Israeli Iron Dome firms infiltrated by Chinese hackers

#1

Post by antimora » Mon, Aug 04, 2014, 7:03 AM UTC

Israeli Iron Dome firms infiltrated by Chinese hackers
bbc.com

Re: Israeli Iron Dome firms infiltrated by Chinese hackers

#2

Post by oiduts » Mon, Aug 04, 2014, 9:30 AM UTC

CyberESI are using a conflict to push to media outlets their old 'news' from 2011, which even then weren't that interesting...

Re: Israeli Iron Dome firms infiltrated by Chinese hackers

#3

Post by jdmitch » Mon, Aug 04, 2014, 9:30 AM UTC

more detail from krebs here:

http://krebsonsecurity.com/2014/07/hackers-plundered-israeli...

Re: Israeli Iron Dome firms infiltrated by Chinese hackers

#4

Post by dredmorbius » Mon, Aug 04, 2014, 10:00 AM UTC

jdmitch wrote: post #3

more detail from krebs here: http://krebsonsecurity.com/2014/07/hackers-plundered-israeli...

More to the point: Krebs is the BBC's source.

He credits Cyber Engineering Services Inc., out of Columbia, MD, a threat-intelligence firm.

Re: Israeli Iron Dome firms infiltrated by Chinese hackers

#5

Post by thescrewdriver » Mon, Aug 04, 2014, 10:11 AM UTC

IAI refuting the claims here: http://www.jpost.com/Defense/IAI-refutes-claim-that-Iron-Dom...

Re: Israeli Iron Dome firms infiltrated by Chinese hackers

#6

Post by ali00 » Mon, Aug 04, 2014, 11:31 AM UTC

pew pew, owned.

Re: Israeli Iron Dome firms infiltrated by Chinese hackers

#7

Post by aw3c2 » Mon, Aug 04, 2014, 1:04 PM UTC

oiduts wrote: post #2

CyberESI are using a conflict to push to media outlets their old 'news' from 2011, which even then weren't that interesting...

So, honest curiosity and it would be ace if you could be honest and truthful. Why did you post this, how did you find this site, where are you from, what is your agenda in the Palestine vs. Israel conflict?

Re: Israeli Iron Dome firms infiltrated by Chinese hackers

#8

Post by fredgrott » Mon, Aug 04, 2014, 1:41 PM UTC

Curious question, has the NSA thought of doing root jails as honeypots in front of these important military contractor networks to not only catch intrusions before damage occurs but also catch on to new zero day attacks?

Re: Israeli Iron Dome firms infiltrated by Chinese hackers

#9

Post by igravious » Mon, Aug 04, 2014, 2:03 PM UTC

Previous discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8096808

Re: Israeli Iron Dome firms infiltrated by Chinese hackers

#10

Post by cs02rm0 » Mon, Aug 04, 2014, 4:32 PM UTC

fredgrott wrote: post #8

Curious question, has the NSA thought of doing root jails as honeypots in front of these important military contractor networks to not only catch intrusions before damage occurs but also catch on to new zero day attacks?

I'd imagine they've worked around that by just collecting everything that goes over the internet.