Re: [PLUG] MI5 alert on China’s cyberspace spy threat

[mdecheser@comcast.net]

It is nice to know that MI5 is up to speed with information many admins have known for a long time.  I personally have a few dozen rule sets in iptables which are in place to specifically block subnets originating in China.  I can't say that I want to know if the traffic is originating from regular joe shmo users or the Chinese government itself, as I'm not trying to complicate my life too much ;).

I don't want this to be interpreted as China-bashing, but the majority of malicious traffic coming into my server originates in China.  Nuff said.

Cheers,

_md

> MI5 alert on China?s cyberspace spy threat
> 
> The Government has openly accused China of carrying out state-sponsored
> espionage against vital parts of Britain?s economy, including the computer
> systems of big banks and financial services firms.
> 
> In an unprecedented alert, the Director-General of MI5 sent a confidential
> letter to 300 chief executives and security chiefs at banks, accountants
> and legal firms this week warning them that they were under attack from
> ?Chinese state organisations?. 
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