Complaints, Nationalism, and Spoofs
OUYANG BIN, ZHANG XIAORANThis week, United States government and American media charges of Chinese cyberattacks have led to a variety of responses from netizens across China. On February 19, a CNN camera crew tried to shoot video of the twelve-story military-owned building that the U.S. Internet security...
On China’s Twitter, Discussion of Hacking Attacks...
TEA LEAF NATION, DAVID WERTIMEAs The New York Times reported yesterday evening, U.S.-based cybersecurity firm Mandiant has just released a deeply troubling report called “Exposing One of China’s Cyber Espionage Units.” The report alleges wide-spread hacking sponsored by the People’s Liberation Army,...
Cyber Attacks—What’s the Best Response?
JONATHAN LANDRETH, JAMES FALLOWS, XIAO QIANG (& authors)Jonathan Landreth:With regular ChinaFile Conversation contributor Elizabeth Economy on the road, I turned to her colleague Adam Segal, Maurice R. Greenberg Senior Fellow for China Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York. Segal said that “the time for naming and...
China’s Cyberattacks — At What Cost?
JAMES FALLOWS, DONALD CLARKE, ORVILLE SCHELL (& authors)James Fallows: Here are some initial reactions on the latest hacking news.We call this the “latest” news because I don’t think anyone, in China or outside, is actually surprised. In my own experience in China, which is limited compared with many of yours, I’ve seen the...