Big Oil’s New Enemy

I don't like this post.

This news does not surprise me, and with time we can expect more of this sort of thing from China, in fact we should all be wary of China, now that she is on the way to be the worlds newest superpower!

Better watch it. "Guest" won't like your post, either.

There's a huge difference between the matter of fact post you reference and your bigoted one.

Why are you "guest"? Like hiding anonymously? Show yourself! I STILL don't like Communist China!

Why care about who to be angry at by seeing the ID? I had to find my member info to log in. Besides with no ID, the words stand or fall on their own merit.

As far as China, there are two sides in a fight, and both sides are wrong to various degrees. We shouldn't even see the world as a fight between sides, us vs. them. The circle of animosity gets broken with ourselves taking a step back and thinking about it all.

Communists, Libertarians, Catholics, I know believers of all kinds. Beliefs form due to the circumstances individuals' experience. Life carries people on different paths. Every individual's belief system is unique.

"Every individual's belief system is unique." True and people with some belief systems you can't trust. A suicide bomber will blow himself up in order to kill you am infidel because he believes it will get him to heaven. Other individuals believe in justified lying, they will say anything as long as it is for the cause.

Many sales people will promise anything in order to get the sale. It is someone Else's problem to deliver.

Personally if I say I am going to do something you can count on me to do it. That is just the way I live my life, it has nothing to do with my religious beliefs. It just so happens that the bible says "let your yes be yes and your no be no" which is good advice.

Gents. Can we, please, get past the theoretical discussions and focus on the facts? It is no longer material whether we (you) "like" China or not. The facts are that intrusions emanating from China are pervasive, persistent, and dangerous to our commercial infrastructures. Fact; not hyperbole, not racist, not politically motivated....FACT! Now, this IS a serious intrusion, as it raises the bar on the illegal capture of proprietary industry information relevant to the operation of functions essential to .........our way of life. What would be useful from this blog, would be a discussion of how to (1) diminish the damage from this, and (2) how to prevent future such intrusions.

For 1. I don't see why China would want to destroy its biggest market. Particularly as it's busily using that debt to acquire US assets.

For 2. I'd suggest not give them Stuxnet

As 2a. I'd suggest it is a small group, and if you asked nicely, the Chinese government would execute them for you. Provided, no doubt, that the US equivalent incursionists were similarly dealt with.

Or 3. I wouldn't have set the "moral precedent" by using the likes of 2

Meaning it is very "material whether we (you) "like" [any country] or not"

In fact it is the Total Reason behind this.

Nice one Vlad,

good explanation of the bigger picture

just a bit of industrial/corporate espionage

Using IE as an entrance

if it's connected to the internet, there needs to be attention to security, there are plenty on good tools