Routers have been rooted by Chinese spies, US and Japan warn

Chinese government spies may be hiding in your Cisco routers and using that access to steal intellectual property and other sensitive data, according to officials in the US and Japan. In a joint advisory issued on Wednesday, the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, the NSA and FBI, as well as Japan's National …

[that one in the corner]

This router's not big enough for the both of us

> Chinese government spies may be hiding in your Cisco routers

And not leaving enough room for all the indigenous spies.

[Clausewitz4.0]

Timing

"Additionally, the Feds don't give any explanation for the timing of the joint security alert."

Likely (sort of) a payback for another op.

BTW, wasn't NSA who was caught messing with Cisco hardware while in-mail to clients, wolrdwide?

[Antron Argaiv]

Re: Timing

Hey! They can't do that to us! Only we can do that to us!

IIRC, NSA was grabbing the routers and modifying them as they left Cisco's warehouse. Shipping company or something.

Next time, maybe don't use "Neighbourhood Shipping Associates" to do your worldwide distribution?

// Flowers By Irene

[Peshman]

Purile...but I don't care!

The Chinese are bashing in the NSA's back doors?

[Anonymous Coward]

Preparation

Slow disclosure of upcoming cybersecurity attack (false flag).

[chtorogu1]

I wish people would wise up to this (new) cold war charade. Communist China was established by Western Powers and financed by Western Bankers. Same goes for the Soviet Union, where the ground work was layed by Western financed revolution/genocide and the state itself then established by means of funneled US tax payer funds. Our official "history" doesn't stand up to scrutiny nor logic. There aren't good or evil sides, there aren't any competing powers, there's only one side behind it all and it's "ours." "Good" or "Evil" is just different roles played by their puppets or a matter of portrayal. For instance, today most people today see. Russia as the "evil" side and the USA as "good." In reality the USA has invaded and waged many times more wars, where they've bombed and burned millions of people to death and caused the death of dozens millions more. Obama was responsible for much more death and destruction than Putin. Like I said, it's just varying roles and portrayals with the same feudalist/oligarch puppet masters behind it all. Wise up, humanity.

[Zack Mollusc]

I just wish people would wise up in general.

[Antron Argaiv]

Spy vs Spy

Just want to say that the main page pic is genius. Except the black spy's nose shouls be black.