Re:The West’s failed fight against China’s ‘Cloud Hopper’ ha...
by boomboomsubban on Saturday June 29, 2019 @01:16PM
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>The October hack of Facebook[1] didn't seem to be blamed on any government by the media. It seems to me like a fairly sophisticated attack that could have been done by a government.
Sorry, I should have said "any hack originating in China." Poor wording on my part.
>How do they plan to make money by hacking NASA and the US military's shipbuilder?
Their methods were to gain access to a machine, and then try to use that access to jump to client servers. There's nothing saying NASA or government contactor's were specifically targeted, but seem like excellent jump targets if an opportunity arose.
Sorry, I should have said "any hack originating in China." Poor wording on my part.
>How do they plan to make money by hacking NASA and the US military's shipbuilder?
Their methods were to gain access to a machine, and then try to use that access to jump to client servers. There's nothing saying NASA or government contactor's were specifically targeted, but seem like excellent jump targets if an opportunity arose.