Discussion of public breaches of security
Chinese Hackers Eye US Cancer Research: https://www.technewsworld.com/story/86211.html This is another outrageous attack on our companies and institutions as Chinese APT hacker groups appear to be linked to stealing information from Cancer research Here is a news story about espionage by Chinese paid doctors. NBCnews story about 3 scientists removed from MD Anderson Cancer Center … Read more
First thing I think of (being of a certain age) when someone asks why: Why ask why? Answer: Try Bud Dry!(Silly old Budweiser commercial) So why do we need to ask why? Because it would be good to know why we are consistently being attacked by this region of the world. It is always good … Read more
Since a picture says a thousand words here is an attempt at explanation of Risk Analysis. The rows are “Impact on Environment”: none, minimal, minor, significant, major, critical The “Likelihood” or “Likely – what is % to happen” is the columns: not likely, low, medium, medium-high, high, will happen. These are not “real” systems in … Read more
It is all part of the Chinese strategy to steal technology and information as they work on being the top country in the world. There is an excellent article on the history of China and how it pertains to today’s world by Brandon J. Weichert at New English Review. The “trade war” is part of … Read more
From WSJ article On May 7th hackers were able to shut down a number of city of Baltimore computers. They demanded $100k worth of bitcoins to release their stranglehold. On this day that is about 13 Bitcoins (value of Bitcoins fluctuates). So Baltimore is refusing to pay as they should. The ransomware the hackers used … Read more
