[marktwain]

This is pretty serious.

It is how the Chicoms are advancing on our dime.

The Soviets did this as well. Many of their weapons systems were copies of ours.

Reagan authorized traps to be installed to take advantage of the industrial theft.

That action had serious consequences for the Soviets.

[tcrlaf]

I was at the Paris air show this week. One company I spoke with was very concerned about Chinese trying hard to get into proprietary info there. They were verifying everyone’s credentials before letting you look at the product.

[Waverunner]

Sounds like these guys were running IT. A system monitor should have alerted and locked out when a non approved, non assigned IP popped onto the network.
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[Mariner]

I blame NASA 100%.

No other fault can be assigned.

802.1x and Cisco’s ISE (Network Access Control) have been available for over 4 years now.

802.1x NAC tech is over 10 years old.

And it would prevent the connection of any unknown device to the network.

Only abject dereliction of duty caused it not to be. And the IT Director/VP/CIO of JPL should be charged and imprisoned for Criminal Negligence if he spent a single red cent on anything BUT NAC.

[HamiltonJay]

While they are.. the main way they advance on our dime, is that companies GIVE THEM WILLINGLY their IP..

Want to do business in China? Ok, you have to let us see EVERYTHING... and companies willfully do it....

Yes they are actively hacking, but companies are giving away the store to have access to their markets... its insanity.