sekiryu Posted September 7, 2007 Report Share Posted September 7, 2007 Military.com China's Army hacked into a computer network at the Pentagon in an attack that has US officials concerned about the growing regularity and sophistication of China's technological assaults, the Financial Times reported Tuesday. Computer specialists with the People's Liberation Army (PLA) penetrated an unclassified network used by policy aides to US Defence Secretary Robert Gates in June, resulting in a weeklong shutdown of the system, the newspaper said in a report that quoted unnamed US officials. The PLA has demonstrated the ability to conduct attacks that disable our system ... and the ability in a conflict situation to re-enter and disrupt on a very large scale," a former official was quoted as saying by the Financial Times, adding that China's Army has also hacked into the networks of US defence companies and think tanks. The penetration of the Pentagon network three months ago came after the US Defence Department had staved off the hacker attacks for several months and as China's military has been testing the Pentagon networks hundreds of times a day for the past few years, the British newspaper said in a report from Washington. An unnamed senior US official told the Times that "no doubt" existed that China was monitoring e-mails sent on unclassified US government networks. The report was not the first accusing China's Army of breaking into the computer networks of foreign governments. Germany's Der Spiegel news magazine reported two days before German Chancellor Angela Merkel met Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao in Beijing last week that Chinese hackers had infiltrated German government computers with spy programs. The article said intelligence services suspected hackers in the Chinese army were behind the online attacks on computers in Merkel's offices, the Foreign Ministry, the Economics Ministry, and the Research and Development Ministry. The first spy programs were found several months ago, it added, citing an investigation by the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution, Germany's domestic intelligence agency, and the Federal Office for Information Security. Although Wen and Merkel did not address the charges in Der Spiegel's report when they spoke to reporters August 27, Wen vowed that his government would take measures to eliminate hacker attacks. A Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman also said during Merkel's visit that Beijing opposes and has outlawed computer hacking and is cooperating with other countries to combat computer crimes. Scary Link to post Share on other sites
evilliboba Posted September 7, 2007 Report Share Posted September 7, 2007 *Looks over at Tom Clancy's Red Storm Rising.* Oh shi- Link to post Share on other sites
sekiryu Posted September 7, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 7, 2007 I bet they picked up a Chinese edition. The apocalypse begins! Link to post Share on other sites
otherrandomhero Posted September 7, 2007 Report Share Posted September 7, 2007 .....*beep* Link to post Share on other sites
evilliboba Posted September 7, 2007 Report Share Posted September 7, 2007 Can you see it now? Those clones where just a front to win our hearts so they can take over the world!!! Link to post Share on other sites
Qhs Posted September 7, 2007 Report Share Posted September 7, 2007 China is smart. They are eliminating the threat of the future with toxic toys. Link to post Share on other sites
Donut Posted September 7, 2007 Report Share Posted September 7, 2007 Woot~! Link to post Share on other sites
Hawk281 Posted September 7, 2007 Report Share Posted September 7, 2007 Wait, they have the internet in china? When the hell did this happen? Link to post Share on other sites
Donut Posted September 7, 2007 Report Share Posted September 7, 2007 They cloned it, obviously Link to post Share on other sites
General Mazaki Posted September 7, 2007 Report Share Posted September 7, 2007 Damn that is scary... More and more I'm starting to think we are going to end up at war with china. Maybe I should rewrite what I have so far of my GRAW fan-fic... Link to post Share on other sites
DarkLite Posted September 7, 2007 Report Share Posted September 7, 2007 We have over a billion people in China - so we also have a LOT of hackers. I also find it somewhat hypocritical that the US are complaining when they've been doing exactly the same thing for far longer. Link to post Share on other sites
General Mazaki Posted September 7, 2007 Report Share Posted September 7, 2007 We have over a billion people in China - so we also have a LOT of hackers. I also find it somewhat hypocritical that the US are complaining when they've been doing exactly the same thing for far longer. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Dude, it was the Chinese Military. Not some punk hacker who eats hot pockets. Link to post Share on other sites
GuzziHero Posted September 7, 2007 Report Share Posted September 7, 2007 Its still not as cool as our cellphone-rocks. Link to post Share on other sites
talon_0315 Posted September 7, 2007 Report Share Posted September 7, 2007 Dude, it was the Chinese Military. Not some punk hacker who eats hot pockets. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I'm sure the U.S. Air Force is also conducting cyberwarfare dry runs on other countries. Western media just tends to publish it more. I've honestly yet through Western media of hear of another country accusing the United States or other Western countries of hacking into their systems. Link to post Share on other sites
NeoVeNoM Posted September 7, 2007 Report Share Posted September 7, 2007 Say what you want, but the US always have that need to control the entire world. Lets just say that the chinese showed them they are not the only one who can hack into security mainframes. I really don't see a huge threat here. I can even say it is very hypocrite to blame for china's doing what they themselves have been doing since the beginning of computer networking and worse. It's is not like china hacked into the defense network of the pentagon. It's only a office network. Link to post Share on other sites
Jack Bauer Posted September 7, 2007 Report Share Posted September 7, 2007 Dude, it was the Chinese Military. Not some punk hacker who eats hot pockets. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Well, of course the hacker won't eat hot pockets. He's actually a professional at the job and more than likely leaves the office for his lunch. Or simply has a packed lunch. I for one welcome our new IT overlords. Personally don't see the big deal. Cyber-warfare's been going on for years, just like Russian bombers over the north pole used to be a mundane thing that gave NATO forces in Northern Europe something to do other than build snowmen. Which was pretty damn tricky in Summer IIRC. Plus, I bet the Pentagon's just upset the Chinese beat them at Starcraft. Link to post Share on other sites
Misfit Posted September 7, 2007 Report Share Posted September 7, 2007 China has been expanding it's C4ISR capability for a while now, this was probably just a test or a show of their capabilities. They've also got anti-satellite surveillance defences and technology now, too. Jammers, missiles and were developing a ground to orbit laser. Link to post Share on other sites
Chimpy Posted September 7, 2007 Report Share Posted September 7, 2007 China has been expanding it's C4ISR capability for a while now, this was probably just a test or a show of their capabilities. They've also got anti-satellite surveillance defences and technology now, too. Jammers, missiles and were developing a ground to orbit laser. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> C4ISTAR dude. The one you used is the name of a journal on net-centric warfare (no not that kind of 'net). Total non-story, this has been happening constantly in both directions for years. Link to post Share on other sites
hardboiledcop Posted September 7, 2007 Report Share Posted September 7, 2007 I've honestly yet through Western media of hear of another country accusing the United States or other Western countries of hacking into their systems. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> come again? Link to post Share on other sites
Misfit Posted September 7, 2007 Report Share Posted September 7, 2007 C4ISTAR dude. The one you used is the name of a journal on net-centric warfare (no not that kind of 'net). Total non-story, this has been happening constantly in both directions for years. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Ah right, thanks for the correction mate. Link to post Share on other sites
fanta101 Posted September 7, 2007 Report Share Posted September 7, 2007 500llb smart bomb on PLAs internet cafe=fixed Link to post Share on other sites
DarkLite Posted September 7, 2007 Report Share Posted September 7, 2007 500llb smart bomb on PLAs internet cafe=fixed <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Except the PLA would hack your GPS and reroute your bombers to the Pentagon. Because in China, we actually study geography. Link to post Share on other sites
Gor Posted September 7, 2007 Report Share Posted September 7, 2007 Not all that amazing in my opinon. NATO and the Soviet bloc did it to each other, hell we still do and the USSR doesn't exist anymore. Sound far worse than it is. Not saying such incursions should be tolerated by either side but there is so much spin on that article it's as if the utterly honest West wouldn't dream of doing such a thing. Link to post Share on other sites
sniper_boi Posted September 7, 2007 Report Share Posted September 7, 2007 LOL! Link to post Share on other sites
[-=O=-]^{Woozie} Posted September 7, 2007 Report Share Posted September 7, 2007 I think they are now watching me surfing the internet... stealing my hurzzz at the same time... and possibly hack into mine webcam watching me *fap* Link to post Share on other sites
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