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I agree that monetary loss is a big motivator, however I am still curious (US citizen) as to the political implications of doing nothing as a nation when compan
by blamarvt 12y ago
I agree that monetary loss is a big motivator, however I am still curious (US citizen) as to the political implications of doing nothing as a nation when companies are quite obviously being attack by foreign governments. Normally these kind of attacks are much less obviously perpetrated by nation-states.
- moe 12y agoquite obviously being attack by foreign governments Nothing is "obvious". For all we know this could be a bored teenager sitting in his basement in New York, Paris, Tokyo or Moscow. It could also be a false flag operation by the NSA, to massage the western adolescent nerd's mindset into quietly accepting their next round of mass surveillance ("Must protect from the evil chinese!"). The Chinese openly attacking GitHub is the least plausible scenario, unless you think they are stupid.
- siscia 12y agoAt least they are keeping the attack going... At least as guilty, imho.
- moe 12y agoHow do you know what "they" do or not do? And who is "they"? Baidu? The Chinese Government? The great firewall administrator himself?
- blamarvt 12y agohttp://insight-labs.org/?p=1682 http://insight-labs.org/?p=1682 Sorry but how would a bored teenager somewhere have control over injecting attacks in traffic passing through the "Great Firewall of China". This really doesn't seem like a typical attack to me but you are right in that I should not be claiming this an obvious attack by a nation-state without the facts.
- moe 12y agohow would a bored teenager somewhere have control over injecting attacks in traffic passing through the "Great Firewall of China The same way a 15yr old once took out Yahoo, CNN, eBay, Dell and Amazon: Dedication. Perhaps it's even a Chinese activist, looking to draw attention to the firewall or to spark a little diplomatic quarrel with the US?