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Unnatural Selection by Mara Hvistendahl 8 Jun 2011 | 03:04 pm
Mara Hvistendahl has been a very good friend here at TDV and in addition to Mara’s extensive knowledge of Chinese hackers, she is pretty much an expert on Asian regional security concerns. Some people...
Unemployed PRC prick hacks TV contestants’ webcams (RSA tokens probably not involved) 31 May 2011 | 02:38 pm
More than two years after Heike’s post about the Kapa girl video, a narrow majority of our visitors come to TDV from searches for her video. Sadly, I’m about to post something that will continue this ...
Word cloud and Word document for 2011 White Paper on National Defense 29 Apr 2011 | 01:53 am
Created with Worlde Also, the online version of the China White Paper on National Defense was so annoying, like 40 pages, created a more manageable word document if you want it White Paper National D...
FBI: $11 million worth of unauthorized wire transfers to China 29 Apr 2011 | 12:53 am
Very interesting report via the Financial Services Information Sharing and Analysis Center, in cooperation with the FBI, on unauthorized wire transfers to China. When I say “interesting,” I mean I do...
The online “Water Army” 26 Apr 2011 | 05:24 am
The graphic from Techweb shows the “internet” shrieking, “Water Army!” The wind up soldiers’ keys are in the shape of the finance symbol for the Renminbi. Besides hackers, we also follow modes of cy...
Chinese hackers bringing the world together 26 Apr 2011 | 04:30 am
Fallout from Night Dragon: “Chinese hackers may have inspired memorandum between India and Kazakhstan on cyber security. The agreement, specifically mentioned to by Kazakh president Nursultan Nazarba...
Shock: Chinese hackers not supporting the Jasmine Revolution 22 Apr 2011 | 01:20 am
Two activist websites supporting the Jasmine Revolution are reporting DDOS attacks coming from IPs originating in China. Boxun.com, a US based activist website, specified locations in China to hold p...
China’s White Paper on National Defense 2010 1 Apr 2011 | 12:41 am
Xinhua has just released the full English text of China’s White Paper on National Defense 2010. Why do I get so excited when this thing gets published?
Chinese hackers suspected in compromise of Australian PM’s computer 29 Mar 2011 | 05:45 am
According to the Sydney Morning Hearld: “The parliamentary computers of Prime Minister Julia Gillard and at least two other senior ministers are suspected of being hacked. Ms Gillard’s parliamentary...
South Korean firms paying Chinese hackers 24 Mar 2011 | 10:10 pm
According to the Korea Times: “One of the victims is itemBay, the nation’s largest trading site for online games. Last October, Seoul police concluded that hackers located in China’s Jilin Province w...
