Chinese Army Unit Is Seen as Tied to Hacking Against U.S.

Re:Chinese Army Unit Is Seen as Tied to Hacking Against U.S. by martian on Tuesday February 19, 2013 @12:51AM (#5242862)

"Mandiant discovered several cases in which attackers logged into their Facebook and Twitter accounts to get around China’s firewall that blocks ordinary citizen’s access, making it easier to track down their real identities."

Amazing.

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Re:Chinese Army Unit Is Seen as Tied to Hacking Against U.S. by nikcub on Tuesday February 19, 2013 @01:26AM (#5242947)

could you explain this further? I re-read this line a few times but didn't understand. How would logging into their FB and Twitter accounts get them around the Great Firewall?

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Re:Chinese Army Unit Is Seen as Tied to Hacking Against U.S. by pygatea on Tuesday February 19, 2013 @01:33AM (#5242978)

I assumed that this meant the attackers logged into their own social network accounts while they were "inside" (i.e. using) compromised machines in the target locations.

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Re:Chinese Army Unit Is Seen as Tied to Hacking Against U.S. by nikcub on Tuesday February 19, 2013 @01:38AM (#5242995)

That makes sense, thanks. I didn't think they would be silly enough to do that.

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