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.
Looks like Moscow ain't the final destination (Score:4, Interesting)
BBC is reporting that Moscow may NOT be the final destination for Snowden
BBC is speculating that Snowden is heading to either Ecuador or Cuba
Re:Cyber war (Score:4, Interesting)
You almost make it sound like US wars in Afghanistan and Iraq didn't make sense. They got attacked by guys from Saudi-Arabia, not afghans or iraqis.
An illegal war? (Score:5, Interesting)
Our own military brass has spoken publicly about how state sponsored hacking might constitute an act of war and could result in a Kenetic response. In that context the NSA has endangered our nation by potentially starting an unauthorized war with China. When will these dangerous criminals be controlled.
Re: **WHO** is the real traitor ? (Score:4, Interesting)
Ahhhh bullshit. Snowden is a true patriot. It's the NSA who are the treasonous cunts.
Re:I am guessing that you have nothing to hide (Score:3, Interesting)
China, that is the nation which pledged a no fist strike policy under with absolutely no conditions back in 1964 an the US later adopted in 2010?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_first_use
How many nuclear weapons does the US have "pointed" at China? I suppose "US the good" so its OK to have a vast nuclear arsenal but "china the bad" so its not OK?
The US, isn't that the nation which bombed Japan not once but twice, when many thought they would have surrendered anyhow?
As I posted elsewhere, the US is pretty active when it comes to espionage going back to its founding:
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-02-01/piracy-and-fraud-propelled-the-u-s-industrial-revolution.html
What do you call it when "tourists" travel to another nation explicitly to steal technology and import said technology when its against the law?
Re: on a high horse openly accusing others (Score:5, Interesting)
Sure. Let's talk about Stasi and how they could only pull spying on much lesser scale. Surely that was also justified?
1972 called (Score:4, Interesting)
Bet the Whitehouse will reject the petition? (Score:4, Interesting)
From petitions.whitehouse.gov: "In a few rare cases (such as specific procurement, law enforcement, or adjudicatory matters), the White House response might not address the facts of a particular matter to avoid exercising improper influence."
This allows Obama to simply say "We cannot comment on the Snowden petition, since he is subject to an ongoing legal enquiry, and we must avoid exercising improper influence."
Meanwhile, several members of government have already declared Snowden guilty of treason without trial - no improper exercise of influence there, right?
Anyone with thoughts about how the petition might have been worded to avoid this loophole?
One very last thing.... (Score:2, Interesting)
"If you call China a rival already, why do you complain when China hacks you?"
And if you call China a rival already, why are you keep borrowing money from them? You are asking your a$$ to be phucked.
Re:I am guessing that you have nothing to hide (Score:4, Interesting)
In April of 1945 the leaders of imperial Japan had no illusions that they were losing the war. They began to prepare for the allied invasion of the Japanese home islands. Naotake Sato, foreign minister went to Moscow to negotiate the Soviet Union's continued neutrality in the war. In July of 1945 Emperor Hirohito sent Prime Minister Prince Konoe to Moscow to sue for peace with the Allies. It was hoped that Stalin and the Soviet Union would negotiate on behalf of Japan with the US and Britain, Konoe had carte blanc to end the war before Japan suffered even more. As I said, by this point the Japanese Emperor had no illusions of victory and unlike Hitler, was willing to do something to change this.
Japan was willing to surrender, just not an unconditional surrender that the US and Britain wanted. Now the mistake the Japanese made was sending their envoy through the Soviet union, who did not want peace between the western allies and Japan. Stalin was convinced that the invasion of the Japanese home islands would weaken the US and Britain to the same state as the Soviet Union. At the point Stalin had no idea that the US had working nuclear weapons, so an invasion was the only possible scenario as long as they did not negotiate with the Japanese. As such, Stalin blocked all negotiations between the Japanese and the western allies.
If you think the Japanese weren't willing to surrender, you have been getting bad history.
Now the western allies had no idea at the time Japan was trying to surrender. So I dont second guess the bomb. It was not until years afterwards did the western allies learn the truth of what transpired between Imperial Japan and the Soviet Union and by then they were already scrotum deep in the cold war.