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China Chamber Hack

January 23, 2012 – 6:00 am – Siobhan Gorman is back in strong form on the front page of the December 21, 2011 Wall Street Journal with her article “China Hackers Hit U.S. Chamber,” which suggests at first glance that  hackers made from porcelain were successfully thrown into some U.S. person’s bedroom. However, the…
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Against All Enemies

June 20, 2011 – 6:00 am – On June 15, 2011, Richard Clarke published an Op-Ed piece in The Wall Street Journal with the title “China’s Cyberassault on America.” Note that he used the word “cyberassault” in the title, steering away from the highly-charged term “cyberwar,” although he does use that term in the…
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The Google / China Hack: What you won’t read elsewhere

January 14, 2010 – 6:00 am – Google may leave China after a major hack. That’s the headline.  Yahoo! even joined in denouncing the attack. Google and the mainstream media give the impression that the compromise is the reason Google will leave. It seems unlikely to me: the hack is the straw that may break the…
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