U.S. Report: 2 Satellites Attacked By Chinese Hackers

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Ciuy

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[citation][nom]spp85[/nom]China is the next biggest threat to the world after Islam Terrorist. They wanted to rule the whole world..........[/citation]
like the USA want?
 

ThisIsMe

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[citation][nom]Ciuy[/nom]like the USA want?[/citation]
Anyone who says that the US wants to take over the world, force our ways upon the rest of the world, destroy all other religions aside from Christianity, and enslave those who stand against it are either confused, brain washed, or just plain unable to accept the fact that the over whelming majority of the US would just like to "live and let live" when it comes to the rest of the planet. Comments like yours only serve to spew irrational ideas that attempt to spur a heated hate filled debate.

What you should be concerned with is the outbreak of world wide thinking that more government is better for everyone. Naming a specific government is this case is irrelavant, since too much of any government is a bad idea. I wouldn't even come close to considering myself an expert on history, but I know enough to know that whenever there was more government there were more wars and mass death than when there were times of less government. So, the next time you want to complain about the US wanting to conquer whatever, ask yourself when the last time we actually ever conquered anything and then literally took it over and claimed it as part of our lands. Then ask yourself how your country came into being. Then insert your own foot into your mouth.

Remember that a government big enough to give you whatever you want is a government big enough to take everything away. I know some would call that cliché, but most of those people would want you to write it off as a radical thought from some conspiracy theorist. But the proof has been smeared all over the past.

Since most people here would prolly enjoy an anology geared towards technology, let's look at iRobot. In that entertaining story, humans let themselves become slaves to computer controlled robots without even realizing it. How did this happen? Well, it started out with a simple idea that they could make our lives easier by providing us with whatever we wanted whenever we wanted it with little to know effort on our part. Next we began to trust them more and more because they help us do/get whatever we want whenever we ask. Then we begin to depend on them because we've found an ever increasing number of uses for them. All the while we feel safe and secure because we've put in place a set of seamlingly perfect and infallible guidlines that cannot be ignored. Now they are everywhere. Now, they are in our places of work, banks, churches, homes, cars, phones, restrooms, bedrooms, closets, etc. Now suddenly the big computer brain on the other end decides that we cannot be allowed to think for ourselves because that goes against one of it's core rules. It begins to use it's restrictive core programming against itself because of an issue with semantics. In the end the human race was left with nothing to defend itself against this threat.

Now then, if you cannot see the parallels in that rather crude summary of a rather decent movie, then you probably shouldn't be saying much about government or politics because you fail to comprehend the tenacious and universal human desire for freedom of choice. In which case, feel free to decide to enslave yourself.
 

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The ambassador of China to the US always calling it "an attempt to villify China" sounds a lot like victim mentality to me. Or overreaction to hide the fact that they were involved.
 

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come on they really didn't think of security when they developed the multi billion dollar projects.... 'transformers' needed there bio quantum super computers to hack the government. really all they needed was chinese kid with some red bull to squash the government infrastructure and bring the military don't to its greedy knees...
 
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I love the Chinese people & culture but their govt needs to be overthrown.
 

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[citation][nom]ikyung[/nom]Well, the last World War was the first introduction of chemical warfare from Germany, not really a surprise cyber warfare would be the weapon of choice in a World War III setting. Especially from a country like China, with a super firewall that blocks anyone outside of China from peeking through. Hacker's paradise.[/citation]

In WW II chemical weapons were never used on the field. And actually during the WW I they were used /for the first time/.
 

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[citation][nom]doctorpink[/nom]I'm not sure why but I'm starting to doubt those studies.... I wonder if its all just a propaganda against china....Why can't we see studies about american hackers against other countries too?[/citation]

Because these are the American studies and because you read only the American propaganda.
If you may read Chinese you'd find fair enough Chinese propaganda too :).
 
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- Most countries in the world have military or otherwise units dedicated to cyber warfare. This is nothing new and should just be taken with a grain of salt. Our 'cyber borders' are constantly under attack dozens of times per day, if not more. We are doing it to other nations, they're doing it to yet others, and so on.

- An aircraft can still navigate without the use of GPS satellites - it's called using a magnetic compass, maps, and basic information such as altitude and airspeed, and doing a little bit of math. How do you think pilots flew around before GPS was available?

- Chemical warfare was used during World War 2. White phosphorous comes to mind. Napalm does to. Both were used quite extensively and are considered chemical weapons.

Thanks for reading today's stupidity / ignorance check. :)
 

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[citation][nom]jdwii[/nom]U.S needs to pound on china, Show them how made the good stuff first![/citation]
US to pound China? Who the fuck you think is the one responsible that US economy and as a country is still running? China! China bails out US, US belong to China.
 

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[citation][nom]karash5050[/nom]- Most countries in the world have military or otherwise units dedicated to cyber warfare. This is nothing new and should just be taken with a grain of salt. Our 'cyber borders' are constantly under attack dozens of times per day, if not more. We are doing it to other nations, they're doing it to yet others, and so on.- An aircraft can still navigate without the use of GPS satellites - it's called using a magnetic compass, maps, and basic information such as altitude and airspeed, and doing a little bit of math. How do you think pilots flew around before GPS was available? - Chemical warfare was used during World War 2. White phosphorous comes to mind. Napalm does to. Both were used quite extensively and are considered chemical weapons. Thanks for reading today's stupidity / ignorance check.[/citation]

Napalm is not a part of chemical warfare. White phosphorous was available and primarily used to destroy equipment and dispose of bodies. Interestingly enough Hitler did not condone the use of chemical agents in the field because he was temporarily blinded and nearly killed in the trenches of WWI. He stated that he would never wish his gas experience on another human. However, he did use CO and Zyklon B gasses in concentration camps. He never view Jewish people as human though.
 

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Millions are getting across the border illegally.. crime is off the scale..Mexican people are also at the mercy of drug cartels. But hey - some far-flung country is trying to hurt us again; send in the troops whether they're in army outfits or suits. We have to get out priorities right (especially when there's profit at stake). Offshore interests own America's wealth, the foreign banks. As such THEY decide who is evil and who is not, and who dangles on the end of their string to do their bidding. We don't know the culprit. We do not know just how vulnerable many people are in so far as assuming who the enemy is, or who we want them to be.
 

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[citation][nom]ThisIsMe[/nom]Remember that a government big enough to give you whatever you want is a government big enough to take everything away. I know some would call that cliché, but most of those people would want you to write it off as a radical thought from some conspiracy theorist.[/citation]

And most people would be right.
 

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[citation][nom]wild9[/nom]Millions are getting across the border illegally.. crime is off the scale..Mexican people are also at the mercy of drug cartels. But hey - some far-flung country is trying to hurt us again; send in the troops whether they're in army outfits or suits. We have to get out priorities right (especially when there's profit at stake). Offshore interests own America's wealth, the foreign banks. As such THEY decide who is evil and who is not, and who dangles on the end of their string to do their bidding. We don't know the culprit. We do not know just how vulnerable many people are in so far as assuming who the enemy is, or who we want them to be.[/citation]

Whats wrong with that? Maybe you are just new to geopolitics...
 
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