Did you hear that China hacked 15% of the internet?

[Irving]

Did you hear that China hacked 15% of the internet?

Well, I guess right now they are denying it. Seems like a pretty big deal to me (especially since I swore they said 50% on the radio earlier).

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010...inese-servers/

Nearly 15 percent of the world's Internet traffic -- including data from the Pentagon, the office of Defense Secretary Robert Gates and other U.S. government websites -- was briefly redirected through computer networks in China last April, according to a congressional commission report obtained by FoxNews.com.

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010...#ixzz15hZNKxjQ

[argonstrom]

That's a lie!!!! I got hacked (up) in China once, but it wasn't 15% of me!

[Elhuero]

there will be a war with china within the next 50 years.

[ChunkyMonkey]

You need to be more specific.. such as, I will be hungry within the next 8 hours!

[DOC]

This seems like an act of war. I dont think they were hacking just to see if they could redirect a few sites through china. There could actually be a war over the internet one day? Hopfully it will be virtual as well. capture the flag with no respawn in Crysis or something.

[Elhuero]

RL is just like FPS, just better graphics.

[Byte Stryke]

RL is just like FPS, just better graphics.

yeah but if you run around shooting a bunch of people in RL it usually is followed by a prison rape scene
(as a best possible outcome)

[ghettodub]

Al Gore must be really pissed at china...

[AR_ART]

15% thats B.S. I'd say its got to be at least 50%. Why? Cause they come here learn at our Universities then go back to China and share the info we taught them.

Part of me also thinks that the info they hacked is probably not all that valuable. I think there should be some type of laws in place for companies that have your personal info on the 'net use some type of encryption thats not commercially available.

I doubt there will be a war with China as our country is so heavily influenced about being P.C. we'd practically kiss there butts to avoid one.

I saw this commercial on TV where its a Chinese guy talking to a group of chinese in the near-future, talking about the fall of great Nations/Civilizations...like the Spanish and English Empire, and now America...

I hate to see that come to be....

there will be a war with china within the next 50 years.

[gcrookston]

Personally, I don't mind giving them 50% of the internet -- 75% of it is BS anyway.

Empires last on average 200 years. England, France, Russia, Rome, Egypt... They eat themselves when their consumption outpaces their production, an economic law of entropy. Our days at the grownup's table are numbered, it appears.