I got a chance to testify at this Commision and it was good experience. This is one group that is not trying to make political points for itself, nor trying to make soundbites for reelection. They really do want to do something about China hacking our businesses. All they can do is make recommendations to Congress, which seems hell-bent on doing up a treaty with China, like that will do some good.
My brother bet me that I couldn't get across the point of China hacking security companies, network security services, and the public key infrastrructure in 3 minutes and I didn't have that long. It is impossible to get any complex problems across in such short time segments as they allow. However, Google may have done it for me in no longer recognizing certs issued by China's NIC. They annouced in April, after a joint investigation with China, that they would no long accept them. Maybe now, some of the other companies will start looking for certs issued by others who have a China root cert. They are using our e-commerce system against us. Google is not the only one standing up to China, but I wish there were more public stories about what others are doing.
http://www.uscc.gov/Hearings/hearing-commercial-cyber-espionage-and-barriers-digital-trade-china-webcast
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