Red storm rising-DOD’s efforts to stave off nation-state cyberattacks begin with China

Government Computer News ^ | 21 Aug 2006 | Dawn S. Onley and Patience Wait

[Marius3188]

A growing band of civilian units inside China is writing malicous code and training to launch cyberstrikes into enemy systems.

And for many of these units, the first enemy is the U.S. Defense Department.

Pentagon officials say there are more than three million daily scans of the Global Information Grid, the Defense Department’s main network artery, and that the United States and China are the top two originating countries.

“China has downloaded 10 to 20 terabytes of data from the NIPRNet (DOD’s Non-Classified IP Router Network),” said Maj. Gen. William Lord, director of information, services and integration in the Air Force’s Office of Warfighting Integration and Chief Information Officer, during the recent Air Force IT Conference in Montgomery, Ala.

“They’re looking for your identity so they can get into the network as you,” said Lord, adding that Chinese hackers had yet to penetrate DOD’s secret, classified network. “There is a nation-state threat by the Chinese.”

People’s Liberation Army writings in recent years have called for the use of all means necessary, including—or particularly—information warfare, to support or advance their nation’s interests.

[Marius3188]

Our great trading partner, China.

[kinoxi]

All your fakes, are belong to us...
:)

[endthematrix]

Annual Report to Congress: Military Power of the People's Republic of China, 2006

Published May 2006

Mandated by the FY2000 National Defense Authorization Act, this annual report discusses China's military and security strategies, technological advancements in its capabilities, military doctrine, and security issues in the Taiwan Strait.

[staytrue]

The U.S. military is familiar with China’s approach. In fact, its own strategy in cyberspace is similar to the PLA’s—the countries’ doctrines and strategies almost mirror one another.

Imagine that. US and China (and probably the EU, Russian and everyone else) is engaging in contigincy planning.

[CBart95]

Let's start with the fatal flaw of logic in this "report":

"A growing band of civilian units inside China"

This is pure poppycock. There are no "civilian" units inside China. There is only a deeply malevolent iron-fisted Communist government in China. Everything coming out of China is official and purposeful.