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| State Department confirms Chinese cyber attacks |
| 2005-09-08 |
| From East-Asia-Intel, subscription req'd. The State Department acknowledged last week that China is a source of many computer attacks. Insert "Master of the Obvious" picture here. âThreats to our computer systems can arise from many sources and are difficult to identify,â the department said in a statement. âWe defend against attempted attacks into our systems from sources in China and many other countries.â The department seeks to cooperate with international meetings in Asia to deal with cyber security, such as the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation Forum (APEC) and âChina is a member of APEC and takes part in the cyber security dialogue in that venue.â Fox: meet chicken coop. The Chicoms are known around the world for the promises they keep. The department statement would not say if China succeed in penetrating computers during a China-origin computer hacking effort known as Titan Rain. We can say no more.⢠âWe remain vigilant through our anti-virus and firewall protection to thwart attacks such as these,â the statement said. âSo far this calendar year, the Department of State has blocked from its systems about 3.8 million viruses and 13 million spam attacks.â The spam attacks were by and large from Nigeria. |
| Posted by:Alaska Paul |
| #4 China's sheer number of unprotected and zombie systems is a part of this problem. Most people don't have legal copies of the operating system they use. Chinese rarely if ever secure them with firewall and anti virus protection. They also don't patch them as they are bootleg copies and don't have that option. They just reformat and reinstall when the systems finally crash. Knowing where many of these "attacks" actually come from is hard to establish. I suggest taking much salt with people you claim to know where attacks really originate. Most of the spam out of China is actually sent by US spammers. These attacks could be the same type of thing. |
| Posted by: Sock Puppet O´ Doom 2005-09-08 02:19 |
| #3 Pff...the ignorance on these issues is astounding. Everyone seems to assume that the Chinese government is behind this. The internet is totally disconnected from geography. If I want to attack US servers, I can do it from anywhere I want to. As a matter of fact, it's only common sense to disguise your true location. |
| Posted by: gromky 2005-09-08 01:19 |
| #2 Die spammers die. May as well be the same way like that Russian dude. |
| Posted by: twobyfour 2005-09-08 01:02 |
| #1 RB got some comment spam from China yesterday, but the AoS acted quickly to restore order and Fred's levee firewall has been reinforced. Die spammers die. |
| Posted by: Seafarious 2005-09-08 00:14 |