<story><title>China-based campaign breached satellite, defense companies: Symantec</title><url>https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-usa-cyber/china-based-campaign-breached-satellite-defense-companies-symantec-idUSKBN1JF2X0</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>stareatgoats</author><text>&amp;gt; It said the hackers launched their campaign from three computers on the mainland. In theory, those machines could have been compromised by someone elsewhere.&lt;p&gt;In theory? This type of reporting is concerning. Surely these reporters (as well as Symantec) ought to know that these type of attacks &lt;i&gt;in theory could leave a true IP trail&lt;/i&gt;, but &lt;i&gt;probably not&lt;/i&gt;.&lt;p&gt;There might be other signs that this is a Chinese operation, but IP addresses is not good proof.</text></comment>
<story><title>China-based campaign breached satellite, defense companies: Symantec</title><url>https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-usa-cyber/china-based-campaign-breached-satellite-defense-companies-symantec-idUSKBN1JF2X0</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>est</author><text>Choose your type of &amp;quot;China&amp;quot; hacking:&lt;p&gt;- Chinese IP address&lt;p&gt;- IP address that links back to something China&lt;p&gt;- IP range that belongs to a Chinese cloud provider&lt;p&gt;- Chinese hacker group (admittedly most of them are reallocated in south east asia)&lt;p&gt;- botnet located in mainland China&lt;p&gt;- Government sponsored action&lt;p&gt;There are so many articles directly jumping into conclusion of the last type.</text></comment>