Chinese and Iranian Hackers Renew Their Attacks on US Companies (nytimes.com) 105
Businesses and government agencies in the United States have been targeted in aggressive attacks by Iranian and Chinese hackers who security experts believe have been energized by President Trump's withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal last year and his trade conflicts with China. From a report: Recent Iranian attacks on American banks, businesses and government agencies have been more extensive than previously reported. Dozens of corporations and multiple United States agencies have been hit, according to seven people briefed on the episodes who were not authorized to discuss them publicly. The attacks, attributed to Iran by analysts at the National Security Agency and the private security firm FireEye, prompted an emergency order by the Department of Homeland Security during the government shutdown last month.
The Iranian attacks coincide with a renewed Chinese offensive geared toward stealing trade and military secrets from American military contractors and technology companies, according to nine intelligence officials, private security researchers and lawyers familiar with the attacks who discussed them on the condition of anonymity because of confidentiality agreements. A summary of an intelligence briefing read to The New York Times said that Boeing, General Electric Aviation and T-Mobile were among the recent targets of Chinese industrial-espionage efforts. The companies all declined to discuss the threats, and it is not clear if any of the hacks were successful.
The Iranian attacks coincide with a renewed Chinese offensive geared toward stealing trade and military secrets from American military contractors and technology companies, according to nine intelligence officials, private security researchers and lawyers familiar with the attacks who discussed them on the condition of anonymity because of confidentiality agreements. A summary of an intelligence briefing read to The New York Times said that Boeing, General Electric Aviation and T-Mobile were among the recent targets of Chinese industrial-espionage efforts. The companies all declined to discuss the threats, and it is not clear if any of the hacks were successful.
Also desperately trying to steal secrets... (Score:2)
... from my quake server.
Its strange having friends... (Score:3)
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You too have U.S. friends?
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TDS (Score:1)
Yes, let's find a way to blame this on President Trump, even though cyber attacks from various foreign nations - and not just Iran and China - have been a constant reality of the Internet for decades by now.
But sure, blame it on President Trump. Because that's at all relevant.
I can pretty much guarantee that the attacks were successful, because my experience with military contractors is that the best and brightest do not go into military IT. There are just too many rigid procedures and policies to deal with
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Re:TDS (Score:4)
Everything great should be credited to Obama, and everything bad is Bush's fault (both repeated unceasingly, esp. the Bush thing)
All of it is tiresome. So is calling out the other guy for being a hypocrite while you're being a hypocrite.
I don't care who started it kids. I'm going to get out the belt if I have to stop this car. Or rather - if you're being a childish partisan I'll discount everything you have to say as you've discredited yourself. I don't need to see more poo flinging.
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Google, Facebook, and Microsoft are companies that collect information legally and openly, albeit in the fine print. To avoid that don't use their services.
China, Iran, and Russia have paid government workers who actively break into whatever they can and steal whatever they can for the benefit of their governments and private industries while giving nothing of value back.
If you fail to see the difference, you must be paid to do so or have the intellectual depth of a puddle.
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Walking out entire US databases for free.
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Unofficially: We've compromised their networks and watched them do it.
The question is why say we know? Is this public notice actually a warning?
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I vaguely recall news that the US government has developed and is actively using tools that make US government hacking look like it is coming from there. So maybe the US is just lying again, and that is why this is a "public notice".
Dear China (Score:2, Insightful)
Lots of people, strong economy, lots of successful trade relations, excellent technology and industrial expertise. It looks like you are a successful world power.
How about instead of copying the 'american model' you could stand up and a be decent trustworthy, and faithful country that we know you can be.
Every single Chinese person I have worked with or called a friend has been amazing.
When we see stuff like this on the net, it is just so disappointing as you are just following the 'others'. We waste so muc
Re: Dear America (Score:3, Insightful)
Dear America
Please be a decent, trustworthy country we know you can be
The world
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It's not that we are inherently trustworthy, it's that we have a mostly open system so that our flaws are likely to be eventually found out such that we have to keep ourselves in check.
If you can get away with bad deeds, you will most likely increase your bad deeds. That's Human Nature 101. Checks and balances matter, and that generally requires openness, something China & Russia lack.
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Correction: China, Russia, and Iran lack.
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And we can totally believe everything they tell us!
Re:I'm curious: how do they know their nationality (Score:5, Insightful)
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Well British security just said that Huawei gear isn't that bad and that any security concerns can be managed, so I guess their stuff is okay again.
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Tiananmen Square - use the great firewall? (Score:2)
i.e. can these things be blocked by the Great Firewall or do they have official sanction and a pass?
Blah blah blah. Show us the evidence. (Score:1, Insightful)
Or stop with the unfounded accusations. It makes the US incredibly untrustworthy when you have definitely been proven to do exactly the very thing you accuse other countries of, but without providing evidence.
As long as American keeps doing the same... (Score:2, Insightful)
why wouldn't China and other return the favor? Here's an eye-opener for you: one of the NSA's core missions has always been what they call "technology retrieval", which is just a fancy way of saying industrial espionage.
It's always funny to see the US government and their little citizens accusing other countries of stealing from them.
Re: T-Mobile (Score:1)
Forgot Russia (Score:2)