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Germany names China as source of attack on government geospatial agency
- blackeyeblitzar 2y agoThis should be considered an act of war. And all allies of Germany should ban imports from China and also declare China to be an enemy of the state formally. Enough with the games, enough with tolerating their asymmetric warfare, and enough with giving an authoritarian communist regime power.
- horeszko 2y agoRegardless of what should or should not be considered an act of war, cyber attacks in practice are in a de facto grey area. Something less than war, but something the US will sanction the leadership and units involved for. Sandworm by Andy Greenberg is a good book to get the details on how "persistent threat actors" (i.e. state sponsered hackers) are handled by the US government (tldr the US government's calculus is that the grey area suits them for their own offensive cyber operations, and therefore there is a degree of tolerance for foreign PTAs).
- onetokeoverthe 2y ago[dead]
- jiehong 2y agoGermany’s overall cyber security is famous for being ‘limited’ both in the secret services and for the general public. There is a positive side to it: in many places you struggle to even get a mobile coverage, and not being connected is a good way to avoid issues with being on the internet.
- Incipient 2y agoI don't see how this is "allowed" (in the sense that lack of tangible action implies consent). In this day and age waging an economic "war" to exert power isn't really materially different to exerting it with fire-power over a larger time scale. Arguably in the west economic dominance is MORE effective, as it's considered acceptable, whereas armed conflict is dubious at best.