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The central point of that comment is that cyber espionage may not be strategically organized by the central government. China is a large country with complex po
by xfs 14y ago
The central point of that comment is that cyber espionage may not be strategically organized by the central government. China is a large country with complex power structures, while Chinese cyberspace is also underregulated and chaotic. Evidence of Chinese hackers being related to CPC or PLA doesn't imply the decision bodies in CPC and PLA all have such political or economic motives.
Edit: Here is the conclusion of the report:
In a State that rigorously monitors Internet use, it is highly unlikely that the Chinese Government is unaware of an
attack group that operates from the Pudong New Area of Shanghai.
This is likely false and demonstrating the authors do not understand what the Chinese government is monitoring. The Chinese government monitors Internet speech and content. It doesn't care about how many viruses or hackers are there.
- muglug 14y ago"Monitoring" is an unspeakably mild term for the mass censorship of the web that the Chinese government undertakes. The Chinese military is an appendage of the Chinese government, and acts according to the government's demands. As with StuxNet, it's highly likely that these attacks had officials calling the shots (if not writing the code).
- snowwrestler 14y ago> The Chinese government monitors Internet speech and content. It doesn't care about how many viruses or hackers are there. This is counter to the public position of the Chinese government, which is that they consider cyber attacks to be crimes that they aggressively pursue and prevent. It's also a meaningless distinction, as most viruses and cyber attacks originating from Chinese IP space use content as a vector.