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Leaked Files Show the Secret World of China's Hackers for Hire

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mdhb wrote: post #29
hodgesrm wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Given the long, well-documented history of US government shenanigans [0, 1, 2], I would hope for a more thoughtful response to GP's comment. You would have to be somewhat naive to dismiss such claims. Or perhaps I misunderstood your comment ? [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran%E2%80%93Contra_affair [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_intervention_in_... [2] https://theintercept.com/2014/09/04/former-l…

You might actually be interested in this but last week the ex chief of operations for the CIA who was involved in both the Chile and Iran Contra fiascos sat down for a 3 hour chat about it amongst other topics in a fair amount of detail. If for no other reason than to just understand how those things came to be and what the chain of command actually looks like in real life covert action programs and how things go wro…

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inoffensivename wrote: post #16
chankstein38 wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Growing up, I always wondered why war happened in real life versus in video games. You can duke it out without actually costing lives. I guess this kind of thing tends to do both.

Sounds like "A Taste of Armageddon"[1], a Star Trek episode where neighboring warring planets decide to wage simulated war in order to spare expensive real infrastructure. Except in this imagination, the people declared "dead" were required to report to disintegration chambers within 24 hours. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Taste_of_Armageddon

I remember a story about space combat where just transmitting a firing solution would disable the enemy ship. Can't remember the title or author for the life of me.

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chankstein38 wrote: post #8
imiric wrote: post #6

Nothing surprising here. All sides are waging an information war, which has been going on for decades. It's much cheaper and cleaner than physical warfare. And if done correctly, the source of attacks can be difficult to trace.

Growing up, I always wondered why war happened in real life versus in video games. You can duke it out without actually costing lives. I guess this kind of thing tends to do both.

Isn’t that the point? It’s not coating lives, so the enemy is still there. And may not like that he has lost the game.
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