China hacked two US satellites in '07 and '08 • Hacker News Board

Re: China hacked two US satellites in '07 and '08

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Post by Roboprog » Sat, Nov 19, 2011, 7:24 AM UTC

redstripe wrote: post #10

jrockway wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What country do you think most of the advanced microprocessors are made in? The US has a lot of experience building super-expensive fabs and mass-producing amazingly complex microprocessors, which is why if you look into your computer, you'll notice that your processor was made in the US, not China.

For those that care: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_semiconductor_fabricati... Nvidia uses TSMC/UMC, AMD uses GlobalFoundries

Thanks for the list. I'm a bit surprised to learn most of these are still in the US. There are quite a few in various Asian countries, though, including China.

Re: China hacked two US satellites in '07 and '08

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Post by nl » Sat, Nov 19, 2011, 8:40 AM UTC

gojomo wrote: post #6

ypcx wrote: post #4

"Bockris further advises that interface with Ono-Sendai Cyberspace 7 is entirely compatible and yields optimal penetration capabilities, particularly with regard to existing military systems...." "How about an AI?" "Existing military systems and artificial intelligences." "Jesus Christ. What did you call it?" "Kuang Grade Mark Eleven." "It's Chinese?" "Yes." Wiliam Gibson, Neuromancer, 1984

The military and diplomatic communications of the preceding fifty years showed before the light of their minds. At the same time as they surveyed the satellite data, Mr. Slippery and Erythrina swept through these bureaucratic communications, looking carefully but with flickering speed at every requisition for toilet paper, every "declaration" of secret war, every travel voucher, everyone of the trillions of pieces of…

Vinge makes any other writer look like they lack vision.

Re: China hacked two US satellites in '07 and '08

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Post by gwern » Sat, Nov 19, 2011, 4:10 PM UTC

ChuckMcM wrote: post #12

"In 2007 the Chinese military launched a ballistic missile into orbit to destroy an obsolete Chinese weather satellite. It scared the hell out of NASA because of the sudden cloud of new debris in orbit (which at one point forced astronauts to leave the International Space Station to during one dangerous pass by the debris." This was by far the more onerous problem. What many folks don't internalize is that there is a…

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kessler_Syndrome

Re: China hacked two US satellites in '07 and '08

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Post by DillyTonto_2120 » Sat, Nov 19, 2011, 6:06 PM UTC

jdhouse4 wrote: post #3

Wow, and almost a month after AmericaSpace.org broke this story. http://www.americaspace.org/?p=9946

There was an earlier draft that was made public (or semi-public) a month or so ago. This was the final draft, with some less-confrontational, less hyperbolic language, that was sent to Congress this past week.