The Chinese cyberwar
Posted: 24 Aug 2011, 10:38
Seems like what many of us suspected all along has now finally come out into the open...
Disclaimer: the source is apparently quite a bit biased against the Chinese government, so some things may need to be taken with a pinch of salt.
SourceA standard, even boring, piece of Chinese military propaganda screened in mid-July included what must have been an unintended but nevertheless damaging revelation: shots from a computer screen showing a Chinese military university is engaged in cyberwarfare against entities in the United States.
The documentary itself was otherwise meant as praise to the wisdom and judgment of Chinese military strategists, and a typical condemnation of the United States as an implacable aggressor in the cyber-realm. But the fleeting shots of an apparent China-based cyber-attack somehow made their way into the final cut.
The screenshots appear as B-roll footage in the documentary for six seconds—between 11:04 and 11:10 minutes—showing custom-built Chinese software apparently launching a cyber-attack against the main website of the Falun Gong spiritual practice, by using a compromised IP address belonging to a United States university. As of Aug. 22 at 1:30pm EDT, in addition to Youtube, the whole documentary is available on the CCTV website.
Disclaimer: the source is apparently quite a bit biased against the Chinese government, so some things may need to be taken with a pinch of salt.