Friday, June 20, 2008

Why Global Hackers Are Nearly Impossible to Catch

They're in our computers, reading our files. The Chinese government, that is, according to two U.S. Congressmen who recently accused Beijing of sending hackers to ferret out secret documents stored on Congressional computers. The Chinese deny any involvement, but if they were lying, would we be able to prove it?

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1 comment:

Unknown said...

More of the reason is because jurisdictionally, the US has little enforcement powers, and many of these rogue operators work behind the scenes for well-financed organizations/government entities. I've no doubt the US does some of this as well. Everyone is jockeying for power over the internet.