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FBI cyber cop: Salt Typhoon pwned 'nearly every American'

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287 points Bender | 7 comments | 30 Aug 25 12:43 UTC | HN request time: 0.363s | source | bottom
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gosub100 ◴[30 Aug 25 16:27 UTC] No.45075887[source]▶
Why is it suddenly a problem when it's a foreign government?
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1. fwip ◴[30 Aug 25 16:58 UTC] No.45076122[source]▶
Exactly. China can't do much with my data, compared to the US government or my insurance company.
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2. mensetmanusman ◴[30 Aug 25 17:51 UTC] No.45076635[source]▶
They have skillfully used it for IP theft which OECD estimates is worth about $500B annually in lost revenue. Destroying the mechanism for R&D funding is actually a great strategy by China. Props
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3. christophilus ◴[30 Aug 25 17:57 UTC] No.45076693[source]▶
I’d prefer neither. But my prediction is that when we have a conflict with China, their digital access is going to be a game changer.
4. shigawire ◴[30 Aug 25 18:23 UTC] No.45076891[source]▶
Unnecessary, this administration destroys R&D funding on its own.
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5. impossiblefork ◴[30 Aug 25 19:20 UTC] No.45077248[source]▶
Business requires security. If you can do anything physical in the US, or in Europe etc. then you must be doing something so clever that secrecy is warranted.
6. ForOldHack ◴[31 Aug 25 03:15 UTC] No.45080059{3}[source]▶
They do not know what R and D is, let alone what is does. One guy bankrupted a casino and saluted a North Korean General, and the other tried to impregnate a couch
7. mensetmanusman ◴[31 Aug 25 20:41 UTC] No.45086870{3}[source]▶
The BBB actually has great tax rebates for R&D.