Chinese Cyber (war)fare (merged thread)

[AdamG]

1. Can we get the following thread unlocked?
http://council.smallwarsjournal.com/...ad.php?t=14610

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Great Firewall rising: How China wages its war on the Internet

Since China began controlling its citizens' Internet access in the mid-1990s, the censors have been engaged in an arms race with activists and developers to block tools that helped people jump over the Firewall and close loopholes that popped up.

http://www.cnn.com/2015/10/25/asia/c...all/index.html

[davidbfpo]

AdamG,

AS requested below I have been at work. I have merged the requested thread plus another and have changed the thread's title. It wasUndercover Researchers Expose Chinese Internet Water Army and now will be 'Chinese Cyber (war)fare (merged thread)'.

1. Can we get the following thread unlocked?
http://council.smallwarsjournal.com/...ad.php?t=14610

2. Can we get this thread combined with the above, this post inclusive?

[AdamG]

Awesome.

Have some content.

State-backed hackers in China are still carrying out a string of cyber espionage attacks on many U.S. companies, violating the pact that the two countries' signed just recently. The U.S. technology and pharmaceutical sectors have reportedly been subject to precision attacks aimed at the "theft of intellectual property and trade secrets" in the course of three weeks.

http://www.mondaq.com/unitedstates/x...ite+Cyber+Pact

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), which is a private and nonprofit facility doing scientific research focused on the world's oceans, revealed that it was the recipient of an aggressive hacking attack that can seemingly be traced back to China.

The hackers were able to access the data and email of Woods Hole, WHOI Director and President Mark Abbott said to the institution's staff earlier this week.

WHOI general counsel and internal investigation head Christopher Land said that so far, there are no signs that the data stolen by the hackers have been used for malicious purposes.

Why would a Chinese hacker attempt to break into Woods Hole's systems? It might have something to do with the fact that the institution also does classified research for the Department of Defense.

http://www.techtimes.com/articles/96...er-huh-why.htm