great-firewall

"Great Firewall" blocks websites, not hackers

wagger1 · 09/26/07 08:26AM

Apparently, the Great Firewall of China — the Chinese government's elaborate system for blocking websites deemed politically incorrect — is only good for censorship, not for boosting the country's network security. Earlier this month, the Financial Times reported that the Pentagon traced a June attack on U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates's computer back to China's People's Liberation Army Chinese officials denied the report — and they want you to know that they're victims, too.