Posted on 08/03/2011 6:25:02 AM PDT by Freeport
The world's most extensive case of cyber-espionage, including attacks on U.S. government and U.N. computers, is set to be revealed Wednesday by online security firm McAfee, and analysts are speculating that China is behind the attacks.
The spying was dubbed "Operation Shady RAT," or "remote access tool" by McAfee -- and it led to a massive loss of information that poses a huge economic threat, wrote vice president of threat research Dmitri Alperovitch
"What is happening to all this data — by now reaching petabytes as a whole — is still largely an open question," Alperovitch wrote on a blog detailing the threat. "However, if even a fraction of it is used to build better competing products or beat a competitor at a key negotiation (due to having stolen the other team’s playbook), the loss represents a massive economic threat."
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All narrowed to a single server?
McAfee is so yesterday...anyone can look back and see the damage that was done...what they need is software/methods from preventing attacks in the first place!
One company has proactive internet security solutions...and yes,in the interest of full disclosure, I’m an investor.
Take a look at Virnetx, this is the kind of preventative defense the internet and secure communications need going forward.
Is the asst. chief of staff for the Secretary of State really an agent for the Muslim Brotherhood?? - just asking!
Not if they get into your network and span your switch or pull off some port mirroring.
I would like to believe that, especially since the technologies almost certainly are developed in the West. And I presume we get the first dibs on them.
Still, this has to be a concern. A big one.
If Obama had any ____ at all, he’d immediately do something to punch China in the mouth, effectively saying “I know what you did here, and you had better not try that again.”
Basically, my idea is that we need to cut off their communications to the world for a day or two.... financial communications, voice, data, everything: enough to send a real message. This isn’t the first time they’ve pulled this... I think we’re into double digits now, at least... and this has got to stop.
Can you say...Net Nuetrality...
Why not plant a series of virus-like files hidden among all the data? They should utterly corrupt and destroy whatever system it is on, and spread to every other connected system when any of that stolen data is accessed.
That will make any hacker think twice.
And this is just the data they are stealing over the Internet. What about all those businesses with intranets that connect to their companies in China. I have no doubt they are stealing info that way as well.
If a company does business with China you might as well consider your internal data compromised as well. Oh and you can’t fire the thief for doing it either as he’s a “forced-hire” from the government of China. If you want to do business in China you have to accept some politically appointees which are nothing more than spies.
Socialized risk is a trade subsidy, as is military protection for American investments abroad. We are paying taxes to export our jobs.
The pusillanimous dork currently in the WH will do nothing.
Couldn’t be any worse of a threat than what we have in the White House.
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NOTHING is worse than that, NOTHING!!!! The economy will never improve until he is out of there. I would stake my life on that fact.
Now look at these photos and tell me what you think the odds are:
“We are paying taxes to export our jobs.”
I agree. And many of us here warned of a socialist being elected, crumbling infrastructure, and a nose diving domestic economy.
The free traders just laughed and told us we didn’t understand.
Who needs a budget fight when during this fight they slip out all our trade and secrets to China...
And the GOP RINOs join or make up with that gang without an ounce of shame and much wagging the finger at Christians and the T-Party.
That would be comforting if the US was trying to secure its information. I have no doubt the Chinese are.
Of course - I know it won’t happen.... we have the first girlie President ever in the White House now: not the first woman, not the first African-American. The first Wimp.
A year or so ago didn’t The Messiah turn the control of the internet over to some international organization? Wonder where Soros is?
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