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bangaroo
Found this from this morning edition of Aussie newspaper, what do they except to find?

China 'hacked Aussie computers'
By Patrick Walters
September 12, 2007 07:15am

Computer networks were classified
Federal Government will not comment
New Zealand confirms foreign hacking

CHINA has allegedly tried to hack into highly classified government computer networks in Australia and New Zealand as part of a broader international operation to glean military secrets from Western nations.

The Howard Government yesterday would neither confirm nor deny that its agencies, including the Defence Department, had been subject to cyber attack from China, but government sources acknowledge that thwarting such assaults is a continuous challenge.

"It's a serious problem, it's ongoing and it's real," one senior government source said.

Western intelligence experts say that China has also targeted the US, Canada, Germany and Japan as part of its global intelligence-gathering effort.

New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark yesterday confirmed that foreign intelligence agencies had tried to hack into government computer networks, but said they had not compromised top-secret data banks.

"The assurance I've been given by intelligence agencies is that no classified information has been at risk at all," Miss Clark said.

"We have very smart people to provide protection every time an attack is tried. Obviously we learn from that.

"What I can stress is that absolutely no classified information has ever been penetrated by these attacks."

While Miss Clark knew which countries were involved, she would not name them, saying her Government had not spoken to the nations concerned about the problem.

"That's not the way intelligence matters are handled," she said.

The Financial Times reported last week that Beijing had hacked into the Pentagon's computer network earlier this year - a claim strenuously denied by Beijing.

The alleged cyber attack on the Pentagon came only days after China's intelligence services were accused of hacking into German Chancellor Angela Merkel's office and three other German government ministries.

Miss Clark acknowledged on Monday that several governments had recently experienced attacks on their computer networks.

"It's not something unique to us, it's something that every country is experiencing," she said.

Earlier, Warren Tucker, head of the New Zealand intelligence agency, the Security Intelligence Service, confirmed that foreign governments had hacked into New Zealand government computer systems.

The Dominion Post newspaper quoted Dr Tucker as saying government departments' websites had been attacked, information stolen and hard-to-detect software had been installed which could be used to take control of computer systems.

There was evidence foreign governments were responsible for the attacks, he said, but did not name the countries concerned.

Australian Attorney-General Philip Ruddock is sufficiently concerned about cyber attacks to be spending more than $70 million to improve the e-security of government and private computer networks.

Additional reporting: agencies
ssjasper2003
What next, norway?
bangaroo
QUOTE(ssjasper2003 @ Sep 11 2007, 06:27 PM) *
What next, norway?


Next --> Israel
mrpingping
Japan too
Wilson
great... WWIII. I hope this doesn't affect my spoilt ABC way of life. I can't cope with anymore racism ><
MethodMan
They fail and get caught every friggin' time.

4chan's 'Anonymous' would probably be more competent than these Chinese hackers.
VAMAN
Nice, if China can master the art of hacking computers then half the battle against USA and other western powers have already been won.biggthumpup.gif
moviez
QUOTE(VAMAN @ Sep 12 2007, 05:16 AM) *
Nice, if China can master the art of hacking computers then half the battle against USA and other western powers have already been won.biggthumpup.gif


Yup. The West keep hyping the imaginary "Chinese threat".
bangaroo
QUOTE(mrpingping @ Sep 12 2007, 12:20 AM) *
Japan too


Sorry, Japan's already hacked by Chinese.
moviez
QUOTE(bangaroo @ Sep 12 2007, 07:57 AM) *
Sorry, Japan's already hacked by Chinese.


Now it is time to hack your computer.
bangaroo
QUOTE(moviez @ Sep 12 2007, 07:41 AM) *
Now it is time to hack your computer.


I have unprotected PC at home, I'm a computer virus analyst and I want to be hacked.

I run many as 4 differnt torrent clients without any AVs or Firewalls, and my I saw my PC drained with trojans and backdoors, which I collect them for purpose of re-engineering.

Btw, many asian hackers from SK & Philiphine.
Ecthelion
QUOTE(MethodMan @ Sep 12 2007, 04:42 AM) *
They fail and get caught every friggin' time.

4chan's 'Anonymous' would probably be more competent than these Chinese hackers.

Anon hacks personal systems, corporate systems at best.

China is cracking at the best defended networks in the world. There is a slight difference there bud.
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