A new digital Cold War?

Humorous, insightful, and even a tad bit scary. Yes, these things have been going on between nations for a very long time, but are we entering into an new era?



How a Chinese Tech Firm Became the NSA’s Surveillance Nightmare



N.S.A. Breached Chinese Servers Seen as Security Threat

“American officials have repeatedly said that the N.S.A. breaks into foreign networks only for legitimate national security purposes.” - Translation, “Our hacking is good, your hacking is bad.”

William Plummer, a senior Huawei executive in the United States, said the company had no idea it was an N.S.A. target, adding that in his personal opinion, “The irony is that exactly what they are doing to us is what they have always charged that the Chinese are doing through us.” - Pure Irony



Chinese military officials charged with stealing US data as tensions escalate

U.S. Indictment of Chinese Hackers Could Be Awkward for the NSA



* China’s recent response to former claims against them which has since been confirmed as true, although not against China but actually against the US. :whistling

China steps up the arms race in the digital cold war

“Chinese telco companies have been quietly amputating Cisco routers from the country’s internet backbone and the government is starting to reconsider the wisdom of using IBM servers in their banks.”

“Snowden’s revelations are starting to look like a catalyst of sorts that is accelerating the process of China’s own rise as an internet and technology force.”



A small glimpse into the times in which we now live, those with short attention spans should just read the extracted article highlights for insight. Those with absolutely no clue as to what any of this stuff means should just go back to sleep, or whatever it was you were doing just prior to reading this post.

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