For the last three months or so, the U.S. government and some of its defense contractors have engaged in a war of shame on China to pressure it to cool its cyber-attacks on U.S. targets.
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A cyberunit of the People’s Liberation Army in China appears to have resumed its attacks using different techniques, hitting several of the same victims it has gone after in the past. (Hackers From China Resume Attacks on U.S. Delete the scoop?
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DDoS hackers on the loose. A portent of things to come. Delete the scoop?
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North Korea is the center of attention these days for its questionable political strategies and for the dispute raging with the entire West. The contrasts have an inevitable reflection even in cybe... Delete the scoop?
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Raspberry Pi Foundation hit by grudge DDoS attack PCWorld.co.nz The tiny Raspberry Pi Foundation website and forum has been hit by two short but nasty DDoS attacks in the last week, the second attack flurry that has targeted the organisation since... Via F. Thunus Delete the scoop?
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Chinese hackers who breached Google gained access to sensitive data, US ... Delete the scoop?
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Officials within the United States government say hackers from China have renewed their assault on US targets only three months after a highly-touted investigation linked the People’s Liberation Army to a series of cyberattacks waged at American... Delete the scoop?
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Annual assessment expresses concern that cyber-espionage could turn into cyberattacks. Via Bob Boynton
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I take it this is bureaucratic speak for we finally have to acknowledge the obvious. Though most of the report is about military -- weapon systems.
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This week’s Internet attack was enabled by the operators of more than 27 million Internet servers who left their equipment wide open to a motivated attacker. Via Bob Boynton
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And we didn't even know we were responsible. Somebody should do it for us because we are not going to learn. Delete the scoop?
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