The Marmot’s Hole

7 Comments

1. Wedge
   Posted October 10, 2008 at 11:26 am | Permalink

   Great, sounds like the Chinese were able to supplement the data they got through Chinese wives of JMSDF officers on Aegis. With “allies” like this who needs enemies?

2. R. Elgin
   Posted October 10, 2008 at 11:48 am | Permalink

   Oh my, “wedge” I had written the exact comment you made above but edited it out.

   Maybe America should sell South Korea jet-powered Ford pick-up trucks with missile racks in the back window.

3. SomeguyinKorea
   Posted October 10, 2008 at 1:15 pm | Permalink

   So, who’s the genius who put top secret documents on a computer connected to the internet?

4. Wedge
   Posted October 10, 2008 at 1:54 pm | Permalink

   #2: What with our political differences, I hesitate to say great minds think alike.

5. kerplunk
   Posted October 10, 2008 at 2:09 pm | Permalink

   Aegis is like what, 20 years old? A Sony PS3 can handle more complex tasks at the same time. And LIGNex1 and HHI would not have access to any ‘classified’ data anyway.
   This is a fart in a balloon.
   It is almost time we started spying on China, like learning how to run an economy. Build a jet fighter for under $300 million a pop. Combat corruption.
   below is the very diagram that was stolen

   ㄸ—-ㄱ
   ㅣ ㅣ
   \ ——————–/
   \___________________/

6. KrZ
   Posted October 11, 2008 at 1:46 am | Permalink

   Korea isn’t the only one. Looks like the world bank got pwned hard too;

   The World Bank Group’s computer network — one of the largest repositories of sensitive data about the economies of every nation — has been raided repeatedly by outsiders for more than a year, FOX News has learned. It is still not known how much information was stolen. But sources inside the bank confirm that servers in the institution’s highly-restricted treasury unit were deeply penetrated with spy software last April. Invaders also had full access to the rest of the bank’s network for nearly a month in June and July. In total, at least six major intrusions — two of them using the same group of IP addresses originating from China — have been detected at the World Bank since the summer of 2007, with the most recent breach occurring just last month. In a frantic midnight e-mail to colleagues, the bank’s senior technology manager referred to the situation as an ‘unprecedented crisis.’ In fact, it may be the worst security breach ever at a global financial institution. And it has left bank officials scrambling to try to understand the nature of the year-long cyber-assault, while also trying to keep the news from leaking to the public.

7. R. Elgin
   Posted October 11, 2008 at 8:58 am | Permalink

   Here is the link to an article on the World Bank hack. Windows — another reason Microsoft should face extinction. This is even though hackers will focus on whatever platform is being used, there is no good reason for windows to be used from now on. (Thanks KrZ)