How is this not an act of war?
Smelling weakness, all over the world.Chinese government operatives reportedly are suspected of hacking the U.S. Postal Service, in a security breach that may have compromised personal information for more than 800,000 workers.The breach was announced Monday, as President Obama arrived in Beijing.The Postal Service confirmed the incident in a written statement, saying personal information that may have been obtained in the attack includes employees' names, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, addresses, emergency contacts and other information.The agency said customers at local post offices or those using its website, usps.com, were not affected. However, people who used its call center may have had telephone numbers, email addresses and other information compromised.The FBI and other federal agencies are investigating."It's an unfortunate fact of life these days that every organization connected to the Internet is a constant target for cyber intrusion activity," Postmaster General and CEO Patrick Donahoe said.The Washington Post reported that Chinese government hackers are suspected of being behind the breach, and that it compromised information from more than 800,000 postal workers. This comes as Obama begins his Asia-Pacific tour in Beijing, starting with meetings with President Xi Jinping and an economic summit.
You want war with China now too? Man you sure can be loosie goosie with the guns, not butta of course.
ReplyDelete"This case appears to more closely resemble traditional espionage, similar to the kind the United States engages in with respect to China. Still, “it’s perfectly appropriate for us to do everything we can to embarrass and punish the Chinese if they’re in our systems, whether or not we’re in theirs,” said former National Security Agency general counsel Stewart A. Baker. “It’s the case that the U.S. and Russia and other countries are much more cautious about getting caught because they think there are going to be consequences. It’s only the Chinese that think there are no consequences to getting caught.”
ReplyDeleteRead more at http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/federal-eye/wp/2014/11/10/china-suspected-of-breaching-u-s-postal-service-computer-networks/
"Israel’s espionage activities in America are unrivaled and unseemly, counterspies have told members of the House Judiciary and Foreign Affairs committees, going far beyond activities by other close allies, such as Germany, France, the U.K. and Japan. A congressional staffer familiar with a briefing last January called the testimony “very sobering…alarming…even terrifying.” Another staffer called it “damaging.” The Jewish state’s primary target: America’s industrial and technical secrets. “No other country close to the United States continues to cross the line on espionage like the Israelis do,” said a former congressional staffer who attended another classified briefing in late 2013, one of several in recent months given by officials from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the State Department, the FBI and the National Counterintelligence Directorate."
ReplyDeleteRead more at http://www.newsweek.com/israel-wont-stop-spying-us-249757
If your country were tiny and surrounded by hostile nations and ostracized at the UN and being spurned by what had been its best ally, wouldn't you want as much intelligence to base security decisions on as possible?
ReplyDeleteWit hregard to what China has done as being "traditional," how traditional can hacking be when the IT field is only a few decades old?
It's all relative, the more things change, the more they remain the same.
ReplyDeleteI forgot exceptions and exemptions and passes granted Israel. After all, we "covertly" brought them into the nuclear age and now expect other humans to ignore their nature and ignore this ignoble fact. God it must be great to be the Chosen race!
ReplyDeleteThe Pollard "affair" occurred in the early 80s back when I thought you thought we were still America, not post America. Oh well, Israel, right or wrong, love it or ?
ReplyDeleteWell, hell yes, it's different. China is interested in surpassing the US in world influence and power - sidelining the US. Israel just wants to know how sincerely interested the US is in our alliance.
ReplyDeleteIsrael absolutely needs nukes, more so every day.