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dosmiller
at December 01,2014
I think it's smart that the government hires skilled hackers to help them bring down criminal hackers, but I think you still can't fully trust some of these people because they were once one of those people you are currently investigating.
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cknight
at December 14,2014
This scenario is a new and challenging situation for nations. How do you determine the nature of a cyber attack originating from another nation? E.G., Chinese hackers referenced in the Mandiant article, vs a teenager "making the cyber crime" for their own benefit. Is it possible that a major "cyber war" could start because a loan actor penetrates a US federal system from a country the US considers to be unfriendly?
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DPerry
at January 25,2015
^cknight: I think that's definitely a good possibility. Sometimes all it takes is one "Shot heard around the world" - there could easily be a scenario one day where one, cyber-shot will be taken to start a cyber war. Even more because of the vast capability we have with today's technology to pin these crimes on anyone (or nation) of our choosing.
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nbodyk
at January 25,2015
Interesting video. It puts a new perspective on the nature of the hackers from China. I didn't think these hackers were doing this on their own out of a sense of National pride. I really thought the government had a role and knew this was going on, but maybe they don't have control. In a way it's a little hard to believe since China seems to crack down on those who don't do what the government wants or disagrees with the government in a public manner.
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jczarny
at January 26,2015
Interesting point, but I've seen enough commentary from other news / reporting outlets to know that although some of these attacks may be homegrown in China for reasons of national pride most of these attacks are generated from the military/government. Just watch a website like http://map.ipviking.com/ for 10 minutes and you will get a sense of the sheer amount of traffic / "attacks" between the US/China. Maybe if our hackers had more national pride we would be winning this war?
