Re: The origin of breakin attempts

In article <slrne6usi7.obn.ibuprofin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
ibuprofin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Moe Trin) wrote:

And that is? (Hopefully, you can back that up with figures from an
accredited source.) As near as I can tell, the problem with China (as
well as in Korean, Taiwan, and many other countries) is that the
providers there are totally clueless, and the wide-bandwidth connected
hosts are unsecured because (like everywhere else) they are being run
by wankers whose computer knowledge is taxed by figuring out where the
on/off switch is.

The problem, IMHO, is that despite having made great strides in the the
past decade or so, these are still essentially third-world countries.
Corruption and disregard for the law and personal property run rampant.
I don't think it's so much that the providers are clueless, but they
just don't care. It's not part of their culture. Before computer
hacking, these areas were hotbeds of software, music, and video piracy.

Part of it may be their communist history. In a communist society,
where individuals don't own their property, you don't give much
consideration to other people.

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