Episode 34 - Titan Rain

Defense contractors, military secrets, hacker vigilantes, and the origins of China’s cyberwarfare program. This is Part 1 of our series on Chinese hacking.

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Created, Produced & Hosted by Keith Korneluk

Written & Researched by Jim Rowley

Edited, Mixed & Mastered by Greg Bernhard

Theme Song You Are Digital by Computerbandit

Sources

Reverse Deception: Organized Cyber Threat Counter-Exploitation, by Sean Bodmer, Dr. Max Kilger, and Gregory Carpenter

Unrestricted Warfare: China's Master Plan to Destroy America (English translation) by Qiao Liang and Wang Xiangsui

APT 1: Exposing One of China’s Cyberwarfare Units, Mandiant Report 2013

Unit 61398: Chinese Cyber-Espionage and the Advanced Persistent Threat, Infosec Report 2013

Trojan Dragon: China’s Cyber Threat, The Heritage Foundation Report, 2008

Many Hands in the Cookie Jar Case Studies in Response Options to Cyber Incidents Affecting U.S. Government Networks and Implications for Future Response, RAND Corporation 2020

The Invasion of the Chinese Cyberspies, Time Magazine 2005

US network attacks linked to Chinese military, The Age 2005

The Digital Vigilantes Who Hack Back, The New Yorker 2018

Chinese Army Unit Is Seen as Tied to Hacking Against U.S., The New York Times 2013

Q&A: Reverse hacker describes ordeal, Computerworld 2007

Lockheed Martin’s History in Orlando, New Orlando

The lesson of Titan Rain: Articulate the dangers of cyber attack to upper management, Homeland Security Newswire 2005

Inside the Chinese Military Attack on Nortel, Global News 2020

A Brief History of Chinese Cyberspying, Forbes 2011

Meet the Chinese hackers accused of cyber-espionage, The Telegraph 2014

State-Owned Chinese Firms Hired Military Hackers for IT Services, Dark Reading 2014

Taiwan Strait Crisis, 21 July 1995 to 23 March 1996, Global Seurity 

Taiwan Reports Nearby Firing Of 4 Test Missiles by China, The New York Times, 1995 

Why do Chinese think China will overtake the US? The author of ‘Unrestricted Warfare’ explains, Lei’s Real Talk, 2022