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Playing with #DigitalFire:

1/7: In martial arts, one of the best moves is to take an attacker's weapon and turn it back on them. In 2016, that's just what #Beijing did – in #cyberspace:
nyti.ms/2Ylm3E3
2/7: After #American operatives used a particular bit of code to attack #Chinese computer systems, Chinese hackers took it, repurposed it, and used it to attack a bunch of US allies.
3/7: The Chinese simply seem to have spotted a #US #cyberintrusion and snatched the code, often developed at huge expense to #American taxpayers.
4/7: The Chinese action shows how proliferating #cyberconflict is creating a #DigitalWildWest with few rules or certainties.
5/7: This was not the first time #USintelligence agencies have had their hacking tools and details about highly classified #cybersecurity programs resurface in the hands of other nations or criminal groups,
6/7: heightening debate within the #intelligencecommunity over whether the #US should continue to develop some of the world’s most high-tech, stealthy #cyberweapons if it is unable to keep them under lock and key.
7/7: This is a lesson for all nations in the race for #cybersupremacy. They will need to factor in the real likelihood that their own tools will boomerang back on themselves or allies.
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