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China hacker's angst opens a window onto cyber-espionage
LATimes ^ | March 12, 2013 | By Barbara Demick, Los Angeles Times

Posted on 04/02/2013 2:41:53 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach

Young man's blog provides a rare glimpse of the secretive hacking establishment of the Chinese military, whose efforts have become a growing concern to the U.S.

BEIJING — For a 25-year-old computer whiz enlisted in a People's Liberation Army hacking unit, life was all about low pay, drudgery and social isolation.

Nothing at all like the unkempt hackers of popular imagination, the young man wore a military uniform at work in Shanghai. He lived in a dorm where meals often consisted of instant ramen noodles. The workday ran from 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., although hackers were often required to work late into the evening.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Computers/Internet; Conspiracy
KEYWORDS: cyberwars; malware

1 posted on 04/02/2013 2:41:53 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach
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Businessweek (Bllomberg) also has an article:

A Chinese Hacker's Identity Unmasked

2 posted on 04/02/2013 2:44:15 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach ((The Global Warming Hoax was a Criminal Act....where is Al Gore?))
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Businessweek (Bllomberg) also has an article:

Read it and weep. If President You Didn't Build That were a genuine American, he'd take action instead of looking the other way from communist Chinese attacks.

3 posted on 04/02/2013 4:35:23 PM PDT by Standing Wolf
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