'Defense' Drill in China

["Dave Farber" <farber () gmail com>]

> Begin forwarded message:
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> From: Eric Burger <eburger () standardstrack com>
> Subject: 'Defense' Drill in China
> Date: August 6, 2017 at 4:58:11 PM EDT
> To: Farber David <dave () farber net>
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> For IP
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> http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-internet-idUSKBN1AJ1XL?feedType=RSS&feedName=internetNews 
> <http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-internet-idUSKBN1AJ1XL?feedType=RSS&feedName=internetNews>
>
> China holds drill to shut down 'harmful’ websites
> Sijia Jiang, August 3, 2017
>
>
> HONG KONG (Reuters) - China held a drill on Thursday with internet service providers to practice taking down websites 
> deemed harmful, as the country's censors tighten control ahead of a sensitive five-yearly political reshuffle set to 
> take place later this year.
> [snip]
> China's Ministry of Public Security called for the drill "in order to step up online security for the 19th Party 
> Congress and tackle the problem of smaller websites illegally disseminating harmful information”
> [snip]
> The drill asked internet data centers to practice shutting down target web pages speedily and report relevant details 
> to the police, including the affected websites' contact details, IP address and server location.
> [snip]
> Apple last week removed VPN apps from its app store, while Amazon's China partner warned users not to use VPNs.
>
> My takes:
> China has long considered “harmful information” to be a significant ‘cybersecurity’ threat. 
> Now they are doing something about it. 
> Excellent operations execution: if you want to arrest the perpetrator, make sure you can find them, quickly.
> Rather chilling, and eerily reminiscent of some calls for shutting down TWP or CNN as “fake news.”
> Most US companies caved.




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