FRENCH AUTHORITIES are investigating a suspected case of cyber hacking and espionage at a helicopter engine company.
Turbomeca, a subsidiary of the defence firm Safran, had its computer networks hacked and data about propeller systems stolen, according to a report in Le Monde.
Reportedly about 10 people are being held in custody and the attack took place during the first eight months of 2010. There is some suspicion that the attack had help from company insiders.
The report linked the Chinese because Turbomeca is the country's leading helicopter engine supplier working with both private and state companies. Safran is also owned 30 per cent by the French state, which means there could have been a political motivation for the attacks.
Also, last year hackers targeted the French Finance ministry, looking for files related to the G20 summit in Cannes. The Chinese state was also suspected to have been involved in that attack, but there was no firm evidence to support that conclusion.
It seems too easy to point the finger at China, because organised crime also has the resources and motivation to pull off these types of attacks. It's just that China has previously been suspected of state sponsored hacking and espionage, with Google having directly accused the Chinese government of interfering with its technology.
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On l'a déja assez dit au niveau du cas militaire chinois et de sa capacités à copier créer des équipements semblant modernes,
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, la Chine bénéficie de tous "nouveaux équipements", navires, avions qui correspondent aux "normes" occidentales mais à vrai dire leur budget militaire est l'un des plus gros au monde et va vite baisser, les Chinois veulent un mode de vie similaire à ceux des occidentaux, avec tout ce qui s'en suit: retraites payées, sécu, consommer toujours plus, "luxe"...
A vrai dire d'ici 2025 (et même avant), ils devront faire face au vieillissement de la population et je suis pas sûr que le Chinois soient eux même conscients de ça. La Chine a toujours connu des problèmes démo/pol/éco et même si pour l'instant elle a toujours réussi à s'en sortir, mais le modèle libéralisme + nouvelles élections il me semble risquent de changer la donne.