It's Chinese, not Russian hacking we need to focus on

[Anonymous]

We don't dare accuse China of anything though.



Canadian info targeted by alleged hackers





OTTAWA — companies in Canada were among the targets of two Chinese citizens charged with waging an extensive hacking campaign to steal valuable data over many years, U.S. authorities say.



in an indictment unsealed Thursday, prosecutors say Zhu Hua and Zhang Shilong were acting on behalf of China's main intelligence agency to pilfer information from several countries.



Beginning about four years ago, Zhu and Zhang waged an intrusion campaign to gain access to computers and networks of "managed service providers" for businesses and governments around the world, the indictment says.



Such providers are private firms that manage clients' information by furnishing servers, storage, networking, consulting and information technology support. breaking into one such computer system can provide a route into multiple customers' data; the hackers breached the computers of enterprises involved in activities ranging from banking and telecommunications to mining and health care, say the papers filed in U.S. district court.



The indictment says Zhu and Zhang are members of a group operating in china known as advanced Persistent Threat 10. They purportedly broke into computers belonging to — or providing services to — companies in at least 12 countries, including Canada.



How? according to the indictment, they used forged emails to get unwitting recipients to open files impregnated with security breaching malware, a technique called "spear-phishing."



The two suspects, who worked for Huaying Haital Science and Technology development co. in Tianjin, are accused of acting in association with the chinese ministry of State Security's Tianjin State Security bureau.



Canada's communications Security Establishment issued a statement supporting the U.S. allegations a few hours after the american announcement.



"Today, many of Canada's allies and partners have made statements concerning the compromise of several managed Service Providers. CSE also assesses that it is almost certain that actors likely associated with the People's republic of china (PRC) ministry of State Security (MSS) are responsible for the compromise of several managed Service Providers (MSP), beginning as early as 2016," it said.



The statement said canadian authorities detected the threat at the time and warned businesses in general terms about good security habits in dealing with these providers.



The CSE sent out a more detailed bulletin after Thursday's indictments, advocating practices such as "multi-factor authentication," which requires people to sign into computers in more than one way, and running background monitoring software that sends up an alert when an apparently legitimate user starts doing unusual things on a company network.



Public Safety minister Ralph Goodale said in a news conference that the government isn't aware that any data was stolen from Canadians.



"To the best of our knowledge, we do not have reports — to the best of my knowledge — of specific losses, but we are aware of intrusions," he said.

[Anonymous]

Anyone that thinks China isn't trying to influence outcomes in elections  in the West is naive.

[Gaon]

Has anyone ever heard of the Israeli Elite Force?

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[Blazor]

Sounds familiar, or maybe Im thinking of something else Gaon.

[Gaon]

Not to be confused with any of the Israeli special forces units of the IDF.

[Bricktop]

China needs to be confronted and its constantly bluffing called.

[Anonymous]

Has anyone ever heard of the Israeli Elite Force?

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I looked it up.



Israeli Elite Force (iEF) is a hacktivism group founded two days before OpIsrael on April 5, 2013[1] that is responsible for multiple high-profile computer attacks and large scale online vandalism. Targets include ISPs, domain registrars, commercial websites, educational institutions, and government agencies.



The group is led by Mitziyahu, naming himself co-ordinator, instead of leader. Stating in interviews for The Daily Beast, Israeli Channel 2 News, and more, that the mission of the iEF is to regain the Israeli citizen confidence of their hackers, and to fight Islamic cyber terrorism

 

[Anonymous]

China needs to be confronted and its constantly bluffing called.

Good luck with that.

[Bricktop]

We in the West are constantly battered with myths about how strong and aggressive our adversaries are compared to our puny and ineffective defences.



This is, of course, bollocks.



The combined might of the US, NATO, ANZUS, Japan, Israel and other allied nations would make short work of any other nation.



And there is no doubt that our security agencies are just as busy as theirs.

[Anonymous]

We in the West are constantly battered with myths about how strong and aggressive our adversaries are compared to our puny and ineffective defences.



This is, of course, bollocks.



The combined might of the US, NATO, ANZUS, Japan, Israel and other allied nations would make short work of any other nation.



And there is no doubt that our security agencies are just as busy as theirs.

You want war with China?

 

[Gaon]

We in the West are constantly battered with myths about how strong and aggressive our adversaries are compared to our puny and ineffective defences.



This is, of course, bollocks.



The combined might of the US, NATO, ANZUS, Japan, Israel and other allied nations would make short work of any other nation.



And there is no doubt that our security agencies are just as busy as theirs.

You want war with China?

 

That's not what he's saying.



He's saying that the combined power of the West could defeat China. The West doesn't have to kiss China's boots.

[Bricktop]

Precisely.



We have no need to tremble in fear at China.



They are nowhere near as strong as the West. Now that they are financially tied to the West, they need to be taught some manners.

[@realAzhyaAryola]

Bingo

[Anonymous]

We in the West are constantly battered with myths about how strong and aggressive our adversaries are compared to our puny and ineffective defences.



This is, of course, bollocks.



The combined might of the US, NATO, ANZUS, Japan, Israel and other allied nations would make short work of any other nation.



And there is no doubt that our security agencies are just as busy as theirs.

You want war with China?

 

That's not what he's saying.



He's saying that the combined power of the West could defeat China. The West doesn't have to kiss China's boots.

I see.

[Zetsu]

China is really one of those countries that will benefit the world if they just magically disappeared off the face of the earth one day.