China Announces Cyber Warfare Army Unit

[Jack]

China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) has launched a cyber defense program which involves setting up an unit of thirty officers highly skilled in cyber security.

A Chinese Ministry of Defense spokesperson told reporters last week that the program was established in the Guangzhou military region and comes in response to the country's growing needs of defending itself against cyber attacks.

"Cyber attacks have become an international problem affecting both civilian and military areas. China is relative weak in cyber security and has often been targeted. This temporary program is aimed at improving our defenses against such attacks," the official said, according to the Global Times.

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[iPanik]

Only thirty people? That's not very Chinese.
Imagine the damage they could do if they re-trained those 10.000 people they have working on the great firewall.

 

[HeffeD]

Only thirty people? That's not very Chinese.
Imagine the damage they could do if they re-trained those 10.000 people they have working on the great firewall.

The great firewall of China?

(Sorry, couldn't resist...)

 

[eXPerience]

Officially 30 people.... but how many unofficially ?

eXp

 

[Vextor]

Erm?
Will this do good or bad (imagine millions of Chinease hackers that could be created)

 

[iPanik]

Will this do good or bad (imagine millions of Chinease hackers that could be created)

If statistics are to be believed, China already have millions of hackers.

China is just following recent trends in military. USA has had a similar group for some time.

 

[Deleted member 178]

Go China GO ! they will use cyber-trained shaolin monks to break enemies firewalls ^^ or just employ the guys of Iobit ^^

 

[Gnosis]

For every 10,000 Chinamen, there is one crafty Jap. They cannot hide from the secret weapons of Mt. Fuji.

 

[Ink]

Looks like MoD is to set up Cyber-soldiers too, as well as Cyber-weapons.