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Cyber warfare in general, but a significant amount of Chinese hacking:
https://www.csis.org/programs/strategic-technologies-program/significant-cyber-incidents

"September 2020. CISA revealed that hackers associated with the Chinese Ministry of State Security had been scanning U.S. government and private networks for over a year in search of networking devices that could be compromised using exploits for recently discovered vulnerabilities

October 2020. A spokesperson for China’s Foreign Ministry responded to accusations that Chinese state-sponsored hackers were targeting the U.S. defense industrial base by declaring that the United States was an “empire of hacking,” citing 2013 leaks about the NSA’s Prism program."

https://www.wsj.com/articles/justice-department-unseals-indictments-alleging-chinese-hacking-against-u-s-international-firms-11600269024

"The alleged hacking campaign was described by Justice Department officials as the handiwork of Advanced Persistent Threat 41, or APT 41, a Chinese cyber squad that U.S.-based cyber firm FireEye has identified and linked to a range of malicious cyber activity against targets in sectors including finance, health care, real estate and the U.S. defense industrial base. FireEye on Wednesday said that APT 41 was currently the most prolific Chinese hacking group it tracked."

FireEye was itself just hacked:
https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-cyber-firm-fireeye-says-it-was-breached-by-nation-state-hackers-11607461408
 

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The Swalwell Scandal isn’t about a one-off dalliance w/ a Chinese spy.It’s that 1) he and the woman dated, 2) she bundled political cash for him, 3) she seeded staff into Capitol Hill, & 4) he serves on the Intel Committee.Oh, and 5) Pelosi knew about the whole damn thing.

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Joe Biden said they're "good folks" and not a threat to the US.
 

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https://www.oann.com/facebooks-inde...ary-clinton-communist-china-and-george-soros/

"Facebook’s Independent Fact Checkers Tied To Hillary Clinton, Communist China And George Soros"

TikTok hasn't been talked about much lately, but it is still a HUGE problem. Just like the 2 million chinese spies mentioned elsewhere, china has been "all in" for awhile. They are not leaving a single stone unturned in winning this war.
 

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China has been buying up everything possible for a long time now.

$2 trillion spent since 2005 in acquiring business interests:
https://www.lovemoney.com/galleries...-spending-billions-buying-up-the-world?page=1

Nato warning this year:
"Watch out for Chinese companies swooping in with buckets of cash to buy strategic stakes, or majority control in U.S. and European companies as asset prices fall due to the pandemic."
https://www.forbes.com/sites/kenrap...hina-buying-spree-nato-warns/?sh=3260f1881758

https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/04/15/china-is-bargain-hunting-and-western-security-is-at-risk/

China is buying up EVERYTHING...even raw material resources, mines, energy, etc.
https://www.mining.com/web/china-locking-critical-resources-uss-backyard/
 

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https://www.energy.gov/articles/sec...mitigate-security-risks-nations-electric-grid

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the U.S. Secretary of Energy Dan Brouillette issued a prohibition order designed to reduce the risks that entities associated with the People’s Republic of China pose to the Nation’s bulk-power system (BPS). The order invokes the authority delegated to the Secretary by Executive Order 13920, Securing the United States Bulk-Power System (EO 13920), and takes effect January 16, 2021. The order prohibits utilities that supply critical defense facilities (CDF) from procuring from the People’s Republic of China, specific BPS electric equipment that poses an undue risk to the BPS, the security or resilience of critical infrastructure, the economy, national security, or safety and security of Americans.
 

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Pelosi needs to exit stage left. Sooner rather than later.

Swallowell needs a hole dug.
 

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https://www.opindia.com/2021/03/no-...ing-attempt-at-power-grid-ministry-clarifies/

‘No impact from Chinese hacking attempt at power grid’: Govt says no data breach occurred


After reports had emerged that Chinese hackers had infused malware that resulted in the power outrage in Mumbai and the surrounding areas last year, the Centre has denied any data breach in the attempt made by Chinese hackers to target the country’s power grid system. The Power Ministry also said that there has no impact from the alleged Chinese hacking attempt against India’s power grid system.
 

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JUST IN - An extra 259 billionaires were created in #China in 2020, more than the rest of the world combined, as the Communist country's economy outpaced all among the pandemic (Daily Mail)

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[SIZE=+1]"China Joe" - A Parody of the Doobie Brothers' "China Grove"[/SIZE]
Self ^ | 10/22/2020 | mononymous1
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When the sun comes up on a sleepy old man
Down around Wilmington
He calls a lid for another day
Stuck in his basement home[/FONT]

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This campaign is extremely strange
He’s proud of 47 years that were lame
Well, you’re talkin bout China Joe
Oh, China Joe[/FONT]

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Well, the senator and his son
Lord, they’re a caution
They are the talk of the town
When the emails get to flyin
And they ain’t lyin
When the sun goes fallin down[/FONT]

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They say that the father’s insane
And dear mister Hunter’s got game
We’re talkin bout the China Joe
Oh, China Joe[/FONT]

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But every day there’s a new thing comin
The many ways to vacuum up cash
Son Hunter and his buddies
Provide White House access
You can even hear the sucking sound at night[/FONT]

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With all this corruption being exposed
Would people really care
‘Cause you know the media’s busy looking elsewhere[/FONT]

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But we’re talkin bout China Joe
Oh, China Joe[/FONT]
 

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Fuck me...this shit is never ending. This is a BIG one.

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issues emergency directive over active exploitation of vulnerabilities in Microsoft products.

Earlier it was reported, that China-based hackers exploited a bug in Microsoft's email server software to steal from U.S. companies.
 

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NEW - Chinese government-backed hacking group has compromised at least 60,000 known victims globally - using Microsoft's business email software - including banks, electricity providers, and government computer networks (Bloomberg)
 

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You have to ask yourself...*why* are they meeting in Alaska? Since when did Alaska become the hub of US diplomacy?

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JUST IN - State-sponsored Chinese group suspected of hacking into servers of Finland's parliament in December 2020, Finnish intelligence officials concluded
 

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If the below is accurate, their damage estimate is waaaaaay off.


The NSO Group discovered a security breach in the latest version of Qualcomm chips (installed in most devices), which allows attackers to identify person's usernames and their data remotely. After that, attackers can find their victims in social networks and blackmail them. Total damage is tens of millions of dollars, NSO informs. Research shows that Android and IOS devices are at the top risk. "You better use something with 256-bit AES or curve25519 high-speed encryption, they are the most protected now. I've heard, Utopia have it all now?", says SHALEV HULIO, CEO of NSO group.
 

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We are in WWIII

But we are going to win this one.
 

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