How the U.S. Has Been Blindingly Scathed by the Chinese Stratagems of InfoWar - Part Two
Refresher:
1. Stratagems for the Stronger Force
2. Stratagems for Two Equal Forces
3. Stratagems for Direct Attack
4. Stratagems to Confuse the Enemy
5. Stratagems to Gain Ground
6. Stratagems Before the Last Stand
Once again I am using example situations of how the Chinese"net force" has been using the 36 stratagems of war against the U.S. in IW manuevers by using one or two examples.
Continuing from Part One, as highlighted above, we are concluding the techniques of section one: the Stronger Force and moving into section two: Two Equal Forces.
Category 1: Stratagems for the Stronger Force
No. 04. Wait at ease for the enemy
(To be near the goal while the enemy is still far from it, to wait at ease while the enemy is toiling and struggling, to be well-fed while the enemy is famished:—this is the art of husbanding one's strength.)
The Chinese set their global, holistic goal in place many years ago, as is evident by the astonishing array and multi-dimensional orchestration of their barrage of cyber attacks as well as non-cyber initiatives and activities against the United States and other countries over the last 14+ years.
The U.S. Military has be struggling on many levels to discern the correct approach to resolve the integral issue of technical deterrence. Compounded by corporate and privately owned layers of Internet backbone and routing technology, the Military has no accurate way to pinpoint 100% attribution on-demand.
While the U.S. toils away on this matter, Beijing waits, patiently at ease, well-fed on the information they have gathered via IW, like taking candy from a baby, closer and closer to accomplishing their goal of global Military, Economic, Industrial, Biotechnological, Biochemical, Cyber, and Knowledge/Information domination. (I'm certain I've missed a few.)
Category 2: Stratagems for Two Equal Forces
These stratagems focus on immediate options that you have on hand: using what you already have or what exists in your environment; create illusions; make new weapons; or form new and innovative plans. These stratagems require that you look at your own situation with fresh eyes and that you understand how your opponent looks at your environment and arsenal, so that you can create convincing illusions or put old items to new uses.
In this sense, the Chinese are looking at the U.S. as an equal force in cyber technology, which represents an important factor which I will go into detail about in the final installment: "Clipping the Wings of the Tiger: Final Installment of How the U.S. Has Been Blindingly Scathed by the Chinese Stratagems of InfoWar".
No. 0.7 Create something out of nothing
(Get what you need by trickery or illusion.)
China leveraged its economy to force IT companies, most significantly Microsoft, to reveal sensitive and proprietary information regarding their software applications. This information allows the PLA to utilize "zero-day" security flaws in Microsoft applications that exploit unknown or unpatched software vulnerabilities before the vendor patch is available. It also greatly enhances the PRC's ability to plant malicious software designed to collect sensitive information or potentially damage networks and infrastructure.
No. 08 Use a well-known path to advance by a hidden path
(Use the commonly expected strategy to hide the real strategy.)
China is notorious for hacking servers such as the Pentagon, the Department of Defense and Sandia Laboratories. These attacks, along with distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks, have been their "expected" strategies.
Attacking the IMF in 2007 wasn't a huge surprise, however the information stolen that led to China obtaining information regarding third world countries who the U.S. has and has not funded in order to gain mineral dominance for 97 percent of all raw minerals for over 20 years was not a strategy that was expected.
Additionally, infiltrating U.S. organizations where some of the best and brightest software developers are employed and stealing the source code for their major applications was not an area the U.S. expected as part of the IW threat from China.
No. 10. Conceal a dagger in a smile
(Never express anger, and never express sarcasm. They show weakness, and they show hastiness in revealing motives.)
On April 1, 2001, a cyberwar between China and the United States erupted after a U.S. Navy spy plane collided with a Chinese fighter jet over international waters in the South China Sea, resulting in the death of the Chinese fighter pilot.
Chinese hackers declared a week-long May Day war on U.S. sites.
In retaliation, several U.S. hacker groups defaced hundreds of Chinese government and commercial websites with pornographic images and messages advocating drug abuse.
1. Stratagems for the Stronger Force
2. Stratagems for Two Equal Forces
3. Stratagems for Direct Attack
4. Stratagems to Confuse the Enemy
5. Stratagems to Gain Ground
6. Stratagems Before the Last Stand
Once again I am using example situations of how the Chinese"net force" has been using the 36 stratagems of war against the U.S. in IW manuevers by using one or two examples.
Continuing from Part One, as highlighted above, we are concluding the techniques of section one: the Stronger Force and moving into section two: Two Equal Forces.
Category 1: Stratagems for the Stronger Force
No. 04. Wait at ease for the enemy
(To be near the goal while the enemy is still far from it, to wait at ease while the enemy is toiling and struggling, to be well-fed while the enemy is famished:—this is the art of husbanding one's strength.)
The Chinese set their global, holistic goal in place many years ago, as is evident by the astonishing array and multi-dimensional orchestration of their barrage of cyber attacks as well as non-cyber initiatives and activities against the United States and other countries over the last 14+ years.
The U.S. Military has be struggling on many levels to discern the correct approach to resolve the integral issue of technical deterrence. Compounded by corporate and privately owned layers of Internet backbone and routing technology, the Military has no accurate way to pinpoint 100% attribution on-demand.
While the U.S. toils away on this matter, Beijing waits, patiently at ease, well-fed on the information they have gathered via IW, like taking candy from a baby, closer and closer to accomplishing their goal of global Military, Economic, Industrial, Biotechnological, Biochemical, Cyber, and Knowledge/Information domination. (I'm certain I've missed a few.)
Category 2: Stratagems for Two Equal Forces
These stratagems focus on immediate options that you have on hand: using what you already have or what exists in your environment; create illusions; make new weapons; or form new and innovative plans. These stratagems require that you look at your own situation with fresh eyes and that you understand how your opponent looks at your environment and arsenal, so that you can create convincing illusions or put old items to new uses.
In this sense, the Chinese are looking at the U.S. as an equal force in cyber technology, which represents an important factor which I will go into detail about in the final installment: "Clipping the Wings of the Tiger: Final Installment of How the U.S. Has Been Blindingly Scathed by the Chinese Stratagems of InfoWar".
No. 0.7 Create something out of nothing
(Get what you need by trickery or illusion.)
China leveraged its economy to force IT companies, most significantly Microsoft, to reveal sensitive and proprietary information regarding their software applications. This information allows the PLA to utilize "zero-day" security flaws in Microsoft applications that exploit unknown or unpatched software vulnerabilities before the vendor patch is available. It also greatly enhances the PRC's ability to plant malicious software designed to collect sensitive information or potentially damage networks and infrastructure.
No. 08 Use a well-known path to advance by a hidden path
(Use the commonly expected strategy to hide the real strategy.)
China is notorious for hacking servers such as the Pentagon, the Department of Defense and Sandia Laboratories. These attacks, along with distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks, have been their "expected" strategies.
Attacking the IMF in 2007 wasn't a huge surprise, however the information stolen that led to China obtaining information regarding third world countries who the U.S. has and has not funded in order to gain mineral dominance for 97 percent of all raw minerals for over 20 years was not a strategy that was expected.
Additionally, infiltrating U.S. organizations where some of the best and brightest software developers are employed and stealing the source code for their major applications was not an area the U.S. expected as part of the IW threat from China.
No. 10. Conceal a dagger in a smile
(Never express anger, and never express sarcasm. They show weakness, and they show hastiness in revealing motives.)
On April 1, 2001, a cyberwar between China and the United States erupted after a U.S. Navy spy plane collided with a Chinese fighter jet over international waters in the South China Sea, resulting in the death of the Chinese fighter pilot.
Chinese hackers declared a week-long May Day war on U.S. sites.
In retaliation, several U.S. hacker groups defaced hundreds of Chinese government and commercial websites with pornographic images and messages advocating drug abuse.
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