China admits it has a commando unit of 30 cyberwarriors

For the first time ever, China has admitted that it has poured tens of millions into the formation of a commando unit of 30 cyberwarriors called The Blue Army. The…

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I was under the impression everyone assumed each government had some hackers for protection.

But now a government is actually admitting it.

We all knew the Chinese government was doing something like this. I'm actually surprised that they're admitting as much as they have...

I'm sure the United States is planning another fake war because of some fake cyber attack now that Iraq is getting the plug pulled on it.

Are these made out of terra cotta or are they the real deal?

They must have some awesome moves.

Five Lotus SQL Injection

Cross Site Scripting Fire Palm

Vulnerability Exploiting Monkey Attack

congratz China? I guess...

So, the Chinese martial art of the third millenium is cyber hacking. Does this mean the new Bruce Lee will be a geeky Asian kid in horn rimmed glasses, an ill fitting shirt, and a pocket protector?

I suppose we can look forward to Saturday afternoons of watching, "Hack-Fu Theater".

Can't wait for the overdubbed dialog! "You have dish-honored your self, I will hack your family's com-pu-tah until it dies a rong painful death"!

LOL. But the production values have really improved since the 1970s. Some movies have really great special effects.

Doesn't they know they are 'over-estimating' their own reach or capabilities? I mean why would they be 'begging' other allies to foot in the bill for the 'fake' Libyan freedom war (read 'Operation Grab Libyan Oil'). Whereas, they are simply ignoring how Suadis/Bahraini solidiers are killing unarmed people (well for good reason because they are their 'friends'). Same is repeated in Yemen.

Anyway, as many have stated this is nothing special and probably most countries have some arrangements in this respect; but how things turn out when a real attach comes in will tell how much effective they are.

This scares me, I read a book called "Halting State" by Charles Stross last year and even though it is quite humorous work it features some serious ideas as well (augmented reality and cyber crimes). One of them is a cyber army from China unoriginally called "Team Red". Either he knew some serious secrets or was ahead of his time when this was published in 2007.

But non-admittance of something doesn't mean 'evidence of absence'. So, using this same argument, we can be sure other countries do have some similar units as well. Although they may have limited the choices available for Americans when it comes to naming such 'armies'.

Blue Army? More like a room full of nerds

Now make them stop stealing wow accounts and trying to sell me their money!!!!

from bodyguards to hackerguards

Crouching Trojan, Hidden Proxy

I bet Sony is wondering if they outsource…

lol, only 30?
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