Saturday, February 02, 2013

The Daily Uh-Oh: Chinese Hacker Edition

China Wages Secret Cyber War Against The New York Times - Truthdig
“Revelations that China apparently targeted the New York Times in a campaign of cyber-espionage have cast a rare spotlight on attempts by Beijing to crack down on any criticism of its ruling elite,” The Guardian reports.

The effort was detected by the Times’ digital staff and is believed to have been linked to the paper’s October exposé on the riches accumulated by the family of outgoing president and leading communist Wen Jiabao. Beijing aggressively denies the allegations...

2 comments:

billy pilgrim said...

i guess the question is will china implode from within?

i hope so.

Bob Harrison said...

That much paranoia builds up mucho internal pressure.