On Chinese hackers

Fast Company's Neal Ungerleider discusses the "Chinese Way" of hacking with Adam Segal.

Q:As far as preparing the battlefield, do you think it is mostly organized by the government, the People's Liberation Army (PLA) and groups like that, or is it just bored kids with some sort of connection to government? A: Well, that's the $64,000 question in the Chinese context. The question is who is responsible for these things, even if you trace it back to China, is if they are bored hackers or PLA members or criminals with ties to the PLA or PLA divisions acting criminally? We don't really know.

The Chinese Way of Hacking [FC via Hacker News]

• [Anonymous]

  Who cares where it’s coming from, US can’t do anything about it anyway. Just secure your machines and shut up or get hacked, its as simple as that.

• [Daemon]

  Short version: “Some people in China did some hacking. Could be anyone really. Also, Chinese hackers aren’t like American hackers, because they are Chinese.”

• [Anonymous]

  If I were a Russian hacker, I’d route my attacks through China…

• [Jonathan Badger]

  While the Chinese government may do some hacking itself, the fact is China now has millions of bored middle class teens as well. Nobody doubts that hacking in the West is done by bored middle class teens, so why not in China?

• [Anonymous]

  With a VPN I can come up in China and Hack- Hack and then go back to normal in Miami,FL. What can you do with a Proxie or TOR???

  Think about it.
  http://ChinaCyberWarfare.wordpress.com
  http://uscyberlabs.com/blog/

• [TechnoBach]

  $64,000 dollar question? Does that have something to do with the exchange rate?

  • [uildaan]

    I would venture it has to do with the tv game show ‘who wants to be a millionaire’ as $64 000 is one of the stages. Although it may be from something else since 2^x are pretty common numbers

• [Anonymous]

  Seriously. That was the answer?!
  Rest assured, (erm, or not) it’s the Chinese government.
  Apparently no one has the balls to say it on the record.

• [barrie]

  I like the part where he admits they don’t know where the attacks are actually coming from but then goes on to talk about specific motivation … pure flap-doodle. When the article is on hackers and the expert admits that he hasn’t spent much time looking at the hackers you know you are looking at propaganda.

  • [T’Pau]

    I agree barrie. This article is one of those that you come away knowing less then before you read it.