More US Capitol Computers Were Hacked From China

[Ian David]

The Hill | Jordy Yeager | June 21, 2008 06:21 PM

More Members of Congress have had their computers infiltrated by hackers within China than initially suspected, a lawmaker has revealed.

Reps. Frank Wolf (R-Va.), Chris Smith (R-N.J.), and Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) admitted to having data removed from their Capitol Hill computers last week, but Wolf says there are more.

"I'm not at liberty to say who they are, but there are other members," said Wolf, ranking member on the Appropriations Committee's State and Foreign Operations subcommittee.

Computers within the Foreign Affairs Committee, on which Smith serves as a senior Republican, were also infiltrated. Kirk suspects that other committees may have been attacked as well.

More:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/06/21/more-us-capitol-computers_n_108468.html



See prior threads:


Chinese hackers plan cyber attack on US military: Report
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x2983140

Chinese Military Hacked Into Pentagon
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x2976357

Lawmakers say Capitol computers hacked by Chinese
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x3348614

(Rep. Frank R.) Wolf says Chinese hacked data
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=102&topic_id=3348614&mesg_id=3349350

[mrreowwr_kittty]

1. So how's that Homeland Security that we're spending $$billions$$ on working out for us?

I feel so safe knowing that I can't bring more than 3 ounces of hair gel on the plane while Chinese spies are hacking into sensitive government information.

:sarcasm:

[Ian David]

2. It took them 60 letters and five years to catch someone sending fake Anthrax to Bush.

What hope do the rest of us have?

[tom_paine]

4. Please, Ian, they never caught anyone. Hatfield was a patsy.

They never caught the guy BECAUSE HE WORKS FOR THE BUSHIES.

As do the Bushie FBI Dept. Heads who made sure the case tanked and WILL NEVER GO ANYWHERE.

Sorry, I'm not shouting at you, but at the sitaution of having a Nazi-like justice system where arch-criminals are in charge.

[Ian David]

5. I wasn't referring to Hatfield. There was another case more recently...

4 Years for California Man Who Threatened Bush, Others
Source: Associated Press

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A nuclear engineer from California has been sentenced to more than four years in federal prison for sending threatening letters to President Bush, first lady Laura Bush and others.

Prosecutors say Michael Lee Braun mailed nearly 60 letters over a five-year period after the 2001 terrorist attacks. Vice President Dick Cheney and former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld were also targets.

Most contained a white powder the letters described as poison. It was actually baking soda.

The 53-year-old Braun was arrested in 2006. He was an engineer at the now-closed Rancho Seco nuclear power plant south of Sacramento.
He was sentenced Friday to four years and three months in prison. He also must pay $54,000 in fines and damages.

More:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=3361771


And not to worry, I understood you weren't yelling AT me, just NEAR me.



See also:

Prosecutors: Threat notes mentioned Bush - Democratic Underground
Michael Lee Braun, 51, was appeared in court Monday on two federal charges of sending threats through the mail. The FBI said he also is a suspect in mailing ...
www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x2541991 - 24k - Cached - Similar pages - Note this


Threat notes (w/powder) mentioned Bush (sent to Club hosting Bush ...
Michael Lee Braun, 51, was arraigned Monday in U.S. District Court in Sacramento on two federal charges of sending threats through the mail. ...
www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x2541286 - 52k - Cached - Similar pages - Note this


Ca. Man Arrested Following Anthrax Threats (*, cheney & others ...
Officials said Michael Lee Braun, 51, was taken into custody Friday night by members of Sacramento Joint Terrorism Task Force after warrants were served at ...
www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x2291879

[tom_paine]

6. Classic Bushie Psyops misdirection. WHY would a man who threatened Bushies

ONLY mail anthrax envelopes to DEMOCRATS and the so-called "Liberal Media".

WHY would he mail his very first anthrax letter to the tabloid reporters who printed candid photos of the drunk Bush daughters falling all over themselves?

It simply does not add up.

They will never catch whichever ex-CIA Bush flunkie did this (or whichever Bush flunkie did it, CIA or not).

No, whoever did this had access to that good old Ft. Detrick Made in the USA anthrax.

Sorry, but I am 99% certain this is a classic Bushie red herring an I am 99.9% certain the Bushie who actually did it will never be caught, for the same reason the Gestapo would never investigate or prosecute SS abuses at Dahau or Buchenwald.

[tom_paine]

3. Stalin's hacking Hitler's computers... so?

Like Stalin and Hitler, the Chinese are our bosom buddies. Like Stalin and Hitler, Amerika and China are now ruled by the same form of goverment.

Like Stalin and Hitler, not much differentiates Amerika and China except for economic rationales and the fact that we are still treated a bit nicer (for now) than the Chinese peasantry.

But the Chinese keep getting treated a littler better all the time, we are being treated worse all the time.

Soon we shall meet and TRULY be like Stalin and Hitler when there isn't a nickle's worth of difference (other than the economic blather) between us, in practice.

:puke: