White House May Hit China with Sanctions for Cyber Hacking

[Master Disaster]

http://www.maximumpc.com/white-house-may-hit-china-with-sanctions-for-cyber-hacking/

U.S. officials are debating whether or not to issue economic sanctions against China for its alleged involvement in various cyber crimes. According to a report in The Washington Post, the Obama Administration is fed up with China's cyber shenanigans and has drafted a set of "unprecedented" sanctions in retaliation for Chinese companies and individuals benefiting from cybertheft of U.S. trade secrets.

The U.S. has never issued economic sanctions against overseas entities and individuals on the basis of cyber espionage, and it still might not happen. While a draft of the proposed sanctions exist, it's not yet been decided whether to issue them. A final decision could come by the second week of September.

Hackers in China are believed to be responsible for several separate cyber attacks against the U.S. with various information having been stolen, including nuclear power plant designs and search engine source code, to name just two examples.

While some in the White House are eager to push ahead with sanctions against China, others fear that they will do little to curb China's behavior. Some also warn that China may retaliate by freezing U.S. companies out of contracts or markets, though other officials argue that's already the case.

President Xi Jinping of China is scheduled to make his first visit to Washington next month where there will be a 21-gun salute on the South Lawn.

Lol

[Swndlr]

Sauce?

Edit: Its been added

Edited August 31, 2015 by Swndlr

[Master Disaster]

Sauce?

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[DEDRICK]

WTF is "Cyber" hacking, was the cyber really needed?

[Guest]

I just say that and was like

fuck off Cyber Crimes 

[Master Disaster]

WTF is "Cyber" hacking, was the cyber really needed?

Think they were gonna use cyber crimes but changed it to hacking and someone tucked up. I just copied it, didn't even realise until you pointed it out.

[LancerBG]

cant do shit till its proven. all you get right now is a lot of finger pointing and crying...aka typical politics. 

[Ekpyrosis]

WTF is "Cyber" hacking, was the cyber really needed?

They wanted to make clear that they don't mean chopping with a knife.

[jos]

US sanction over China. not going to happen

[pjm0925]

WTF is "Cyber" hacking, was the cyber really needed?

 

They want to distinguish it from "Lifehacking".

[Trik'Stari]

China needs to be sanctioned for a lot of things, but this is just stupid considering that both the UK and the US and....everyone else are all doing the same thing.

 

(Supporting North Korea, human rights violations, etc.)

[DaRk0]

Good luck imposing sanctions to China.

[dimitriianghelov]

China needs to be sanctioned for a lot of things, but this is just stupid considering that both the UK and the US and....everyone else are all doing the same thing.

 

(Supporting North Korea, human rights violations, etc.)

on the same logic maybe U.S. should be sanctioned to ? using interrogation techniques out of middle ages, invading Iraq with fabricated proof...

[Trik'Stari]

on the same logic maybe U.S. should be sanctioned to ? using interrogation techniques out of middle ages, invading Iraq with fabricated proof...

You think those techniques are as bad as the ones in the middle ages? You are sorely mistaken. As for Iraq.....there were plenty of reasons for invading Iraq besides WMD's.

[dimitriianghelov]

You think those techniques are as bad as the ones in the middle ages? You are sorely mistaken. As for Iraq.....there were plenty of reasons for invading Iraq besides WMD's.

 

like creating ISIS? /jk

[MoonSpot]

 

relevant and digestible.

[Trik'Stari]

like creating ISIS? /jk

Oh that is indeed our fault....well, more the moronic hippies fault for not securing a status of forces agreement.

 

new first rule of war. Never EVER put the hippies in charge.

[zacRupnow]

http://www.maximumpc.com/white-house-may-hit-china-with-sanctions-for-cyber-hacking/Lol

What is the point of this image?

[Ekpyrosis]

What is the point of this image?

It's a reference to the proverb "the pot calling the kettle black", he wanted to point out that US agencies do a notable amount of "cyber hacking" themselves, so these accusations are hypocritical.

[Dabombinable]

Lmao. Hit the country that lends the US the most amount of money? Pmsl, retards.

[Yog]

WTF is "Cyber" hacking, was the cyber really needed?

Well, there's hardware hacking...and then hacking with an ax...and a hacking cough. I mean, yeah, in context it's not needed but legally it might need to be clarified.