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my only assumption is that either some reporter went through his rolodex in order to solicit comments that were in-line with his pre-conceived notion of a story or that various "cyber defense" departements within the DOD are pan-handling for more tax dollars soon...
China’s cyber army is preparing to march on America, says Pentagon
yeah, those evil chinese... they recruit 14-year-olds who can pwn our surface fleet using just a PSP. (i bet they do it by haxoring the software that controls the ballast tanks in order to make the ships capsize. that would be fucking genius.)
jesus fucking christ hanging off the cross. as long as there are articles like this that get written and published, i think that the "putting a face on the underground" conversation is going to be 100% academic. (it's still a very worthwhile topic to explore, but i believe it's almost totally guaranteed to be meaningless in the wider context as long as the public remains a USA Today-style audience.)
China’s cyber army is preparing to march on America, says Pentagon
Chinese military hackers have prepared a detailed plan to disable America’s aircraft battle carrier fleet with a devastating cyber attack, according to a Pentagon report obtained by The Times. ...
The Pentagon logged more than 79,000 attempted intrusions in 2005. About 1,300 were successful, including the penetration of computers linked to the Army’s 101st and 82nd Airborne Divisions and the 4th Infantry Division. In August and September of that year Chinese hackers penetrated US State Department computers in several parts of the world. ...
Jim Melnick, a recently retired Pentagon computer network analyst, told The Times that the Chinese military holds hacking competitions to identify and recruit talented members for its cyber army.
The Pentagon logged more than 79,000 attempted intrusions in 2005. About 1,300 were successful, including the penetration of computers linked to the Army’s 101st and 82nd Airborne Divisions and the 4th Infantry Division. In August and September of that year Chinese hackers penetrated US State Department computers in several parts of the world. ...
Jim Melnick, a recently retired Pentagon computer network analyst, told The Times that the Chinese military holds hacking competitions to identify and recruit talented members for its cyber army.
jesus fucking christ hanging off the cross. as long as there are articles like this that get written and published, i think that the "putting a face on the underground" conversation is going to be 100% academic. (it's still a very worthwhile topic to explore, but i believe it's almost totally guaranteed to be meaningless in the wider context as long as the public remains a USA Today-style audience.)
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