UK/China cyber security deal: National security attacks still OK, it seems Contrary to several trigger-happy reports, China's president Xi Jinping has not signed a formal agreement with the UK prime minister David Cameron on cyber security. Rather, the nations have issued a joint statement – which UK government spokespersons did not want to tell The Register was legally binding – which mentions an …
the UK is "China's best partner in the West".
Good, you take them!
"cyber crime"
noun
1. any of various crime or ill intent done on or near a computer, or with a mouse cord.
2. a computer crimey thingy, as distinguished from a not one.
3. any of various other cybery criminalities, as the hack or the vlun-squirt.
Origin of cybercrime: 1350-1400; Middle English ciberbaddie. See cyber, crime
The Register has not received any explanation of what the particular mechanism for the "high-level security dialogue" will be. We will update this article if and when we receive a response.
:-) China denying a Blighty false flag operation is the usual smoke screen which is generated as a cover to conceal a loss of leadership in the UK and in its dependencies and former colonies. Methinks things there in the future will not really change at all.
I note that this is not defined.. so it could be code, movies, business plans, etc. or maybe just the company cafeteria lunch menu. But strangely, with both the US and UK agreements I've not read anything about employee data... I'm thinking OPM here amongst others. Even at what is covered (what ever the undefined term IP covers) I'm not believing that either side will respect it.
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