Comments on: PLA Unit 61398 Recruitment Notice Found

By: John Artman

John Artman — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 03:04:25 +0000

Could provide link to said kindergarten?

By: More (circumstantial) findings reinforce Mandiant's APT1 claims | fortsec

More (circumstantial) findings reinforce Mandiant's APT1 claims | fortsec — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 08:58:33 +0000

[...] that is actual proof that Unit 61398 sought to hire computer science graduate students in 2003: a recruitment notice on the Zhejiang University [...]

By: Bobby Wong

Bobby Wong — Sat, 23 Feb 2013 18:18:10 +0000

Yeah Bo, about the Mandiant report. Unit 61398 runs a kindergarden at the address Mandiant cited, 208 Datong Road, Gaochao, Pudong.

According to online registration info, the school is public and welcomes expat families.

By: February 22, 2013 | cybersecurity update

February 22, 2013 | cybersecurity update — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 16:18:59 +0000

[...] (Feb. 19). Exposing One of China’s Cyber Espionage Units. [Analysis: New York Times / China Digital Times / NPR / Also: Malicious Mandiant Report in Circulation [...]

By: ConMom

ConMom — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 20:50:37 +0000

[...] China Digital Times has made an amazing discovery: Way back in 2004, People’s Liberation Army Unit 61398 posted a recruitment notice at Zhejiang [...]

By: Will

Will — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 17:32:59 +0000

Naturally the job ad would say nothing about cyber-espionage or computer hacking. Yet the notion that a PLA computer-science unit would be spending all their time setting up pre-schools and educational sites is either ingenuous or naïve.

By: Bo Peep

Bo Peep — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 05:25:23 +0000

Good for Mandiant!

Keep up the great work and expose the crimes of the Chinese Communists and their PLA! Help free the Chinese People from their terrible yoke!

By: John Artman

John Artman — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 04:10:30 +0000

This ad only proves the existence of Unit 61398, nothing else.

By: Trm

Trm — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 02:28:25 +0000

@bobbywong: the ad mentions a national defense scholarship. Would such scholarships normally be advertised for positions intended to build preschool web sites?

By: BobbyWong

BobbyWong — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 01:27:35 +0000

Hey, kudos on the ability to search “61398部队” on Baidu. I wonder why you didn’t meniton the other stuff Baidu returned, like their preschool, educational websites they’re working on. Maybe that explains why they are looking for IT talent.

Could it be because NED will withdraw funding if you don’t generate negative news about China? Fact is the scholarship notice said nothing about hacking.