Face-Off: Chinese Cyberattacks: Myth or Menace?

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Face-Off: Chinese Cyberattacks: Myth or Menace?
By Bruce Schneier
Information Security
July 2008

This essay appeared as the second half of a point/counterpoint with Marcus Ranum. Marcus’s half is here.

The popular media narrative is that there is a coordinated attempt by the Chinese government to hack into U.S. computers–military, government, corporate–and steal secrets. The truth is a lot more complicated.

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