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Jbc223456 02-11-2013 03:50 PM

US is Target of Massive Cyber-Espionage
 
U.S. said to be target of massive cyber-espionage campaign - The Washington Post

David M 02-11-2013 08:25 PM

It is well known that China has been doing this for years. The US also hacks into other countries computers. The computers that control Syrias nuclear centrifuges is probabaly the best known example of this. We will never learn of what the US hacks into because it would be classified. US corporations do not disclose to the press when they get hacked, it is too embarassing.

doubledragon5 02-11-2013 08:32 PM

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Originally Posted by David M (Post 1576412)
It is well known that China has been doing this for years. The US also hacks into other countries computers.

Yup to steal back our secrets LOL:D

Jbc223456 02-11-2013 08:47 PM

Yeah David, I was reading up on the recent "Stuxnet" code that the US and other countries have utilized in order to sabotage the Syrian nuclear power facilities. It's quite an interesting read. One day it's all going to go public on how we're doing the same exact thing, yet the media makes a big deal about it when we have some intrusion detected.

David M 02-11-2013 09:20 PM

Wouldn't it be interesting to be the President to learn of all this information that the US secretly knows about other countries, obtained through computer hacking. The good news is that China's Achilles heel is that their culture and system of government does not encourage or reward creativity, conformity and obedience yes. They don't invent anything, except for really good take out food. They have to steal, bribe or purchase their cutting edge technology.

Did you see the monkey in the Syrian rocket? It reminded me of the old grainy black and white films made by NASA 60 years ago. Syria attempting to showcase its latest technology was comical. Were I the head of Syria I would have been embarrassed to release those monkey videos. Even Planet of the Apes is more recent technology.

doubledragon5 02-11-2013 09:36 PM

I believe for the last two posters it was IRAN.

David M 02-11-2013 09:54 PM

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Originally Posted by doubledragon5 (Post 1576419)
I believe for the last two posters it was IRAN.

You're right!

Jbc223456 02-11-2013 10:12 PM

Yeah, oops, it was Iran.

And yeah, I was looking at the monkey rocket the day I heard about it. It was quite laughable to be honest. I was baffled that they were like, "Here we are. Look at our awesomeness!!"


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