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Night Dragon:

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-02-24/exxon-shell-bp-said...

This is a serious APT that's been ongoing for 4-5 years and benefits chinese oil exploration.

Having foreign governments cover for you is one way of getting away with stuff like that. When I was working at Shell, I would never have imagined such a thing was possible for someone like me to arrange -- that would only be the stuff of movies and books. Now, in this very globally connected age, such things are no longer so far out.

I still wouldn't touch that with a 10 foot pole. Even with China covering for you, it's not a game to play lightly for anyone who has a home and life in the US.

wait, why are Greg Hoglund and HBGary still 'reputable' sources linked and quoted from in this article written 4 days ago?

A significant amount of the source material about Night Dragon came from the same email theft that outed the wikileaks and CoC issues. Since it sounds like you believe the latter, why would you say the former isn't credible?

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