Chinese Cyberattack Steals Data On 4 Million Federal Workers

[LaCroix]

Well, this has definitely been the Pearl Harbor of cyber warfare.

how - the dossier? if the chinese can build one, so can we.

[The Minsky Moment]

If the US did or has hacked China, how would we (the public) know about it?

[lustindarkness]

If the US did or has hacked China, how would we (the public) know about it?

Chinese news? mono would tell us?

[Camerus]

If the US did or has hacked China, how would we (the public) know about it?

We probably wouldn't (at least not for any number of years), apart perhaps from the active but unreliable Chinese rumor mill.

[jimmy olsen]

At least 18 million social security numbers were taken

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-06-24/u-s-hack-may-have-disclosed-18-million-social-security-numbers

[jimmy olsen]

Outrageous

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/exclusive-secret-nsa-map-shows-china-cyber-attacks-us-targets-n401211

Exclusive: Secret NSA Map Shows China Cyber Attacks on U.S. Targets

by Robert Windrem



A secret NSA map obtained exclusively by NBC News shows the Chinese government's massive cyber assault on all sectors of the U.S economy, including major firms like Google and Lockheed Martin, as well as the U.S. government and military.

The map uses red dots to mark more than 600 corporate, private or government "Victims of Chinese Cyber Espionage" that were attacked over a five-year period, with clusters in America's industrial centers. The entire Northeast Corridor from Washington to Boston is blanketed in red, as is California's Silicon Valley, with other concentrations in Dallas, Miami, Chicago, Seattle, L.A. and Detroit. The highest number of attacks was in California, which had almost 50.

Each dot represents a successful Chinese attempt to steal corporate and military secrets and data about America's critical infrastructure, particularly the electrical power and telecommunications and internet backbone. And the prizes that China pilfered during its "intrusions" included everything from specifications for hybrid cars to formulas for pharmaceutical products to details about U.S. military and civilian air traffic control systems, according to intelligence sources.

The map was part of an NSA briefing prepared by the NSA Threat Operations Center (NTOC) in February 2014, an intelligence source told NBC News. The briefing highlighted China's interest in Google and defense contractors like Lockheed Martin, and in air traffic control systems. It catalogued the documents and data Chinese government hackers have "exfiltrated" -- stolen -- from U.S. corporate, government and military networks, and also listed the number and origin of China's "exploitations and attacks."

The map suggests that NSA has been able to monitor and assess the Chinese cyber espionage operations, and knows which specific companies, government agencies and computer networks are being targeted.

The NSA did not immediately respond to repeated requests for comment.

[lustindarkness]

Map sucks.

[Camerus]

I would be curious to know what kinds of hacking successes the US enjoys against China.

From the lack of publicity, it's hard to know for sure.  Still, I hope America's response has been more effective than what we can see publicly, namely mostly just trying to hide the tub of Vaseline.   

[LaCroix]