Is there any other plausible actor who could be carrying on this attack for so long? For me the more interesting question remains: Why would China be carrying

Is there any other plausible actor who could be carrying on this attack for so long? For me the more interesting question remains: Why would China be carrying out this attack? I have yet to hear a plausible motive. Other plausible actors would be the people who have an interest in creating the perception of a "cyber threat", in order to implement more "protections". Protections like an Executive Order[1] "to target those attempting cyber attacks on US assets and infrastructure". After all, with both China and Russia[2] attacking us, who would argue against the urgent need for such measures? And yet, technically either China or the NSA (via their control over Tier1 carriers) could be responsible for this attack. Perhaps it really was China. But considering we're talking about state-level secret agencies in any case it's a bit sad how reluctant many HNers seem to be to even consider any scenario other than the mainstream narrative. [1] http://www.nationaljournal.com/tech/obama-declares-cyber-attacks-a-national-emergency-20150401 http://www.nationaljournal.com/tech/obama-declares-cyber-att... [2] http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3029768/Russian-hackers-blamed-cyber-attack-exposed-president-s-private-schedule-Obama-aide-insists-White-House-computer-secure.html http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3029768/Russian-hack...