For the best part of a decade, US officials and cybersecurity companies have been naming and shaming hackers they believe work for the Chinese government. These hackers have stolen terabytes of data from companies like pharmaceutical and video game firms, compromised servers, stripped security protections, and highjacked hacking tools, according to security experts. And as China's alleged hacking has grown more brazen, individual Chinese hackers face indictments. However, things may be changing.
Since the start of 2022, China's Foreign Ministry and the country's cybersecurity firms have increasingly been calling out alleged US cyberespionage. Until now, these allegations have been a rarity. But the disclosures come with a catch: They appear to rely on years-old technical details, which are already publicly known and don't contain fresh information. The move may be a strategic change for China as the nation tussles to cement its position as a tech superpower.
"These are useful materials for China's tit-for-tat propaganda campaigns when they faced US accusation and indictment of China's cyberespionage activities," says Che Chang, a cyber threat analyst at the Taiwan-based cybersecurity firm TeamT5.
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday June 04 2022, @02:53AM (3 children)
I wish this is true, but I doubt it.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday June 04 2022, @04:16AM (2 children)
China teasing us with a dream of American competence.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday June 04 2022, @06:38AM (1 child)
007, on the other hand, is licensed to hack! Waiting for ObiWanKenobi to be the next James Bond.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday June 04 2022, @11:39PM
these are not the keystrokes you were looking for.
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday June 04 2022, @10:51AM (7 children)
When China names & shames, it's propaganda, (even based on technical details)
when the US does it it's just factual statements?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday June 04 2022, @12:07PM (2 children)
Standard operating procedure for gaslighting assholes.
(Score: 2) by kazzie on Saturday June 04 2022, @04:46PM (1 child)
Sounds painful. What happens if you break wind?
(Score: 3, Touché) by Freeman on Monday June 06 2022, @02:57PM
Depends, if there's a lit flame towards the rear.
Joshua 1:9 "Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee"
(Score: 5, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday June 04 2022, @12:45PM (1 child)
The point is that all these articles coming out of China are based old data, which the Chinese and the rest of the world have known about for over 5 years already. But now various Chinese entities (all of whom have, by law, in-house CCP officials with editorial control) have entirely conincidentally all been releasing reports on this old news in the period of a few weeks.
That's not news reporting, it's blatant coordinated propaganda. It's clumsy, obvious, and the CCP does it a lot. They're not good at being subtle, but they don't really care as long as the political message gets across.
(Score: 2, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday June 04 2022, @08:04PM
It is, in and of itself, a power-play. Telling a lie that's blatantly a lie, and that everyone knows is a lie, but won't actually get called out as a lie.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday June 04 2022, @02:26PM (1 child)
factual propaganda?
(Score: 4, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday June 04 2022, @07:04PM
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday June 05 2022, @01:37AM
With the disdain our own people have shown toward our own creative people, can anything else be expected? We value the MBA far more than the artisan.