I'm sorry but this whole story seems a little doubtful to me. Why, if you are Chinese Intelligence, use such blunt-instrument methods to obtain IP from american companies? Why not develop a Kim Philby (yes, Google is your friend) for the purpose? Failing that, there must surely be hundreds of chinese-american techies in those companies who can be leaned on for whatever reason to provide info.
Great narrative this, what with words/phrases like "hacking" and "dissidents" and "IE flaw". Fails to pass basic logic tests though. P. On Jan 15, 2010, at 14:17, Thomas Bbosa , CISSP wrote: > The Advanced persistent threats (APT) technology said to have been used by > these guys in the attack has been a real worry among security practioners. > Because this simply means that the attacker has muscle!! There has been talk > that the bad guys invest a lot in this technology that mostly involves > stealthy tactics with zero day attacks. Again holes in IE continue to worry > many. > > But the real question though is, can Google afford to loose the China? > > Regards; > Thomas. > > Thomas Bbosa , CISSP > > BitWork Technologies (U) Ltd > Plot 135, UMA show Grounds –Lugogo > P.O.BOX 851, Kampala, Uganda > Tel: +256-414-579099 > Mob: +256-782480878 > Fax: +256-414-289218 > Website: http://www.bitworktech.com > From: Daniel Bwente [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: 15 January 2010 12:25 > To: Linux Users Group Uganda > Subject: Re: [LUG] OT- Google and China > > Insight on the attack Vectors used to hit Google and others, > > http://siblog.mcafee.com/cto/operation-%E2%80%9Caurora%E2%80%9D-hit-google-others/ > > Operation “Aurora” > I am sure you are wondering about the name “Aurora.” Based on our analysis, > “Aurora” was part of the filepath on the attacker’s machine that was included > in two of the malware binaries that we have confirmed are associated with the > attack. > > > Cheers > > On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 2:25 PM, Niles Collins <[email protected]> > wrote: > As much as the US needs China for that credit line, China needs the US > because we buy all their products. If the US stopped buying Chinese made > products and China called in the debt owed by the US I think that China would > blink first. This might turn into the beginning of that struggle. > > _______________________________________________ > LUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > %LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including > attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. > --------------------------------------- > > > > > > -- > Dan > +256-071-2-552035 > > "You won't have eyes tonight. You won't have ears or a tongue. you will > wander the underworld blind, deaf and dumb and all the dead will know; This > is Hector: the fool who thought he killed Achilles." > _______________________________________________ > LUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > %LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including > attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. > --------------------------------------- >
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