monday, march 30, 2009
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Bridge for Sale: fair condition - high miles - one owner. Interested? If so you may be the only person buying China's story that they were not behind the recent GhostNet cyber-assault on the foreign offices of over one hundred countries, including Iran, Bangladesh, Latvia, Indonesia, Phillipines, Burnei, Barbados, Bhutan, the offices of the Dalai Lama, and the Tibetan government-in-exile.

BBC NEWS Americas China denies spying allegations

It is laughable that China would expect the west to buy this story; a fairy tale in which today's free and open China, so disinclined to spy on its' own citizens, might harbor a secret (and private; apparently no-one presently employed by the Chinese government was involved), highly sophisticated espionage unit capable of coordinating attacks on the foreign service computer systems of multiple countries, armed with innovative cyber-techniques so sophisticated that they could tap into embassy computers and operate microphones and cameras to eavesdrop on real-time conversations.


pork lo mein anyone?


Oddly, the Chinese government doesn't seem too worried about it. They figure it is a splitist trick; just the sort of thing that sneaky fellow the Dalai Lama would do. Good thing the cyber-spies didn't try to break into Chinese computers. Otherwise the government might have to look for them a bit harder?

You know, I really could use a new bridge.




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