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[–] pop@lemmy.ml -3 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

Do you know anything about cyber security or are just passionate because you get to talk about war. If China were to coordinate an widespread attack, do you think it is as simple as the attack will come straight from the computer in the CCP headquarters and you go in to save the day?

Do you have any idea of how many outdated, unsecured, vulnerable devices (most of them made in China) could be used around the world just to have a plausible deniability. Ever heard of phishing? It could have come from your friend's email and you could be the one that's spreading the worm. And it would take months to trace it back to China. These are not script kiddies you see on the movies.

Start Air gaping critical infrastructure from the internet instead of dreaming about hypothetical wars.

[–] bhmnscmm@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Did you reply to the wrong comment? I don't think my comment is really related the points you've brought up.

[–] HATEFISH@midwest.social 1 points 9 months ago

I think the point they were trying to make was that China would have plausible deniablity based on where the attacks could be initially traced to.¯\_(ツ)_/¯