US Hacked Chinese University Network 330
An anonymous reader writes "Hong Kong's South China Morning Post reports that Tsinghua University, widely regarded as the mainland's top education and research institute, was the target of extensive hacking by U.S. spies this year, according to information leaked by Edward Snowden. The information also showed that the attacks on Tsinghua University were intensive and concerted efforts. In one single day of January, at least 63 computers and servers in Tsinghua University have been hacked by the NSA. The university is home to one of the mainland's six major backbone networks, the China Education and Research Network from where internet data from millions of Chinese citizens could be mined. Universities in Hong Kong and the mainland were revealed as targets of NSA's cyber-snooping activities last week when Snowden claimed the Chinese University of Hong Kong had been hacked."
The U.S. government is reportedly hacking into Chinese mobile phone companies as well for access to text messages. In related news, the U.S. has asked Hong Kong to extradite Snowden, and the petition to pardon him has met that 100,000 signature threshold required for an official response from the administration.
Traitor on the run! (Score:2, Informative)
nsa prosecuted (Score:4, Informative)
The real question is - will the US Gov be prosecuted for their crimes ? At least these ones this guy Snowden made public. We can talk about thousands of other crimes against humanity and life later.
Nobody is talking about that.. why ? What the hell is wrong with you people ?
Re:big effing news (Score:3, Informative)
It's the purpose of the NSA to spy on other nations. The US is neither hiding it nor apologizing for that.
Wrong, and also wrong. That's the purpose of the CIA. The NSA's job is securing our nation's communications, not unsecuring those of other nations.
Re:**WHO** is the real traitor ? (Score:1, Informative)
I don't give a shit if cowards like you think he "betrayed his country." The biggest threat to this country is our own politicians and their corporate masters. China doesn't even come close.
Re:**WHO** is the real traitor ? (Score:5, Informative)
I'm curious, what would it take for you to acknowledge that Snowden might have betrayed his country? A parade through Red Square? Pictures of him wearing a FRS (nee' KGB) colonel's uniform like Philby?
Kim Philby hailed as 'great spy' in Russia [telegraph.co.uk]
It's fairly simple actually, double agents don't advertise themselves in the media. You may not agree that his Whistleblowing was in the national interest, but to compare him to Kim Philby, probably the worlds most famous/notorious double agent is disingenuous at best, and government propaganda at worst.