Working for a large defense contractor (I wont disclose which one) but its the one which pretty much makes all the 'planes trains & automobiles' for the UK & US army & we do alota work for the other countries such as the Saudies.
However as all companies do we had a team day the other day... yes that dreaded day where you get together with your fellow geeks and play oversized jenga & then shoot eachother with paintball guns! Anyway I got talking to one of IT security managers who was looking pretty stressed and being interested in going into that field and doing a masters degree along those lines we got talking. He was telling me how the chinese constantly try to hack into our systems along with many other companies, organisations throughout the world (you may have herd the sneeky buggers got into white-hall db-grid not so long ago) However this guy was telling me that the chinese have a dedicated hacking force of 30,000+ hackers constantly working to gain access into such places. I know I should have seen this coming, them being chinese and all but I was just staggered at that number. I spose I've always seen government hackers as geeks in a dark-room with government money slipped under the door in an envelope now I've got the image of warehouse full of hackers tapping away aligned in perfect symmetry.. its disturbing!
I've also herd how the chinese keep constant tabs on sites such as thier wikipedia and monitor changes made to it!! ooh i regret putting China is Gay on their wikipedia a year or so ago..
anyways I was just posting this to see if anyone is surprised about the sheer scale of hackers china employs.
However as all companies do we had a team day the other day... yes that dreaded day where you get together with your fellow geeks and play oversized jenga & then shoot eachother with paintball guns! Anyway I got talking to one of IT security managers who was looking pretty stressed and being interested in going into that field and doing a masters degree along those lines we got talking. He was telling me how the chinese constantly try to hack into our systems along with many other companies, organisations throughout the world (you may have herd the sneeky buggers got into white-hall db-grid not so long ago) However this guy was telling me that the chinese have a dedicated hacking force of 30,000+ hackers constantly working to gain access into such places. I know I should have seen this coming, them being chinese and all but I was just staggered at that number. I spose I've always seen government hackers as geeks in a dark-room with government money slipped under the door in an envelope now I've got the image of warehouse full of hackers tapping away aligned in perfect symmetry.. its disturbing!
I've also herd how the chinese keep constant tabs on sites such as thier wikipedia and monitor changes made to it!! ooh i regret putting China is Gay on their wikipedia a year or so ago..
anyways I was just posting this to see if anyone is surprised about the sheer scale of hackers china employs.
