[47132] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: CIA Warns of Chinese Plans for Cyber-Attacks on U.S.
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Deepak Jain)
Thu Apr 25 18:39:30 2002
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From: "Deepak Jain" <deepak@ai.net>
To: "Scott Francis" <darkuncle@darkuncle.net>
Cc: "Steve Goldstein" <sgoldste@nsf.gov>,
"Rowland, Alan D" <alan_r1@corp.earthlink.net>, <nanog@merit.edu>
Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2002 18:37:21 -0400
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On Thu, Apr 25, 2002 at 06:01:50PM -0400, deepak@ai.net said:
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> Is it really hard to believe that the Chinese government would actively
fund
> cyberterrorism?
The ratio of useful traffic to spam/attacks from APNIC space is already so
low as to be nearly non-existent. A little active help from a governmental
body couldn't make it much worse than it already is.
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Also a good point. :)
I think the media makes a big deal about gov't sponsored cybermischief
because I think the implication is that they'd do it better than a few
kiddies. While a gov't sponsored group may use information illegally gotten
better, I have never seen evidence that they are more effective or more
sinister in their successes.
YMMV,
Deepak Jain
AiNET
