http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/security-bytes/a-snapshot-of-the-chinese-hacking-scene/ A SearchSecurity.com blog Fri, 27 Nov 2009 06:25:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/security-bytes/a-snapshot-of-the-chinese-hacking-scene/#comment-310 Cryptography and the double yellow line — Security Bytes Fri, 07 Sep 2007 09:27:05 +0000 http://security.blogs.techtarget.com/2007/05/18/a-snapshot-of-the-chinese-hacking-scene/#comment-310 [...] I’m reminded of how the U.S. government learned two years ago about ongoing attacks it eventually dubbed Titan Rain. In those attacks, Chinese Web sites targeted computer networks in the Defense Department and other U.S. agencies, compromising hundreds of unclassified networks. Though classified information wasn’t taken, officials worried that even small, seemingly insignificant bits of information can paint a valuable picture of an adversary’s strengths and weaknesses when pulled together. [...] [...] I’m reminded of how the U.S. government learned two years ago about ongoing attacks it eventually dubbed Titan Rain. In those attacks, Chinese Web sites targeted computer networks in the Defense Department and other U.S. agencies, compromising hundreds of unclassified networks. Though classified information wasn’t taken, officials worried that even small, seemingly insignificant bits of information can paint a valuable picture of an adversary’s strengths and weaknesses when pulled together. [...]

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