US Cable: China Leaders Ordered Hacking on Google
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BEIJING (AP) — A leaked U.S. government cable shows sources told American diplomats that hacking attacks against Google were ordered by China’s top ruling body.
The cable said that according to a source, the Chinese government coordinated the attacks on Google late last year. The cable says the intrusions were directed by the Politburo Standing Committee.
The cable was released by WikiLeaks to The New York Times and The Guardian newspapers.
A separate cable released by WikiLeaks showed a Politburo member demanded action against Google after looking for his own name on the search engine and finding criticism of him.
The cable did not identify the leader. The New York Times reported it was propaganda chief Li Changchun, the fifth-ranked official in the country.
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momsense
Posted on December 6, 2010 at 8:08amWhy are we still giving China “ Most Favored Nation” status? I personally would like to purchase goods made here, even if they cost more so that Americans could have jobs—especially Non-Union jobs. No sense rewarding another set of criminals when we get rid of another.
Report Post »Living In NYC
Posted on December 6, 2010 at 7:42amSo true…when members of Obama’s staff think that Mio is a perfect model….it won’t stop at the internet!
Big Sis is aready tracking credit card transactions…without a warrant!!
Report Post »New-American-Saviors
Posted on December 5, 2010 at 8:15pmFace Book, MY Space and any P2P sites visited by kids and you’re all over the Map. ANY site !
Report Post »MeteoricLimbo
Posted on December 5, 2010 at 3:02pmkeep the audience captive……sounds familiar.
Report Post »Sinista Mace
Posted on December 5, 2010 at 2:15pmYou know, I was wondering why my computer seemed like it was hacked not very long ago, some images were corrupted as I stopped the transfer of the documents mid-stream, and those corrupted images were irrecoverable because of the mid-stream interruption.
The only way I was able to stop the document transfer was to hit the standby button on my modem, shutting down the connection, and turning my computer off.
I then had to identify the source of the intrusion, and by searching the event viewer in the adminstrative tools in the control panel, I found out that the event viewer showed the source to be USER (as in a logged on user), so they were authorized as a user and were essentially moving, not uploading, moving files from my computer to somehwere as in a direct cable connection. It was attempting to actually move them, so when the transfer was interrupted, the files attempting to be moved were corrupted.
My antivirus showed no sign of intrusion and I ended up backing up all my files externally and writing my hard drive to zeros, then reinstalling windows from scratch.
The only reason I could ascertain why they were hacking my computer is because of my research and experiments involving free energy devices, yet the images they obtained or corrupted were nothing more than some marijuana porn easily found all over the internet.
Seeing as they were hacking Google, i could see them targetting my computer based on the types of Google searches I perform, most of which is centered around free energy devices, secret government projects involving advanced technology, advanced electromagnetic weaponry, alien spacecraft and extraterrestrial technology, and the physics and electromagnetic properties thereof.
Report Post »Tony Nagy
Posted on December 5, 2010 at 2:20pmMe too…. I noticed it a few times… even comented on my Facebook page… “Does anyone notice the Algoritym(Facebook) slowing down? My entire ‘D’ drive has been stolen? everything gone? only 6 files on it and I can’t delete them either???
Report Post »Tony Nagy
Posted on December 5, 2010 at 2:14pmThank-GOD you people have got your focus back on track, I started fighting this battle against ANIHC from the late eighties, I tried to worn people, but everyone laughed at me. They are not interested in ‘MONEY’… Think people think for crying out loud. wikileaks is just a diversionary tactic, to take your focus…. Now stay focused and watch your ‘China Towns’.
Report Post »Kimberli
Posted on December 5, 2010 at 1:38pmAre you ready?
Report Post »KICKILLEGALSOUT
Posted on December 5, 2010 at 12:17pmMore facts about China, while many people think Mexicans when it comes to illegal immigrants the Chinese are probably #2 and last year alone there was a 1000% increase of Chinese illegals crossing the Mexican border. Chinese illegals don’t just cross the Mexican borders but also the Northern border because of the huge Chinese communities in Canada and also Shipping ports because Chinese is the #1 exporter in the world so it’s easy to smuggle people too. Almost every Chinese restaurant in the USA has Chinese illegals working there and you can even find Chinese restaurants in even the tiniest of US towns in the country today. In these places food is usually toxic and substandard, health violations are rampant and even toxic swill (gutter) oil is recycled to use to cook the food in, because they don’t care about poisoning you, just taking your money. There are centers all over the US in almost every major city that has birth tourism agencies, they are called Yuezi centers 月子中心 They coach Chinese to come as tourist to America and how to get passed customs so they can have their new American citizen. They stay in these centers many just nice houses from Chinese Americans and everything is taken care of. Now many Chinese are being told by their government to not invest in American debt but to buy resources like land, real estate, and businesses. The Chinese are already taking advantage of our housing collapse and bad economic situation in the US by having real estate buying tours buying things at rock bottom prices, many are starting to look at buying American farmland, mines, and other strategic resources. Mass immigration is a top priority because they hope to take over America one day to tap all the resources here and mass immigrate their people to solve their population and pollution problems.
Report Post »Bills should be passed banning all foreign nationals from owning land in the USA and further more there should be a one home buy limit allowed to foreign nationals. People talk about how it is too expensive to manufacture in the USA and the jobs are moving to China, how is it that every day more Chinese companies are setting up factories here in the USA? They shouldn’t be able to make money here right? There is some conspiracy going on, how can they come here and make money but Americans can’t? Just read this article http://articles.latimes.com/2008/may/05/business/fi-chinainvest5
No more foreign takeover of the US! The politicians must be held accountable and prevent this NOW!
KICKILLEGALSOUT
Posted on December 5, 2010 at 11:52amChinese espionage is out of control yet the pinhead idiots in our government, military, corporations and colleges keep thinking we can work with them and be friends all in the name of “diversity” Chinese students year on year increase 30% and displace more and more American students. Chinese are planting themselves at all levels where they have access to top technology so they can steal it. To all the naive people who say don’t blame the Chinese blame their leaders, can you read or write Chinese? I am not talking about stupid fools who teach English in China and can say a few words of Chinese or someone who lived a couple years in China and can only speak minimal Chinese and may have ate a few hotpots with “friends” so they think they are China experts but really looked through and read many Chinese blogs and discussion boards on these affairs? Little to none and I can practically guarantee it. Chinese’s real feelings come out on the internet because in their culture they will rarely tell you the truth to your face, but outsiders never get that fact! Have you read their message boards where “average Chinese” talk about world affairs, let me tell you the majority have very hateful comments towards Americans and America because they are so jealous and envious of what we have they will do anything to get it. Chinese constantly refer to America as a paper tiger and it is actually the leaders who while they promote it try to keep the people under control for now because they are waiting for the right time, most of the average Chinese people are the ones calling to fight and go to war with America to show what they can do. The Chinese are just waiting for a chance to go to war so they can try to prove themselves to the world, they have huge inferiority complexes and it is borderline suicidal. The Chinese already are facing a huge gender imbalance because of too many men, do you know what their typical type of answer is to this problem? Let‘s start a war because if we lose ten’s of millions of men or hundreds of millions (total population of the USA) it will only solve our gender imbalance problem and we will still have a billion people left over. Are any other countries prepared to make that sacrifice? Yet, we keep letting them enter by the multitudes and teach them everything we know for their advantage. We have cities in America that set up sister cities with Chinese cities, we have schools across the US that sets up partnerships and exchanges with Chinese schools. Don’t you know they are only using you and you get nothing in return. They poison you with their food and you don’t care to think about it, they strangle your markets with their imports but Black Friday comes and all is well again. In the end you are left dumb and broke, and have showed them all they need to know to make it in America and open the door for them to flood your community, meanwhile they buy your land, your resources, set up businesses and buy your whole country one bit at a time. They set up tight knit communities where they come together for the good of the motherland in your own community, soon they are in politics and in positions of power and they then loosen restrictions in dealing with China to give China more favorable positions towards immigrating their people to the US to take over and solve their population problem and the naive Americans who help them succeed and maybe even can speak their language because they thought learning Chinese would somehow benefit them and they find out that the only benefit is to be able to understand their new masters orders clearly.
Report Post »If Americans don’t start getting a sense of nationalism and fighting back against the foreign invasion of America not only you but all your generations after of family and friends will suffer the pain and misery of these decisions of apathy and complacency thinking “It could never happen to America”
Ruler4You
Posted on December 5, 2010 at 11:24amNo! Say it ain’t so!
Report Post »psst
Posted on December 5, 2010 at 11:06amLet the ChiComs hack Google.
Report Post »The real problem is the Chicoms have already hacked into our military defense sites.
Then again, what the hell. They really can‘t find anything new that they can’t get from American corporations who transfer technologies to the Chicoms companies when they open up plants in Chicom Country.As “Everyone” clearly knows, even the Lord himself knows that these Chinese corporations have absolutely, positively no bidniz dealing w/ the Chinee government or Chinee military.
Of course, these technologies are not supposed to be converted to military pruposes.. Of Course. Of course.They can’t. These Chinee corporations are independent of the Chinee government or military.
What kinds of fools would think otherwise.Only conservative retards would think these Chinee corporations work arm in arm w/ the communist Chinee government.
Well! That’s so far from being true.
JEANNIEMAC
Posted on December 5, 2010 at 10:57amThe Google and Facebook founders are friends of the Washington administration. Use a site such as Ixquick.com to do your searches. It does not record IP numbers.
Report Post »What's next
Posted on December 5, 2010 at 10:53amThe written agreement was brought to Beijing by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and was formalized and agreed-to during her recent trip to China.
This means that in the event the US Government defaults on its financial obligations to China, the Communist Government of China would be permitted to physically take — inside the USA — land, buildings, factories, perhaps even entire cities – to satisfy the financial obligations of the US government.
Put simply, the feds have now actually mortgaged the physical land and property of all citizens and businesses in the United States. They have given to a foreign power, their Constitutional power to “take” all of our property, as actual collateral for continued Chinese funding of US deficit spending and the continued carrying of US national debt.
This is an unimaginable betrayal of every man, woman and child in the USA. An outrage worthy of violent overthrow!
With the stroke of a Chinese chop stick, Hawaii and California — all the land and buildings in those states — are now owned by China.
The “taking” would be a “valid public use” because it was “taken” in payment of the public debt!!!
China could then turn around and declare the value of all that land to be worth. . . . . I dunno, ten cents on a dollar?
For your $200,000 house, you get a Chinese check for $20,000!
Needless to say, the property owners would go ballistic and demand “just compensation” for what was taken. Who gets to decide what is “just?” China! Don’t think you got a fair price for what they took? No problem, sue China!
You’ll lose!
Read this… China Speaks pdf file.
Report Post »http://www.rense.com/general85/ChinaSpeaks.pdf
snowleopard3200 {mix art}
Posted on December 5, 2010 at 11:08amHave read it.
Report Post »hamrs_62
Posted on December 5, 2010 at 10:13amwe cant blame the government for every thing, we the people chose to buy foreign goods along time ago, Americans are to blame, we wanted more pay and got it, then with that pay we wanted more goods, so we seen foreign imports and seen that we could buy more with less, and so began the down fall of America, when we point to the government for our plight, we have three fingers pointing back, remember, we the people,,,,
Report Post »13thGenerationAmerican
Posted on December 5, 2010 at 10:12amA full body scan is just as good for the country as for air passengers.
“The only security of all is in a free press. The force of public opinion cannot be resisted when permitted freely to be expressed. The agitation it produces must be submitted to. It is necessary, to keep the waters pure.” –Thomas Jefferson to Lafayette, 1823. ME
Report Post »shorthanded12
Posted on December 5, 2010 at 10:09am….well just look how much Googles top brass donated to Demon-crats….There in bed with Barry and Company. You get what you pay for. Its totaly discusting when you have to give up every bit of personal information on any related google sites just to participate. I personnaly beleive google has been compiling data on everyone that ever uses anything they have there dirty grubby hands on, on the internet. Google is no worse than Wikileaks its just there doing it behind the scenes. Let me make my case, I signed into youtube view a few videos return to the main home page and omg videos pop up related to the ones you just watched “dont track what i watch”. I have signed out of youtube come back a few days later and goto youtube and it comes up like I never signed out. Freedom from googles tracking “NEVER”
Report Post »Doc_Slammin
Posted on December 5, 2010 at 1:58pmUh… this is called a cookie. It’s meant to allow you to stay logged on. Clear you cookie on a regular basis and that will stop.
Report Post »Tired_of_the_lies
Posted on December 5, 2010 at 9:53amGood article in The Atlantic re Julian Assange …
http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2010/12/the-shameful-attacks-on-julian-assange/67440/
Report Post »TXPilot
Posted on December 5, 2010 at 9:51amHmm….I see no reason to worry about China at all. In fact, Im sitting here right now thinking about how great they really are, while sitting in my squeaky Chinese chair, sipping my beverage from my cadmium laced mug, eating the last of my lead contaminated Halloween candy and typing on my poor quality Chinese computer……yep….no reason to worry at…..???………awww crap!!!!
Report Post »TOSKIMAN
Posted on December 5, 2010 at 9:19amThat’s why BIDU stock is going through the roof.
Report Post »ronmorgen
Posted on December 5, 2010 at 8:59amWhy is WiliLeaks so bad? It will just show how dishonest and corrupt the world’s leaders are, and how cencored the information is by the time it gets to us, the people.
Report Post »cgbs6183
Posted on December 5, 2010 at 12:41pmExactly!
Report Post »dwh320
Posted on December 5, 2010 at 8:59amWho here thinks that the source that leaked that information in China will not be arrested, tortured, or killed by the Communist Chinese Government? And why is not the Progressives who screamed for years about the Valerie Plame affair not now demanding blood for this act of outing American agents around the world?
Their silence speaks louder then their protest ever did in the past. IT’S THE SOCIALIST AGENDA THAT MATTERS TO THEM AND NOTHING MORE.
Report Post »nemvak
Posted on December 28, 2010 at 8:15amWhy do people keep calling it socialism?
Report Post »The last bona fide socialists got killed in Russia when they tried to overthrow Lenin.
That was about ninety years ago!
Ialmostforgot
Posted on December 5, 2010 at 8:57amOnly 2 comments so far. Hmmmm. Did China remove all the other comments?
Report Post »Google should put up signs for China, Master CPU this way >>.
Enter now to win password for government hacking. Follow the bouncing ball.
Now available on Amazon, the Chinese Hacking Handbook.
I wonder if the Chinese will throw those new Hot Peppers at Google.
“a Politburo member demanded action against Google after looking for his own name on the search engine and finding criticism of him.” — He should have looked up dumbass and seen a picture of himself!
kinglouie63
Posted on December 5, 2010 at 8:53amChina? This sounds like an Obama tactic.
Report Post »heavyduty
Posted on December 5, 2010 at 8:52amYou don’t need the internet to get spied on. There are thousands of ways to get information on anyone. They track you through debit and credit cards. But Google should know that China and other communist countries can’t be trusted. They should have measures to guard against these types of attacks. If you can‘t trust Google to keep your information safe then you should quit using Google or any other internet provider that can’t or won’t fight for your internet safety.
Report Post »MarkAZ
Posted on December 5, 2010 at 9:01amGreat Points, unless you are willing to live completely off the grid then you can be tracked. However most people (including me) are not willing to give up the comforts of modern living to secure their identity. However I do make a point not to join organizations that put me on a list or add my name to anything that the government may get my name from.
Report Post »2
Posted on December 5, 2010 at 9:11amUse cash. I‘m old and don’t leave home, but if I did I would alway use cash now days. It’s none of their Beez Wax what we do as long as we are not harming someone or doing something wrong.
Report Post »snowleopard3200 {mix art}
Posted on December 5, 2010 at 9:52amHere is some info on the matter of credit and debit cards I found earlier. Thought you might find it of interest, though I think it has been out for a few days now.
http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2010/12/realtime
Report Post »sedition
Posted on December 5, 2010 at 8:36amOur Government has us over a barrel they can see right up our asses. Do you honestly thing the web is safe????
sedition
Posted on December 5, 2010 at 8:37amGoogle should have corrected thing to think.. ;/
Report Post »Cemoto78
Posted on December 5, 2010 at 8:58amThis is not the only website China is hacking. China has made it their mission to hack as many websites they can in order to obtain as much information on Americans and the American life they can in an effort to undermine our way of life. Funny thing is the FCC is more worried about controlling Americans surfing than they are the Chinese. Our Government has become more of an enemy to Americans than any other countries. Very sad state of affairs and Americans should be outraged and demand better from our Government. Hold these politicians accountable.
Report Post »2
Posted on December 5, 2010 at 9:06amNo, We are not safe on here. Live Free or Die. I’m not crazy, but I’m not a Wussy either. It doesn’t matter how long you live (longer is better). It matters what you do when you are here.
Eternity is forever. If the evolutionist believe the planet has been here for 3,000,000,000,000 + years and We only live for less than 100 years I’m Proud to have God on My side. I’m very humbled that Jesus Christ died on a cross for My sins. If you don’t believe in the three I pray for you everyday . That you might find Him before you die. You can sin all your life and if you find God the same day you die you too will go to Heaven. That’s what I believe.
GOD BLESS AMERICA. IF YOU DON’T KNOW GOD FIND HIM.
Report Post »snowleopard3200 {mix art}
Posted on December 5, 2010 at 9:09amThis current administration – Progressives We Be – constantly fails to understand the one aspect of China clear to most common folks of America. China will do what is good for China – first, most, and always. That is the way it works.
Of course the fact also is true Mr Obama simply will sell out our freedoms and everything else at the slightest drop of a hat to take over everything.
Report Post »Neuhouser
Posted on December 5, 2010 at 12:10pmWell I hope they don’t start trying tho hack into the bla ALL HAIL CHAIRMAN MAO!
Report Post »blacksmith
Posted on December 5, 2010 at 1:03pmThe Chinese don’t have to spy on us to get information. When I borrowed money I had to give a whole bunch of personal information to the loan company. I believe our government is supplying China with a lot of information because they are our bank. They own us.By us I mean the government not the people of America. The government will not tell the Chinese to shove it because they prop up the same government.We have been taken to the brink of disaster by politicians that we elected to look out for our best interests. It is up to US to take the bull by the horns and stop funding China. Stop buying Chinese products and supporting that regime.Vote with your dollars as well as your vote.
Report Post »Tucsonan
Posted on December 5, 2010 at 9:53pmI think we all already knew China was behind it. No surprise for me. Seriously thinking about falling off the grid soon.
Report Post »Mark
Posted on December 7, 2010 at 11:52pmThe problem is not with Google but with Internet Explorer and Windows. Microsoft caved in to demands from both Russia and China to release the code of XP, Vista and now Windows 7 to them so that Microsoft could sell its software in those countries. when I found this out I switched to a safer OS and Browser and that has limited my access but it makes me safer for a while.
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