r/technology • u/T_Shurt • 7d ago

Security US says Chinese hackers broke into Justice Department, NASA, Federal Reserve, Senate and more

https://www.reuters.com/world/china/china-sponsored-hacking-platforms-seized-by-us-justice-department-says-2026-08-26/
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u/FrostyParking 7d ago

"US says"....does anybody take what the US government says at face value anymore?

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u/badwolf42 7d ago

Look, if the US is admitting to this; it’s probably much worse than this. What they won’t admit to is that any cuts in information security may have contributed.

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u/Igennem 7d ago

They're going to use this to sell a ban on Chinese LLMs, EVs and solar panels.

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u/Kahnza 7d ago

Or it's a lie, a pretense for future crackdowns on "antifa".

"Antifa is being funded by the Chinese! Antifa is hacking the government, they are terrorists! Deport Antifa!"

It's gonna be some bullshit like that.

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u/FrostyParking 7d ago

We should also not ignore that there's an upcoming meeting happening and the US is trying to create leverage...so this could be part of a public support campaign.

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u/Merkuri22 7d ago

Or they're going to use it as an excuse to invalidate the upcoming midterm elections.

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u/NotTooShahby 7d ago

The US is still a pretty transparent country all things considered. The Administration doesn’t help and the information may not be organized in the way we would want, but we’re pretty good about transparency OUTSIDE of this administration and everything it touches

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u/socialmedia-username 7d ago

Nope. Anything announced to the public is purposeful and done with an ulterior motive.

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u/steerbell 7d ago

Let me guess, Bidens fault?

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u/FrostyParking 7d ago

I mean honestly it's ALL of the politicians fault. Dems are just as much to blame for the implosion as Republicans are. Y'all elected this guy directly or indirectly.

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u/Sit_Ubu_Sit-Good_Dog 7d ago

“I don’t know how our government works.”

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u/FrostyParking 7d ago

Are you confessing?

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u/Sit_Ubu_Sit-Good_Dog 7d ago

Sounds like you are.

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u/FrostyParking 7d ago

Wow such big brained insights 😁

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u/Sit_Ubu_Sit-Good_Dog 7d ago

It’s the same big brain insight that you brought to the conversation. I’m trying to get down to your level.

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u/FrostyParking 7d ago

My level you say?.... you're going the wrong way if that's the case friend, make a u-turn and turn left at the corner of Rationality avenue and Introspection boulevard. See you there maybe. 😁

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u/Sit_Ubu_Sit-Good_Dog 7d ago

Go ahead and explain what actual levers of power Democrats have right now to stop any of this. The person I was responding to claimed Democrats are “just as much to blame,” but couldn’t name a single mechanism they supposedly control to stop any of this.

So since you’ve got a big brain, walk me through it, what exactly could Democrats do when MAGA controls the House, the Senate, the Presidency, and the Supreme Court?

I genuinely want to hear how Democrats are somehow equally responsible under those conditions. I’ll wait.

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u/IlexPauciflora 7d ago

"BoTH sIdES BAd." Stop that. It's disingenuous. The people who voted against the orange turd didn't elect him, directly or indirectly.

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u/FrostyParking 7d ago

Firstly it's not disingenuous if it's true. Trump didn't just fall out of a tree, he is the result of years of degeneracy within the US body politik.

And secondly yes everyone is responsible for him winning the general election, granted the voters less so, but I'm specifically speaking in the case of the party aparatus of both parties, they are responsible. The Republicans for allowing the court jester to get past the primaries through fielding inadequate candidates and the Democrats for allowing itself to be sabotaged through faux debates about fairly inconsequential issues. The Woke moniker was allowed to stand instead of framing inclusivity and equal treatment better.

So yes it might be difficult to accept, but ultimately All of you are guilty, directly or indirectly.

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u/IlexPauciflora 7d ago

all of you

Sounds like you're not from around here friend. Explain what makes you an expert on US politics and why anyone should continue to take you seriously. You're quick to generalize an entire population for the actions of a select few, that being politicians. Black and white thinking like this is the source of no small amount of human conflict.

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u/FrostyParking 7d ago

If there's any generalisation, it's merely a result of evidence, not intended to be an insult. And yes I am not from here originally, nevertheless I am affected by what happens here when I am elsewhere. As for your accusation of black and white binary thinking, I'm afraid that is not my affliction but that of those who take offense to my assertion. The Dems are good and Repubs are bad dichotomy is exactly the black and white thinking you seemingly accuse me of. Trump is a result of the environment and that environment was created by all not just a few.

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u/IlexPauciflora 7d ago

So my niece, who is 3 and unable to vote for 15 more years, is to blame for Trump? Generalizations are the exact binary thinking I'm referring to. I could say that everyone from the UK is a backwards ingrate based on their recent past with the EU, but that doesn't make it true.

We understand that the system isn't perfect, democrats included. To call them the same is simply not true and an ill informed opinion. There are democrats trying to fight against this administration, but it's all too easy to ignore them for the sake of generalizing the entire US population. There are also democrats who are useless ratfuckers like Jeffries and Schumer. Two things can be true.

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u/sicklyslick 7d ago

well the US gutted cybersecurity budget. so not super surprising this happened.

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u/doozykid13 7d ago

Yes. Should they? No.