中華人民共和國 + 中國人民解放軍 = US Military Technology Intellectual Property Loss due to Chinese Cyber Espionage….

This report by Foreign Policy Magazine is excellent – albeit a little late…if the correspondents from FP had attended the Zhuhai Airshow last October (2012) in Guangzhou, People’s Republic of China (中華人民共和國) they would know that the US military intellectual property horse has left the barn…already…the People’s Republic of China State Owned Enterprises (SOE)  military aircraft manufacturers were showcasing attack helicopters which looked very much like the Apache attack helo made by Boeing; or the various and sundry drones with Chinese PLA (中國人民解放軍)

markings on them…if you want more details about the extent of the Chinese military intellectual property theft that has already taken place contact me here @ State of Security…

Semper Fidelis

謝謝您

紅龍

PS – US Defense contractors who have already lost intellectual property to Chinese SOEs will soon learn that the Chinese military (中國人民解放軍) is selling advanced US military technology to countries and miscreant nation states that cannot be accessed by US defense contractors due to sensitive military export restrictions…

The People’s Republic of China’s military, the People’s Liberation Army (PLA ~ 中國人民解放軍) announced in April of this year (2013) that indeed has given its military intent to ensure that the informization of all Chinese military forces is a necessary condition for protecting its international sovereignty…

"Aiming to win local wars under the conditions of informationization and expanding and intensifying military preparedness. China’s armed forces firmly base their military preparedness on winning local wars under the conditions of informationization, make overall and coordinated plans to promote military preparedness in all strategic directions, intensify the joint employment of different services and arms, and enhance warfighting capabilities based on information systems."…

BTW…this report on how the Chinese military will be employed was issued by Information Office of the State Council…State Council Information Office SCIO; 国务院新闻办公室…http://www.scio.gov.cn/

If the world did not think there was a binary cold war beginning between the United States and the People’s Republic of China…there should be absolutely no doubts in anyone’s military mind now…

Semper Fi,

謝謝您

紅龍

Pierluigi Paganini has written an excellent post on the latest US Military report regarding the cyber dilemma between the United States and the People’s Republic of China…the curiously wonderful noteworthy aspect of his post…he’s an information security expert…from Italy.

I always admire Pierluigi’s posts and this latest one regarding China and the United States is simply outstanding.

He has equated the cyber hyperbole between the Middle Kingdom and the United States of America to the newest version of a ‘cold war’…

Mr. Pierluigi Paganini is correct…however, the cold war ala binary cum cyber started some time ago…8 October 2012 to be prices when the US House Intelligence Committee released its report condemning two Chinese telecommunications State Owned Enterprises (SOE) Huawei & ZTE…see http://intelligence.house.gov/sites/intelligence.house.gov/files/documents/Huawei-ZTE%20Investigative%20Report%20(FINAL).pdf

Chairman Mike Rogers said it most accurately: "U.S. companies should avoid doing business with China’s Huawei, the world’s No. 2 maker of telecommunications gear, for fear its equipment could open doors for spying," 

"In Retribution for Huawei Investigation, Chinese State Media is Going After Cisco"

http://www.techinasia.com/retribution-huawei-investigation-chinese-state-media-cisco/

And so the cyber cold war begins and escalates…how long before the People’s Republic of China mandates the Ministry of Public Security (MPS) remove all Western Information Security Technology from the Golden Shield Project (aka The Great Firewall of China)…? Is that a sucking sound I’m hearing from the Bay Area as China cancels its annual Cisco Smartnet Contract and replaces ALL Cisco gear with Huawei…uh oh …

Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Admiral Jonathan Greenert told the House Appropriations Defense Subcommittee yesterday that the Asia Pivot Policy is working and China’s Military is NOT a threat…Admiral Greenert must not have got the memo from his Aide-de-Camp regarding the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) report on the People’s Republic of China’s Military and Security Developments…that came out YESTERDAY…

Admiral – couldn’t agree with you more, now that the Marines have left Okinawa, China is claiming Okinawa is Chinese soverign territory…really?!

I wonder if the Chief of Naval Operation actually reads or prepares for his House briefings…perhaps those new cost effective LCS with Chinese made parts are more of a concern…perhaps it is fitting that you say “Send in the Marines!”

Semper Fi,

謝謝您

紅龍

"Despite denials from Beijing, there seems little doubt that China’s computer hackers are engaged in an aggressive and increasingly threatening campaign of cyber espionage directed at a range of government and private systems in the United States, including the power grid and telecommunications networks." …  The use of the term ‘war’ and ‘cyber’ is offensive…granted my book "21st Century Chinese Cyber Warfare" uses these terms as if the intent was to satisfy a publisher’s wet dream…the reality is that collectively, we, the People’s Republic of China and the rest of the world are not yet engaged in a binary war…conflict yes, but war – NO! When will we know if it is WAR?…when ICS and SCADA systems are irreparably damaged necessitating US Federal Troops to be deployed on US soil to maintain law and order, when you cannot go and purchase gasoline for your car or SUV, when you can no longer enjoy the freedoms you have become accustomed to..$ 7.00 latte’s…$5.00/gallon petrol…

NO we are not at war yet…in the cyber domain…the 5th dimension is militarized, that’s true…yet protection of national critical infrastructure is still the responsibility of commercial enterprises…when business & company’s throw in the infosec towel and say ‘enough’ & ‘let the military handle protecting our networks’, then you will know it is cyberwar….until that condition is met information assurance and security of your organizational secrets is still your responsibility…

Significant Ket Findings from Volume 18 of Symantec’s threat report:

247,350 Blocked Web Attacks Daily…

  74,000 Malicious Web Domains that were BOTH New & Unique….

Interestingly – small to medium size businesses are the hackers target of choice…"offering the path of least resistance…"

"Key Findings

42% increase in targeted attacks in 2012.31% of all targeted attacks aimed at businesses with less than 250 employees.One waterhole attack infected 500 organizations in a single day.14 zero-day vulnerabilities.32% of all mobile threats steal information.A single threat infected 600,000 Macs in 2012.Spam volume continued to decrease, with 69% of all email being spam.The number of phishing sites spoofing social networking sites increased 125%.Web-based attacks increased 30%.5,291 new vulnerabilities discovered in 2012, 415 of them on mobile operating systems."

Interestnig that the People’s Republc of China’s technology blog sina.com.cn is reporting on the distrust of Chinese State Owned Enterprises (SOE) Huawei & ZTE by Indian Intelligence…Mr Ren, Et Al cannot even get a break from another nation state such as India – this is not good folks for Chinese telecommunications manufaturers…

Mr. Ren Zhegfei declares telecom technology war on US commercial enterprises…standby to standby…continued by saying the People’s Republic of China already has all the intellectual property of the United States, China is the Middle Kingdom…

People’s Republic of China’s State Owned Enterprise (SOE) Allwinner Technologies Co. Ltd. (Zhuhai, People’s Republlic of China) has sold more tablet computer processors than all Western commercial manufacturers combined! If you use a tablet in ICS or SCADA environments check your tablets’ processor country of orign ASAP! Then contact me to figure out what to do next to protect your enterprise from Chinese hacking efforts….check out their website:

http://www.arm.com/community/partners/display_company/rw/company/allwinner-technology-co-ltd/