Hacking tourneys fuel China’s cyber ambitions

Since the data laws have come into effect, China’s hacking breakthroughs have slipped further behind a wall of secrecy, experts said. — Bloomberg

DUSTIN CHILDS can still describe the best demonstration of a winning hack at an international tournament he’s ever seen. It happened almost a decade ago.

The participants had to find a way to break into a Windows workstation that was hardened with firewalls and up-to-date software to make it more secure.