EVERY AGE HAS ITS OWN KIND OF

WAR, ITS OWN LIMITING CONDITIONS

AND ITS OWN PECULIAR
PRECONCEPTIONS.
KARL VON CLAUSWITZ
 AIM

TO STUDY THE CAPABILITY

OF
THE PEOPLE ’ S REPUBLIC OF
CHINA TO CONDUCT CYBER
WARFARE AND CMPTR NETWORK
EXPL
 PREVIEW : PART I

• ORIGIN AND INSIGHT .

• CHINESE CMPTR NETWORK OPS STRAT .
• CHINESE CMPTR NETWORK OPS DURING
CONFLICT .
• KEY ENTITIES IN CHINESE CMPTR
NETWORK OPS .
• CYBER - ESPG .
• OP PROFILE OF AN ADV CYBER
INTRUSION .
• TIMELINE OF SIGNIFICANT CHINESE
RELATED CYBER EVENTS .
PART I
 ORIGIN AND INSIGHT

• DECADE INTO A MIL

MODERNISATION PGME .
• INFORMATIONISATION .
• DOCTRINE OF FIGHTING “ LOCAL WAR
UNDER INFORMATIONISED
CONDITIONS ”.

CONTD /-
 ORIGIN AND INSIGHT
• PLA ’ S ONGOING EFFORT TO DEVP A FULLY
NETWORKED ARCHITECTURE CAPABLE OF
COORD MIL OPS ON :-
 LAND .
 IN AIR .
 AT SEA .
 IN SPACE .
 ACROSS THE EM SPECTRUM .
CHINA ’ S CYBER ECONOMIC
DEVP
 CHINESE CMPTR NETWORK
OPS STRAT
NGDIAN YITIZHAN ”
EGRATED NETWORK ELECTRONIC WARFARE .
AL WARS UNDER INFORMATIONISED CONDITIONS .
FT FROM MAOIST ERA PEOPLE ’ S WAR DOCTRINE .
LY MECHANISED FORCE LINKED BY ADV C4ISR TECH .
STRAT HIGH GRND .
UNDER COMPLEX ELECTROMAGNETIC
IRONMENTS ( CEME ).

CONTD /-
 CHINESE CMPTR NETWORK
OPS STRAT
• NETWORK OF AT LEAST 12 INFORMATIONISED
TRG FACILITIES .
• NETWORK OF UNIVERSITIES & RESEARCH
INSTITUTES .
• NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF DEF TECH ( NUDT ),
CHANGSHA .
• THE PLA SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
UNIVERSITY .
• PLA INFO ENGINEERING UNIVERSITY .
• SUCCESSFULLY TESTED A DIRECT ASCENT ASAT
 CHINESE CMPTR NETWORK
OPS DURING CONFLICT
• ANALYSIS OF WEAK PTS AND CENTERS OF
GRAVITY .
• STRIKE THE EN ’ S NODES TO DESTROY HIS
NETWORK .
• EXPL “ BLINDNESS ” WITH FIREPOWER ATTACKS .
• DENY ACCESS TO INFO SYS CRITICAL FOR
COMBAT OPS .
CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURES
• INFO & COMN .
• ELECTRICAL POWER SYS .
• GAS & OIL PROD , STORAGE &
TPT .
• BANKING & FINANCE .
• WATER SUPPLY SYS .
• EMERGENCY SERVICES .
• GOVT SERVICES .
 KEY ENTITIES IN CHINESE
CMPTR NETWORK OPS
• GS DEPT , FOURTH DEPT .
• GS DEPT , THIRD DEPT .
• TECH RECCE BUREAUS .
• PLA INFO WARFARE MILITIA UNITS .
• THE CHINESE HACKER COMMUNITY .
• HACKTIVIST SUPPORT TO THE STATE .
• GLOBAL COMN COYS .
LAYOUT : GS DEPT
 OPS PROFILE OF AN ADV
CYBER INTRUSION

GAIN USER ATTACK

ACCESS OTHER HOSTS

LOCATE INSTALL TAKE OR

COVER
SYS BACKDOOR ALTER
TRACKS
TO ATTACK S INFO

GAIN ENGAGE IN
PRIVILEGE OTHER
D UN-AUTH
ACCESS ACTIVITY
REMOTE DATA EXFILT OP
CYBER ESPG BY CHINA
 CYBER ESPG BY CHINA

THE YONGNING DIST INFO

CENTRE

MEETING TO EST THE YONGNING

OPS MILITIA UNIT OFFICE,
LANZHOU COUNTY IW MILITIA.
MIL REGION.
JOB POSTING ON HACKER WEBSITE
“ EVILOCTAL ” BY A MINISTRY OF
PUBLIC SECURITY 1ST RESEARCH
 POSTER ADVERTISING
JAVAPHILE MEMBER AND PUBLIC
SECURITY BUREAU
TIMELINE OF SIGNIFICANT
CHINESE RELATED CYBER
EVENTS SINCE 1999
TIMELINE OF SIGNIFICANT
CHINESE RELATED CYBER
EVENTS SINCE 1999
PART II