Canadian Gov't Victim of Cyberattacks

courteaudotbiz writes "Canada and all members of the U5 (United States, Germany, United Kingdom, France and New-Zealand) state that they all suffered government-directed attacks between June and September 2007. These seemed to be Chinese government sponsored attacks." It's a Google translation, so it's a bit hard to read, but it seems to be a recurring story these last few months.

For Shame

[Anonymous Coward]

The bullies always pick on the slower kids.

So...

[Coraon]

When is the US going to "Cyber invade" China? I'm not sure how exactly they would do it but I'm guessing it would involve telling people that they export viruses of mass destruction, letting people know it'll take a day or 2 to get the Chinese servers in line, and the backbones there will welcome them with open arms. The US will then be there for a month or 2 before they get someone in the government to call it off leaving the Chinese networks in the hands of a few ISP "Warlords" for a few years...

Re:For Shame

[Anonymous Coward]

Hey, don't cyberattck me buddy!

U5?

[bsDaemon]

What are the U5 nations? The article didn't say, and Google wasn't much help. I'm not used to seeing NZ in the short-list for anything, especially not with USA, France and Germany.

Anyone know what that group is?

Google translation?

[LighterShadeOfBlack]

It's a google translation, so it's a bit hard to read, but it seems to be a recurring story these last few months.

They tried to Google-translate Canadian into English? You fools, It cannot be done!

OK, OK I didn't RTFA. My way's better.

google translation

[phantomfive]

Yeah, I've noticed google translator has a trouble translating from Canadian. Not that I read the article or anything.

It's a google translation, so it's a bit hard to read, but it seems to be a recurring story these last few months.

Translating from Canadian is hard

[Kohath]

I'm surprised Google can do it at all. Removing the "u" from words like "color" is easy enough. But the hostile subtext in the Canadian niceness and politeness is hard for machines to render into American.

The further you get from the border, the harder it is to understand. Of course Canadians will deny it. But they'll do it politely.

Re:What's a U5?

[daliman]

They have standards? ;)

But more serious, this post [slashdot.org] has Australia in the list.

Re:U5? Well, maybe it's because they all

[davidsyes]

sound like they have a "u" or "yoo" in them somewhere...

Yoo-knighted-sutates...

Can-u-dah...

Furansu (if hailing from Korea or Japan...)...

Yoo-knighted-king-dum

Germ-u-knee...

What is probably yoo-s-ful to consider is that Can-u-da probably hasn't really colun-ized any other sove-run nation... LOL!

Re:For Shame

[Anonymous Coward]

Don't call me "buddy" friend!

Re:Translating from Canadian is hard

[jax9999]

I find the best way to do this is to replace thank you with fuck you, and you're welcome with die die DIEEEEE!!!!1!!!

It seems to be the closest translation.

Re:For Shame

[somersault]

He's not your "friend", guy!

Re:Translating from Canadian is hard

[Anonymous Coward]

hey now, dont forget the edmonton mall navy!

ASL

[crushkill]

The Canadian government has been the victim of a massive cyber in June and July 2007.

Re:Ridiculous

[geekmansworld]

That's true. The problem with militaries thinking in this manner is that the internet has become essential for the operation of the civilian industrialized world.

This probably explains why governments haven't retaliated against hacking with DoS attacks: it would lead to reprisals and a state of mutually assured internets destruction. Which I like to call "MAID".

Re:Original link, please

[Anonymous Coward]

One small request: when you post stuff like this, please post the original link. We're not all illiterates around here.

Instead of learning French you should've learn what 'illiterate' means.

More U5 complaining

[Guppy06]

Even TFA doesn't include France and Germany in this "U5" boy band thing or whatever it is.

Welcome to Slashdot, where even the submitter doesn't need to RTFA.

Re:U5?

[Gilmoure]

We're part of the Anglosphere? Cool! Always wanted to see a sphere made out of angles.