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Skybird · 03-02-12, 06:50 PM

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-17231695

Do not complain about the Chinese - they only do what they can. Complain about the Americans being not able to prevent it.

A security architecture and military heavily depending on high tech computer networks and satellites. This story adds beef to my opinion that the Chinese must not try to equalise the American military on a 1:1 basis. They must focus on digital warfare, and I do not rule out that there they already are in the (secret) lead. They could maybe defeat the Amerians by paralysing their forces the way the Cylons did with the colonial fleet at the beginning of the new Battlestar Galactica series.

I do not even wish to know what they could do to the civilian infrastrructure in the US, which American computer and data security being even more under-developed than in Europe. Energy. Traffic. Stockmarkets. Companies. Air travel. Hospitals. Dams. Nuclear powerplants. Science facilities. Media. Communication. I probably would not find sleep anymore.

03-02-12, 06:50 PM	#1
Skybird Soaring Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: the mental asylum named Germany Posts: 42,620 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	NASA, JPL hacked and under "full functional control" by attacker http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-17231695 Do not complain about the Chinese - they only do what they can. Complain about the Americans being not able to prevent it. A security architecture and military heavily depending on high tech computer networks and satellites. This story adds beef to my opinion that the Chinese must not try to equalise the American military on a 1:1 basis. They must focus on digital warfare, and I do not rule out that there they already are in the (secret) lead. They could maybe defeat the Amerians by paralysing their forces the way the Cylons did with the colonial fleet at the beginning of the new Battlestar Galactica series. I do not even wish to know what they could do to the civilian infrastrructure in the US, which American computer and data security being even more under-developed than in Europe. Energy. Traffic. Stockmarkets. Companies. Air travel. Hospitals. Dams. Nuclear powerplants. Science facilities. Media. Communication. I probably would not find sleep anymore. __________________ If you feel nuts, consult an expert.