[47141] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: CIA Warns of Chinese Plans for Cyber-Attacks on U.S.
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Bruce Williams)
Thu Apr 25 21:20:26 2002
Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2002 18:25:16 -0700
From: Bruce Williams <brucewms@pacbell.net>
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To: 'blitz' <blitz@macronet.net>
Cc: nanog@trapdoor.merit.edu
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How many PC's and components are 'Made in China'?
In the dark ages, I worked for Williams Electronics. We made Arcade Games
*blush*. Once we found our custom chip was reverse engineered in Taiwan, and
they were shipping knockoffs six weeks after we started shipping the real
product.
If true, these are not script kiddie type threats. I hate to say it, but 911
is an example that the unthinkable isn't.
Bruce Williams
"A healthy paranoia is the beginning of sound operations policy"
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-nanog@merit.edu [mailto:owner-nanog@merit.edu]On Behalf Of
> blitz
> Sent: Thursday, April 25, 2002 3:33 PM
> To: nanog@trapdoor.merit.edu
> Subject: RE: CIA Warns of Chinese Plans for Cyber-Attacks on U.S.
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>
> I put nothing past them, of course theyre not alone, as we
> all must assume
> by now.
> Theyve threatened to nuke LA if we interfere with their plans to take
> Tiawan by force, and smile and say, kill 300 million of us,
> do us a favor.
> Kinda hard to deal with an enemy like that.
>
> At 18:01 4/25/02 -0400, you wrote:
>
>
> >Is it really hard to believe that the Chinese government
> would actively fund
> >cyberterrorism?
> >
> >Deepak Jain
> >AiNET
>
>
