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Friday Fun: Chinese cyber spies disappointed by Canada’s complete lack of scientific research

By jdupuis on August 15, 2014.

From the "So Funny it Hurts" file...

This one combines the recent spying cases between Canada and China with the equally "humourous" ongoing Canadian War on Science.

Chinese cyber spies disappointed by Canada’s complete lack of scientific research

BEIJING - Chinese state-sponsored hackers were disappointed after hacking into Canadian government and business research archives and discovering they contained little to no valuable information.

“Wow, how on Earth is this country more developed than we are?” said Chinese Ministry of State Security intelligence analyst Lao Xi Ming from the smoke filled computer lab where he harvests technological secrets.

*snip*

“This one folder,” he said, “contained only a crude drawing of an F-35 that was clearly made in MSpaint.”

It's very funny, read the whole thing!

(h/t Evidence for Democracy)

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