cultures/races, and favoring your own, survival of the species.

My point? Humans are simply animals who are too smart for our own good.

The Chinese distrust us, but I do not think they hate us, respect us, want to learn from us, kinda like the Zerg in Starcraft, adapt strains using the enemies tech.:O:

Not saying what they did was right, but anyone who thinks America is some poor blameless rape victim huddled in the corner of the shower, is just blindly patriotic, or insane.:know:

[Wolferz]

Not saying what they did was right, but anyone who thinks America is some poor blameless rape victim huddled in the corner of the shower, is just blindly patriotic, or insane.:know:
I agree. Blindly patriotic or insane kind of describes two of many symptoms that our elected morons and their appointees suffer from.
Maybe they need a bitter little pill to cure what ails them.:yep:
The Celestials have been breaking into corporate servers to undercut capitalistic businesses for years now and all of a sudden Eric Holder sees a problem with it? Puhleze! :haha:

[soopaman2]

The administration needs to flex its muscles, the Chinese make a great enemy, an easy enemy, as they are mostly blamed for the destruction of American Industry (not the American corps who outsourced, or the Government that made it easy for them to do so)

A mere distraction Wolferz.

Alot of us are not falling for it.

I wonder where Eric Holder stands on "fast and furious". He wants accountability from the Chinese, perhaps a goodwill gesture on his part, with some honesty of his own, maybe a resignation.

People lose thier jobs and business for racial comments in (supposed) private (Donald Sterling), yet Holder outright and openly gives guns to people way more dangerous , and more of a threat to our country than any arab suicide bomber ever will be.

In my humble opinion of course.:salute:

[Dread Knot]

You'd think the Justice Department would have the sense not to post the faces of these Chinese generals that we have no possibility of ever incarcerating, on wanted posters. I can't think of a faster lane to folk hero celebrity stardom than getting your mug on a wanted poster. Just ask John Dillinger or Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid.

[soopaman2]

You'd think the Justice Department would have the sense not to post the faces of these Chinese generals that we have no possibility of ever incarcerating, on wanted posters. I can't think of a faster lane to folk hero celebrity stardom than getting your mug on a wanted poster. Just ask John Dillinger or Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid.

Or a deck of cards like we did with Iraq!



Wanted posters are not tacky enough.:D

That botched Saddam hanging was a hoot, but hey ACE OF SPADES, got em! Like Pokemon, gotta catch em all. ;)

Make it fun for people!

[Platapus]

How dare those Chinese hack into our systems at the same time we are hacking into theirs! :stare:

[Wolferz]

How dare those Chinese hack into our systems at the same time we are hacking into theirs! :stare:

It's surprising that they didn't bump heads somewhere in the middle.:har:
Or maybe they did and our token AG decided to actually do his job knowing that not one of the culprits could ever be extradited to stand trial.
More slight of hand by butt kissing lips from the smell of it. :roll:.

[Mr Quatro]

We could hack their computer systems, but the only thing worth anything is what they are going to do with the information they stole from us.

[kraznyi_oktjabr]

We could hack their computer systems, but the only thing worth anything is what they are going to do with the information they stole from us.Do you really believe that China doesn't have it's own R&D? Thats quite foolish assumption to be honest. Besides they are definately building on information obtained from abroad - either legally (for example education from foreign universities, work experience abroad) or not so - but how they apply their acquired information, how they develop existing product, what totally new they create with knowledge etc. is still valuable.

I would even say that U.S. government would be rather incompetent if they didn't atleast assist American industry in obtaining foreign companies' trade secrets.

[soopaman2]

I would even say that U.S. government would be rather incompetent if they didn't atleast assist American industry in obtaining foreign companies' trade secrets.


That sounds like a great way to start a war.


Besides most American companies are so entrneched in China, or regions around it these days, that it would not be viable to the shareholders to bite the hand that feeds you.

You seem to think American Corps value the American people, they don't, we expect too high a wage, compared to Vietnam, China, Thailand. etc, where these companies have a bulk of thier factories.

the USA assisted them so much in the past they outsourced our jobs there.

[vienna]

Incoming email:

"Hello, dear friend, I am proud to tell you you have won $US 1 Million dollars in the Shanghai Lottery! Please click on the following link to claim you prize!"...

Apparently, big American businesses, particularly defense industries, are prime suckers:

http://apnews.excite.com/article/20140520/us-china-cyberspying-0b4cd9d493.html

The low level of security of big business, mainly due to cost considerations and the unwillingness to spend to defend, speaks volumes about how vulnerable our systems really are; a prime reconsideration for those who are joyfully embracing "The Cloud" and placing their info and data in the hands of the same sort of businesses who were so easily duped...


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[kraznyi_oktjabr]

That sounds like a great way to start a war.Explain please? Industrial espionage is old thing that happens globally already. Goverments helping own country's companies in spying isn't news either.

Besides most American companies are so entrneched in China, or regions around it these days, that it would not be viable to the shareholders to bite the hand that feeds you.I wasn't talking about China here but in more general terms.

You seem to think American Corps value the American people, they don't, we expect too high a wage, compared to Vietnam, China, Thailand. etc, where these companies have a bulk of thier factories.Care to explain this? I missed where I said so. Companies go where best profits are available. Sometimes it maybe feasible to build stuff in America, unfortunately usually not (same applies to Finland). Unfortunately companies are not usually loyal to anyone (some maybe to shareholders) its very much who offers best deal at the time - ofcourse exceptions are likely to exist.

the USA assisted them so much in the past they outsourced our jobs there.Well that is unfortunately what have happened in most western countries.

[soopaman2]

My point was that American corporations have done nothing to help us, and not only that, they knocked us down in the name of profit.

Why help them? They are only "citizens" when they need protection, other than that fire that American, and hire 10 offshore 3rd worlders for the same price, and no pesky human rights to deal with in these countries either, meaning we can go on the cheap, with inadequate safety measures, if any, and worker deaths/injuries just disappear, no pesky family settlements. Civil rights get in the way of profits.

I ask, why should my taxpayer money go into helping these scum?

I say we stop helping them, zero tax breaks.

[kraznyi_oktjabr]

I ask again, why should my taxpayer money go into helping these scum?Oh sorry. I didn't interprete your post as question.

Atleast some of those companies still pay their takes into U.S. (atleast those who haven't found nice loophole to evade them "legally"). So there still is some interest left in D.C. for assisting them (besides who else would contribute to re-election campaing?).

I'm not saying its best use for taxpayers' money, but in the other hand is it wise to let others steal your secrets while you act as role model for fair play? When others don't want to read your precious rulebook (which I don't believe your gubmint read either)?

[Wolferz]

Who cares?

I'm more concerned that one of the Jenners is going to skip Kim and Kanye's wedding. The royally large tush and ego will not be pleased and innocent people in elevators are going to die from crush syndrome.:huh:


Belated April fools.:O:

[Platapus]

My point was that American corporations have done nothing to help us, and not only that, they knocked us down in the name of profit.

Why help them? They are only "citizens" when they need protection, other than that fire that American, and hire 10 offshore 3rd worlders for the same price, and no pesky human rights to deal with in these countries either, meaning we can go on the cheap, with inadequate safety measures, if any, and worker deaths/injuries just disappear, no pesky family settlements. Civil rights get in the way of profits.

I ask, why should my taxpayer money go into helping these scum?

I say we stop helping them, zero tax breaks.


Would you feel differently if you were a stockholder and your retirement security depended on the stock?

[Wolferz]

http://news.msn.com/us/auto-parts-price-fixing-probe-rattles-industry

:hmmm: Does your new car price taste different lately?