The China Files: High-Tech Espionage Unlimited

[piccolomondo]

How the U.S. IT industry is handing over sensitive technologies to the oppressive Chinese regime in return for access to the Chinese market. It also looks at China's growing economic espionage program targeting U.S. corporate and military technology secrets.

While I don't name names (simply because the list is so long I would invariably leave somebody out and not hear the end of it from those companies I included), the reality is that America's leading IT companies are pumping billions of dollars into China in the form of research and development centers where the Chinese intelligence services are having a field day ripping America off.

[by Dan Verton - PodTech.net]

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[RedaDZ]

Hi,
You had nothing to post?
Is it your problem that China is developing such programs?
It is not an offence, but you should rather care about what YOUR COUNTRY is doing not others, unless you are an American or a Chinese.

take care.

[Al-khiyal]

aloo RedaDZ

You had nothing to post?

This is the computing section, sa7?

In it can be posted all kinds of news about technology, sa7?

Can you tell me of a nation upon this earth that does not have goods that use either American or Chinese computer technology?

Do you think that technology transfer has no impact upon local manufacturers' products and local economies?

Do you think that the global penetration of U.S. and Chinese computer technology will not touch, for example, Algeria or any other countries?

If not, why do you think that the post is somehow irrelevant 'unless someone is Chinese or American'?

Quite apart from the 'forgetting about alleged human rights abuses in order to make money' aspect to U.S. sales of technology to China, the issue is one that invites thought about the questions of counterfeiting, cost undercutting, issues of quality etc etc.

There will be few computer users in the world who are NOT affected by the 'technology wars' referred to in the post that you seem to be objecting to.

[RedaDZ]

yop,
What did you learn from Piccolomondo's post. me personally I learned nothing, if it was an informative post I would be thanking him, but unfortunately, it isn't the case.
This is a propaganda that we used to see and hear from those arrogants (US).
You have to understand that the americans are afraid from the chinese because they know China is the nation that will bring them down, that why they are spreading such videos, (and I have seen many of them).
The US do anything, no matter what it takes, including breaking the UN rules that they made themselves and imposed on weak nations..., abusing the human rights....etc
And just if you don't know, America has no friends, and thery are in "hidden war" with every nation. Their so called friendship is actually based on interests. "that why they don't want China to know the technology".

So I think that the other post need to be put in POLITIC SECTION not IT, because it seems to me that the video in it was meant to be politicly motivated, and is not showing so new technologies.
And even if it's politic though, it has nothing to do with us as algerians, it's between them (US and China).
If we keep posting articles about every conflict in this world, we won't finish.

I am sorry, I don't want to go any further about this discussion.
I just gave my opinion.

Take care and have a nice day.

[Al-khiyal]

salam

Of course it is politics, but then, business is often about politics too, sa7?

Presumably piccolomondo put her post is in this section because it deals with technology transfer. And whether you can see it or not, technology transfer does affect Algerians, as well as people from other nations.

This section is for computing-related topics, not 'Algeria-only posts'. And piccolomondo has posted threads in this section that relate directly to Algeria, as well as other threads on general computing matters.

If we post about Windows Vista are we promoting an American product for an American company, or are we just posting about something that people all over the world will be using? Or should we treat the issue of Windows Vista as an attempt at global domination? If we post about anti-virus or anti-spyware products are we advertizing on behalf of the manufacturers or simply providing information that people will find interesting or useful?

The point I am making is that people who post information do not necessarily have the motives that you seem to be suggesting. And Algerians are not so insular that they only ever want to read about matters relating only to Algeria - we all of us live in places all over the world and what goes on in the world may affect some or all of us to different degrees at different times.

You did not like one post but there are thousands of others here too, so hopefully you will find at least some of them useful!

Allah ma3ak

[piccolomondo]

Global hackers threaten net security in cyber warfare aimed at top targets

A 'cyber cold war' is developing as international web espionage and cyber-attacks become the biggest threats to internet security, according to a report. The computer security firm McAfee said governments and government-allied groups were engaging in increasingly sophisticated cyber spying, with many attacks originating from China.

Some 120 countries could be developing the capacity for such activities. [...]

In the past 12 months there have been reports of cyber attacks against government targets in the US, Germany, India, New Zealand and Australia. China has denied any involvement. [...]

James Mulvenon, an expert on China's military, who is also director of the Centre for Intelligence and Research in Washington, said the Chinese were the first to jump "feet first" into 21st-century cyber-warfare technology. [...]

Jeff Green, senior vice-president of McAfee Avert Labs, said: "Cyber crime is now a global issue. It has evolved significantly and is no longer just a threat to industry and individuals but increasingly to national security. We're seeing emerging threats from increasingly sophisticated groups attacking organisations around the world."

The report also highlighted new threats to consumers, with cyber criminals targeting internet-based telephone networks in what has become known as "vishing". There is also "phreaking" - or hacking into telephone networks to make long-distance phone calls - and the problem of the growing "white market", where software flaws are bought and sold for tens of thousands of pounds. Users of social networking sites such as Facebook and MySpace are also vulnerable.

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[piccolomondo]

MI5 warns over China spy threat

Leading British firms and government agencies have been warned Chinese state organisations may be spying on them.

UK intelligence network MI5 has contacted 300 chief executives and security experts at banks and financial institutions to raise the concerns.

It is alleged that UK organisations may suffer a concerted cyber attack to gain commercially-sensitive data.

Zhao Shangse, an official from the Chinese embassy in London, has denied the allegations.

Recently, the head of MI5, Jonathan Evans, said that Britain faces a threat from digital espionage.

It is believed the letter from MI5 warns companies that they are the target of attempts to gain technical and commercially sensitive information.

Experts say there have been unprecedented waves of attacks on computer systems worldwide in the last year.

A number of countries have accused China of trying to hack into their systems. It is believed many major developed nations engage in very similar behaviour.

China's highly sophisticated technologies make it a world leader in computing.

Earlier this week, China said that it too had been attacked by computer hackers. Meanwhile, other experts say that hackers outside of China may be using the country's many insecure computers and networks to disguise their locations.

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