Posted on 06/20/2009 9:44:13 PM PDT by MindBender26
A recent computer intrusion that forced the FBI to shut down its computer network and disrupted FBI operations was traced to an e-mail containing malicious code that originated in China, according to FBI officials.
The forced shutdown of the network affected one significant FBI operation -- the May 20 arrest of homegrown terrorism suspects in New York, said officials who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the matter.
"The Chinese shut down our network," said one FBI official familiar with assessments of the attack.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...
Memo to PRC official who denied everything: "... and the Foo Dog you rode in on!"
Hmmmmmmm
Well, ain’t that just a can of roasted nuts.
No wonder Obama became president.
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We keep hearing stories about the Chinese hacking us … are we hacking them?
You raise a very significant question.
Hacking is only effective against an enemy that is Internet / computer-interconnect dependent, like the US.
It would be useless against, say, Uganda.
China certainly uses lots of computers, but how interconnect dependent are they?
I bet you could find a back door at any Wal mart
The forced shutdown of the network affected one significant FBI operation — the May 20 arrest of homegrown terrorism suspects in New York,
OOPS
Hackers be hackers. Trust me all their computers are interconnected. State control guarantees this. Is our government doing their best to infiltrate Chinese computers? Not something we hear about. As a hacker from years past … I would hope we are into their systems big time.
Supposedly China is using IPv6 while we still rely on IPv4. This makes it a bit more difficult to trace back from the IPv4 side.
NO Cheers,unfortunately.
And our government monitors don’t know about Ipv6 … heck, I play with this technology on a daily basis.
Always a dumb@ss that will click an attachment just because the text says to click it.
‘And our government monitors don’t know about Ipv6”
They know about it but they don’t have it.
It has to do with the address translation from IPv4 to IPv6. Its easier to trace IPs from v6 to a v4 network. Going v4 to v6 is more difficult.
When the hell are we going to hack them back?
"The FBI network disruptions followed a similar penetration of the Defense Department e-mail system used by Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates in 2007, which defense officials have said was traced to computer servers in China."
chicom bump...
inb4 honeypot lulz
It would appear so, but we stopped "after several warnings by [Chinese] government officials".
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