Analysis: China-US hacking accord is tall on rhetoric, short on substance
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2015/09/analysis-china-us-hacking-accord-is-tall-on-rhetoric-short-on-substance/
But even assuming both sides would follow the pact, the
accord is tall on rhetoric and short on substance. The deal, for
instance, defines the method of enforcement as requiring the two
nation's to create a "high-level joint dialogue mechanism,"
according to a joint statement from Attorney General Loretta
Lynch and Homeland Security chief Jeh Johnson. More important,
the two superpowers make no commitment not to hack one another
for intelligence-gathering purposes. That means the recent hack
of the Office of Personnel Management's background investigation
data--5.6 million sets of fingerprints from US federal
employees, contractors and other federal job applicants--doesn't
run counter to the accord. The OPM hack is believed to have
originated in China and the data, as Ars has previously
reported, is "in the hands of the foreign intelligence services
of China."
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Executive Summary: DUH.
--Lauren--
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