Computer chips phone home to China.. all of them!! [Archive]

abaddon

19-11-2008, 05:53 PM

Sounds familiar. (http://rinf.com/alt-news/sicence-technology/nsa-had-access-built-into-microsoft-windows/2809/) But who really knows? (http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/10/data-mining-for.html)

Discussed theoretically in high-tech security circles as “Trojan Horse on a Chip” or “The Manchurian Chip,” Call Home Technology came to light after the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) launched a security program in December 2007 called Trust in Integrated Circuits.
CHINA issued a furious response to reports that Chinese agencies are spying on international companies using the internet.

China has been accused of running international cyber-espionage rings that have gained access to strategic corporate and defence information from countries including Australia, Britain, Germany, India, New Zealand and the US.

But the claim, apparently backed up by Britain's MI5 spy chief Jonathan Evans, has been strenuously denied by Beijing.
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,22882854-2703,00.html

Chinese authorities are believed to be using sophisticated hacking technology to glean information on a range of subjects including sensitive military secrets and the prices Australian companies will seek for resources such as coal, iron ore and natural gas.

"I wouldn't characterise the attempts as necessarily malicious, just routine espionage aimed at getting an advantage," a Canberra-based intelligence source told The Sunday Age.

"It's important to recognise that this is not a direct threat aimed at destabilising our government, nor is this a wilful effort to hinder or discredit government activity.

"But, do we have secrets that other governments would like to know? Yes. Are they trying? Yes. Espionage over the internet is a major battleground of the future."

"The Chinese have publicly stated that they are pursuing activities in cyber-espionage," the [Dec 07] McAfee report stated. A Chinese government spokesman denied that Beijing had authorised any cyber espionage against any Australian agencies.

http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/chinese-waging-online-spy-war/2008/02/09/1202234232007.html

Either way, it is not something that will go unchecked, the bar will continue to be raised.