Mar 18
"Is This Cyber Wars?" asks Solictor in Sutton Coldfield
Cyber wars: The Chinese Empire Strikes Back
The title is, of course, a play on the George Lucas masterpiece Star Wars but in a shocking 'twist' the Chinese have instigated attacks some say are similar to Darth Vader upon the western democratic countries.
A US report published recently counted 1.2 Billion attacks on various government agencies each month. 1,200,000,000 attacks per month is an astonishing figure and suggests the Chinese state have torn up the diplomatic handbook and are running amok much to the annoyance of the US and EU.
The legality of such attacks must be brought into question. Surely the Chinese hackers are breaking the laws of each country where the computer system has been hacked. The Chinese hacking GCHQ would commit an offence under the Computer Misuse Act 1990 Sections 1 and 2. It does not matter where that the attacks are coming from Chinese mainland territory; it will constitute an offence under the act.
The US has set up the office of Cyber Security in retaliation to the ever growing attacks. It underlines the seriousness of the attacks but the question ought to be asked "why doesn’t the US and EU confront the Chinese over the attacks."
The simple answer is that China has the resources to cripple the major economies in the world and the over reliance on Chinese money is all too apparent to government ministers. It is estimated that China has pumped $800 billion US Dollars into the US economy by purchasing Treasury bonds. Should the US provoke China over the cyber attacks, China dumping the bonds would wreak havoc on the US with interest rates spiralling upwards and bond prices spiralling in the opposite direction.
With such a strong stranglehold over the US, it appears that China will succeed where Lord Vader failed and allow the "rebel alliance" to continue hacking into western intelligence agencies. The Chinese appear to hold the upper hand in this long running saga...
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