Chinese hack into White House network

[sabra]

Source: FT

Chinese hackers have penetrated the White House computer network on multiple occasions, and obtained e-mails between government officials, a senior US official told the FT.

The cyber attackers managed to penetrate the White House system for brief periods that allowed them to steal information before US government experts each time patched the system.

US government cyber experts suspect the attacks were sponsored by the Chinese government, although they cannot say for definite.

“We are getting very targeted Chinese attacks so its stretches credulity that these are not directed by government-related organisations,” said the official.

...

A second US official said government cyber experts had determined that the attacks originated from China, but he cautioned that they could not determine whether they were related to the government.

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[marmar]

1. China probably owns it anyway.....

n/t

[Gidney N Cloyd]

2. Allowing them access is probably part of the terms of our loan.

:-)

[nebenaube]

3. we should ask them for archives of Rove's email.... n/t

[dantyrant]

5. Funny but true...

Makes one wonder what secrets they might know and what they might do with them.

[underpants]

13. Sorry but this story sounds like a set up

to conveniently say "Our records?? Oh the Chinese hacked that. Sorry"

[demigoddess]

36. I agree, sounds like republican propaganda to me. republicans would love us to believe

that the chinese are looking over Obama's shoulder during his administration. They would say that he has to get their 'approval'.

[burrowowl]

39. Yes

May all the Bu$hco White House e-mails be made public! Come on China hand them over!

[onehandle]

4. Will Bush apologize again?

He must appease our future masters.

[underpants]

12. Like when they knocked down our spy plane and held the crew hostage?

everyone forgot about that one

[jayfish]

14. I Never Did.

That was the first sign, for me, that things were going to be as bad as expected.

Jay

[underpants]

15. Yeah

I know.

I will be shocked if that makes into the admin recaps that are coming in January. They will be Florida...and then.... 9/11

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

41. April Fools Day, 2001

:think:

[aquart]

6. Good. Can they get us that missing email?

[Patriot Abroad]

7. It would be much more worrying if they hacked in to the RNC mail server

As it's been well established that the current stooges don't use their official e-mail anyway.

Maybe the Chinese could provide some of the "lost" mails from the White house mail server?

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

8. What a bunch of doofuses.

FFS, securing a network is an ongoing holistic process, not some linear thing. It takes someone who gives a crusty fuck and possesses a clue to be on the case at all times. Shit, the number of good tools out there, like Nagios, make such things a lot easier than they have ever been before.

Being an IT weenie and out of work, and reading something like this, makes my teeth itch.

Can I get a "Hell Yeah!" frrom other out-of-work tech dogs?

[SpiralHawk]

10. Republions = FAIL

No matter the field of endeavor...

[bitchkitty]

11. HELL YEA!

Not really a tech dog, more of a css kitty, but hell freaking yea!

If you go by their level of incompetence, you can safely say that this is only the attack that we've heard about. I'm sure there have been others.

[underpants]

16. Unless they wanted it to be hacked

or hacked it themselves

*POOF* records disappear...didn't you hear about the Chinese hacking?????

[ananda]

17. job applications on change.gov

Obama's new website has job applications.

I expect they could use some decent IT's.

[no limit]

25. Not out of work but I manage exchange for a small company. Even I stay on top of security updates

the fact the white house didn't should scare the crap out of all of us. I wonder how much top secret information was leaked.

[KansDem]

9. Chinese Hackers Release Rare Screen-Capture of President Bush's Personal Computer!

[Twinguard]

23. Is that Mario jumping the barrel or...

Joe the Plumber?

[KansDem]

35. "Joe the Unlicensed Barrel Jumper" (nt)

[Norrin Radd]

31. MAME's too complicated for Dumbya.

This is more his speed:

[Ian David]

18. How do you say, "Heckuva job" in Chinese?

工作的哎呀!

[paparush]

26. Google is your friend

好 <<--good job

[Ian David]

27. I tried using BabelFish. Thanks! n/t

[Xipe Totec]

19. Can we ask them if they have copies of the e-mails Bush "lost"? n/t

[HereSince1628]

20. Cheney is probably hanging the WH ' Norton' by his/her thumbs.

I would not want to be the person in charge of WH computer security. Cheney is so paranoid everything must be a secret. And now his Commie opponents in the GREAT OIL GAME have hacked HIS system. Oh, I'll bet there has been hell to pay.

[Javaman]

21. Like we don't do this to their network as well?

folks, for anyone that has been paying attention, this is nothing new. There has been a cyber war going on for the past 5 years.

It's just not a full blown war just alot of sniping.

[no limit]

30. But I'm sure the chinese are smart enough to keep their software patched.

[Javaman]

32. We'll never know. nt

[sandrakae]

22. This is how Bush writes email anyway.

[tomg]

38. Jesus, that is a flash from childhood.

In the mid 50s, a very popular show called 'Winky Dink' was on, the gimmick of which was that you drew stuff on the screen ( using a 'winky dink' kit you bought - corporate shits, it was just some saran wrap or something and a 'decoder') like bridges or hot air ballons or whatever to save Winky Dink from whatever. Most of us at 5 and 6 were constantly drawing on the TV set, without, of course, the kit. Makes sense. Someone should have told Bush that Winky Dink was cancelled. Also explains Bush's attitude toward infrastructure. ( "Oh my God, New Orleans is flooding. I better draw a levee for Winky Dink.")

[Joe Bacon]

40. Damn I remember Winky Dink.

I still remember the time Mom wasn't home and my sister hid my Winky Dink kit and told me it was OK to draw on the TV tube. When Mom came home, I got the whippin of my life as my sister kept giggling...

[Mabus]

24. Has anyone told Bush yet?

And if they did, did he understand what they were telling him? In other words, "what didn't he know and when did he not know it?"

And, does this mean that whenever Putin showed up over Alaska that he was just giving us a head fake?

[nichomachus]

28. Maybe Congress should hire the Chinese

Congress can't seem to get the White House to turn over emails

[Lost4words]

29. did they find the lost emails?

8643

[GetTheRightVote]

33. It is easier then is sounds for those who are extremely good at hacking

and do not mind going to prison if discovered. To some hackers it is a life time challenge to get into a government network. There are some really strange customers in the world today.

:kick:

[CatholicEdHead]

34. I know Lenovo Thinkpads are banned at the State Department

Should they do the same at the White House?

Then again most laptops and parts are made in the greater east Asian region.

/watch that BIOS and those drivers

[AndyTiedye]

37. Are Their Networks as Insecure as Their Voting Machinez?

:scared:

[goforit]

42. OK folks!! Don't you think Bush, our treasonist Prez, is allowing them to tap in?