Re: [TSCM-L] {2432} Re: Chinese waging online spy war

From: Eric Schmiedl <eric.s..._at_gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 17 Feb 2008 10:11:18 -0500

Rolland Douglas wrote:
> More FUD. And this is news? Ah I see "McAfee reports"
> somewhere in the mongo mix of PsyTerror. Big bad gov
> under attack...and I suppose we should sympathize with
> this nonsense or hide under a rock or buy McAfee
> bulls**t products to protect us from the Yellow
> menace?
>
> Rather like Max Boots' new book. I don't suppose tht
> an analyisis of themethods these alleged hackers, all
> under the tender aghe of 13 I'm sure, are using?
>
> I smell McAfee warez getting a boost in their virtual
> arm...
>
> Thanks, ah, though...
>
> Gee who knew?
> --- andyg..._at_aol.com wrote:
>
>> Chinese waging online spy war
>>
>> CHINESE computer hackers have launched several
>> targeted attacks on highly classified Federal
>> Government computer networks, prompting an internal
>> review of IT security.
>>
>> The cyber attacks are believed to be part of a
>> co-ordinated international espionage operation to
>> glean intelligence from Western countries.
>>
>> Senior Australian intelligence figures are also
>> believed to be concerned at an increasing level of
>> industrial espionage directed at local companies.
>>
>> The targeted cyber attacks are believed to have
>> occurred late last year but are not believed to have
>> succeeded in stealing any sensitive information.
>>
>> Chinese authorities are believed to be using
>> sophisticated hacking technology to glean
>> information on a range of subjects including
>> sensitive military secrets and the prices Australian
>> companies will seek for resources such as coal, iron
>> ore and natural gas.
>>
>> "I wouldn't characterise the attempts as necessarily
>> malicious, just routine espionage aimed at getting
>> an advantage," a Canberra-based intelligence source
>> told The Sunday Age.
>>
>> "It's important to recognise that this is not a
>> direct threat aimed at destabilising our government,
>> nor is this a wilful effort to hinder or discredit
>> government activity.
>>
>> "But, do we have secrets that other governments
>> would like to know? Yes. Are they trying? Yes.
>> Espionage over the internet is a major battleground
>> of the future."
>>
>> So concerned are senior intelligence figures that
>> the Federal Government will this year spend $70
>> million to improve IT security, a figure that could
>> be increased after the recent spate of cyber
>> attacks.
>>
>> A spokesman for the Department of Defence refused to
>> confirm or deny the recent cyber attacks on key
>> government agencies.
>>
>> A Chinese government spokesman denied that Beijing
>> had authorised any cyber espionage against any
>> Australian agencies.
>>
>> A December 2007 report on virtual criminology by the
>> international antivirus software and computer
>> security company McAfee Inc confirmed that
>> government computer systems in Australia, New
>> Zealand, the United States, Germany and India had
>> been attacked.
>>
>> It predicted that growth in virtual espionage would
>> be among the main online threats in 2008.
>>
>> "The Chinese have publicly stated that they are
>> pursuing activities in cyber-espionage," the McAfee
>> report stated.
>>
>> The report estimated that about 120 countries around
>> the world were working on cyber attack plans.
>>
>>
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