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Your problem here is ability and motive. What other countries are capable of executing this attack and would want to steal this information? As far as I know Co

by pg_bot 7y ago

Your problem here is ability and motive. What other countries are capable of executing this attack and would want to steal this information? As far as I know Comac is the only company that is attempting to build planes that rival Boeing and Airbus for commercial flight so you have your motive. The Chinese have a history of corporate espionage (lookup Huawei and Nortel) and given that Comac is a state owned company you can clearly understand why they would try to steal information. If you're trying to frame someone, there has to be a plausible explanation for why you would do it.

dirtyid 7y ago
>Comac is the only company that is attempting to build planes that rival Boeing and Airbus Boeing also competes with Airbus, as in actively competes in real dollar terms compared to Comac which is more or less aspirational. Given their current situation they have as much incentive to hack Airbus, plus they've been accused recently: Airbus to sue NSA, German spies accused of swiping tech secrets >European aerospace giant Airbus is promising legal action over claims its top blueprints were stolen by German spies and given to America's intelligence agencies. https://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/04/30/airbus_us_german_intelligence/ https://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/04/30/airbus_us_german_in... My view is that both Boeing and Comac is actively stealing from airbus because why wouldn't they?
- mikhailfranco 7y ago
  Yes, US/NSA/Boeing must at least be under suspicion in these circumstances. As the Comac C919 approaches certification and full production, airlines, especially Chinese ones, will delay orders, to wait and see, or actively prefer the C919 over the 737 series. Even if the C919 is delayed with the usual teething troubles, many customers will decide to wait, or buy Airbus if they have to. At this point, Boeing is the weakest of the three competitors in the mid-size market, and must be desperate to do anything to survive.
PeterStuer 7y ago
The US also has a long history of state-sponsored industrial espionage. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ECHELON https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ECHELON

by pg_bot 7y ago

dirtyid 7y ago

>Comac is the only company that is attempting to build planes that rival Boeing and Airbus Boeing also competes with Airbus, as in actively competes in real dollar terms compared to Comac which is more or less aspirational. Given their current situation they have as much incentive to hack Airbus, plus they've been accused recently: Airbus to sue NSA, German spies accused of swiping tech secrets >European aerospace giant Airbus is promising legal action over claims its top blueprints were stolen by German spies and given to America's intelligence agencies. https://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/04/30/airbus_us_german_intelligence/ https://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/04/30/airbus_us_german_in... My view is that both Boeing and Comac is actively stealing from airbus because why wouldn't they?

mikhailfranco 7y ago
Yes, US/NSA/Boeing must at least be under suspicion in these circumstances. As the Comac C919 approaches certification and full production, airlines, especially Chinese ones, will delay orders, to wait and see, or actively prefer the C919 over the 737 series. Even if the C919 is delayed with the usual teething troubles, many customers will decide to wait, or buy Airbus if they have to. At this point, Boeing is the weakest of the three competitors in the mid-size market, and must be desperate to do anything to survive.

PeterStuer 7y ago

The US also has a long history of state-sponsored industrial espionage. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ECHELON https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ECHELON