White House Confirms Chinese Cyberattack 212
New submitter clam666 writes "White House sources partly confirmed that U.S. government computers — reportedly including systems used by the military for nuclear commands — were breached by Chinese hackers. From the article: 'The attempted hack used 'spear phishing,' in which an attacker sends an email to a specific target that uses familiar phrases in hopes that the recipient will follow links or download attachments that unleash the hacker's malware. None of the White House's secure, classified computer systems were affected, said the official, who reached out to POLITICO after the Free Beacon story appeared — without having been asked for comment. Nor had there been any attempted breach of a classified system, according to the official.'"
Re:Nuclear weapons? (Score:5, Funny)
"Next up, petitioning the White House to find out why the fuck nuclear control systems are on the internet ..."
Well that is easy. That is because IE 6 is required to administer.
Re:Nuclear weapons? (Score:4, Funny)
IE6? You are being way too generous. Try Netscape 3.0.
Re:So... (Score:5, Funny)
If you read TFA "Soy sauce has been found all over port 21 and a Beijing duck was stuck on the firewall".
Re:Okay (Score:3, Funny)
How did they know? Easy! The e-mail went like this:
"Hello Sir, very fine day indeed. I would like to inquire you buy cheap Sony cameras from our company. Not Chinese product, 100% original product. Please, look our offer in attached brochure.
I hope the day is very generous and we may come to agreement soon. Thank you!
Yours faithfully,
Clint Eastwood, CEO
Sony Company LTD."
Re:Lets see if there's parity.... (Score:5, Funny)
Are you really that stupid, or just trying to start a flamewar?
That is grossly unfair.
There's absolutely no reason it can't be both.