From: Reason (reason@exratio.com)
Date: Sun Apr 28 2002 - 01:24:10 MDT
--> Samantha Atkins
> The Chinese have exactly made any secred of infowar being part
> of their military program. That being so and they having set
> many times that they consider the United States an enemy
> capitalist regime, it is not to difficult to believe the do poke
> at the defenses of our networks now and then. So what? The
> question is, why is this store being given fanfare now.
--> Harvey Newstrom
> On Sunday, April 28, 2002, at 01:22 am, James Rogers wrote:
> > My guess: the Chinese thought they were going to do something clever
> > that
> > breaks the "rules" of the game, and so the US government is airing
> > foreknowledge of it in public to discourage the Chinese from doing it.
>
> This is not really new. Security professionals remember a big Chinese
> hacker attack from last summer and during the downed plane incident. I
> think it is simple assumption that they will repeat their past tactics
> when political tensions increase.
You know, these all seem to be very unextropian povs; hacking and messing
with other people's networks are an excellent example of what happens with
the ever-increasing devolution of power to individuals. You don't have to
invoke deliberate government action and costly cyberwar programs to explain
network intrusions in times of international stress -- all it takes is a
couple of knowledgeable people who are annoyed into a favorable cost-benefit
comparison by current events. I'm sure governments are looking into it. In
terms of what has actually happened over the past few years, I'd be
surprised if they had much to do with any of it, however.
So now we imagine a world ten years down the line in which it's biostuff or
nanostuff instead of just computer stuff that interests those annoyed
individuals...
Reason
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