I am not completely sure why, but this story really caught my attention. I am not completely sure the validity of these statements, considering they came from an American. It brings up an interesting point, however: is what the NSA doing just as illegal as what these Chinese hackers did? Now, there is no (or little, not sure exactly which) proof to say that the NSA has been completely abusing their power to spy on the American people for reasons other than what they say. We hope that they are doing it in the name of security. But David Fidler brought up the interesting question of what is security exactly? It's protection of some sort, but there are all types of protection: there's credit card security, there's the alarm system on your house, there are weapons, and many more. We all have to find a way to protect ourselves from things that might harm us. Perhaps that's what China's point of view was. I would like to make it clear that I AM NOT SAYING THAT CHINA WAS IN THE RIGHT. It was wrong. It hurt our businesses, hurt jobs, and the people should be prosecuted. However, the Chinese are right in saying that we were snooping on their business. If the NSA hadn't been looking at their information, they neve would have found the hackers. This is a good things for us, but an invasion of privacy for them. Personally, I like to hope that the NSA will use their power for good, and use this power to continue catching criminals like these hackers. However, it does need to be regulated so that the power will not go to their heads.
Monday, May 19, 2014
Claire Zimmerman: Hackers Gonna Hack
Recently, yesterday or today, not sure which, it was released that some Chinese government officials have been caught hacking into American business' trade information. They released the names of the hackers earlier today, and if interested, you can find them in the CNN article I posted. However, this is not the meat of the story, because obviously this would not be a big deal if there was not more to it, because in America, we like drama. The US wishes to bring these hackers to justice, because they have stolen so much from the hardworking people of these companies, but they understand that the chances of actually prosecuting these people are "close to nil". But the real drama comes from China's point of view. China does not believe that what they did was any worse than what we did, and they say, "...the NSA snooping on communications from foreign officials is not that different from hackers infiltrating U.S. corporations." Awwwww, buuurrrrnnnn. David Fidler, an cybersecurity expert, also says, “China doesn’t see any difference between the two types of espionage,” he said. “For China, economic security is national security.”
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Byron Otis- Interesting point. I wonder how well-paid these Chinese hackers are, and whether they know the full extent of what they were doing.
ReplyDeleteI think you bring up some valid points, especially in relation to the idea of security. Many wonder if the NSA has gone to far with their invasion of foreign and domestic privacy in the chaos that has followed 9/11. What security means to Americans has certainly changed, but has it changed for the better?
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