U.S. To Retaliate Against Chinese Hacking... No Ideas What To Do Yet

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in General Discussion edited August 2015

Wonder how this will affect US companies in China. I can't imagine the fallout will be good no matter what happens.

 

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/01/world/asia/us-decides-to-retaliate-against-chinas-hacking.html

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  • Reply 1 of 5
    tallest skiltallest skil Posts: 43,388member
     

    it is still struggling to decide what it can do without prompting an escalating cyberconflict.


     

    Here’s an idea: CUT THEIR LINES.

     

    Not physically, digitally. Deny all traffic to US sites from China.

     

    Make them squirm.

  • Reply 2 of 5
    sphericspheric Posts: 2,667member
    tallest skil wrote: »
    Here’s an idea: CUT THEIR LINES.

    Not physically, digitally. Deny all traffic to US sites from China.

    Make them squirm.

    Seeing as they could (and would) just cut all exports to the U.S. (which wouldn't make you "squirm"; it would just stop your entire retail economy cold in its tracks), it might not be that simple, even if this magical cutoff could be performed (how????).
  • Reply 3 of 5
    tallest skiltallest skil Posts: 43,388member
    Originally Posted by spheric View Post

    Seeing as they could (and would) just cut all exports to the U.S. (which wouldn't make you "squirm"; it would just stop your entire retail economy cold in its tracks)



    Good luck with that. Their entire economy would be ruined overnight and ours would be far less damaged.

     

    September is already going to do that to China; we may as well take them down on OUR terms.

  • Reply 4 of 5
    dasanman69dasanman69 Posts: 13,002member
    tallest skil wrote: »
    it is still struggling to decide what it can do without prompting an escalating cyberconflict.

    Here’s an idea: CUT THEIR LINES.

    Not physically, digitally. Deny all traffic to US sites from China.

    Make them squirm.

    There's a building in San Diego in which the trans oceanic fiber from China goes to. Just blow it up.
  • Reply 5 of 5
    tallest skiltallest skil Posts: 43,388member
    Originally Posted by dasanman69 View Post

    There's a building in San Diego in which the trans oceanic fiber from China goes to. Just blow it up.

     

    Certainly the 9/11 act of terrorism would have been more effective had it been carried out on the bridges of the Mississippi River, but 14 years hence I wonder if a terrorist attack wouldn’t be most efficient if carried out on the planet’s largest Internet hubs.

     

    Terrorist organizations tend not to have access to deep sea submersibles, otherwise I’d suggest just cutting any of the Pacific, Atlantic, or Indian cables in the middle so as to exacerbate replacement.

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