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PRC Targeting of Commercial Telecommunications Infrastructure

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churchill ◴[14 Nov 24 01:09 UTC] No.42132087[source]▶
Whenever I see these news & FBI releases about Chinese state-sponsored hackers breaching systems in America, I wonder whether the same thing happens over there: American malware and hacker groups attacking & laying landmines in China's internet infrastructure, although the Chinese may not publicize these exploits because their system opts to maintain an air of invincibility.
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TechDebtDevin ◴[14 Nov 24 03:25 UTC] No.42132850[source]▶
Yes, the US famously has breached foreign infrastructure. In Confessions of an Economic Hitman[0], Josh Perkins discusses how he knows on good authority the US could shutdown the Japanese electrical grid with relative ease if needed, which an ally. Imagine what they do to perceived enemies.

[0]: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2159.Confessions_of_an_E...

This book was on of my favorite books to site in extemporaneous speaking events.

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1. JumpCrisscross ◴[14 Nov 24 04:13 UTC] No.42133112[source]▶
Confessions is best read as historical fiction. It's brilliantly written. But the author has never been able to substantiate much [1].

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confessions_of_an_Economic_Hit...

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2. TechDebtDevin ◴[14 Nov 24 04:51 UTC] No.42133245[source]▶
True, but I would also deny most of those accusations even if true If I was the State Department. If I was the US state department. I personally know a McKensey Principal who's government work isn't that far off of what Perkins describes. and they love bragging about it too.
3. PittleyDunkin ◴[14 Nov 24 07:24 UTC] No.42133836[source]▶
The accusations also seem unsubstantiated and ideological in nature. Eg

> Mallaby said that Perkins' conception of international finance is "largely a dream" and that his "basic contentions are flat wrong" because "the poor don't always lose" when developing countries borrow money.

It's not exactly an uncommon take to center conceptions neocolonialism around the World Bank and the IMF. This just seems like a Steven Pinker blunt rotation picking on the work.