Hackers and Spying -- Red Bricks along the Yellow Brick Road

Update: Some of the links were incorrect; I have fixed them.

Note: There is much more included here than the title would suggest -- space constraints.


Hackers and Spying

I have mentioned hacks before. Well, how do you think I got these blocks of IP numbers? Thanks to all the computer nerds who have befriended me. May you prosper. I really think that, before any more business deals, hacking is one area that should be addressed.

Here is just a sample:

inetnum: 59.112.0.0 - 59.123.255.255
netname: HINET-NET
country: TW
descr: CHTD, Chunghwa Telecom Co.,Ltd.
descr: Data-Bldg.6F, No.21, Sec.21, Hsin-Yi Rd.
descr: Taipei Taiwan 100

inetnum: 60.248.0.0 - 60.248.255.255
descr: CHTD, Chunghwa Telecom Co.,Ltd.
descr: Data-Bldg.6F, No.21, Sec.21, Hsin-Yi Rd.
descr: Taipei Taiwan 100

inetnum: 61.220.0.0 - 61.227.255.255
netname: HINET
descr: Data Communication Business Group, Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd.descr: Commerical ISP
descr: 21, Section 1, Hsin-Yi Road, Taipei,
descr: Taipei 100, Taiwan, R.O.C.
country: TW

inetnum: 61.220.115.120 - 61.220.115.127
netname: WANG-WEN-LI-TP-NET
descr: CHTD, Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd.
descr: Data-Bldg. 6F, No. 21, Sec. 21, Hsin-Yi Rd.,
descr: Taipei Taiwan
country: TW

inetnum: 61.172.249.194 - 61.172.249.212
netname: WAEI-SOFTWARE-DEVE
descr: Beijing Waei Software Development
country: CN

inetnum: 61.172.249.194 - 61.172.249.212
netname: WAEI-SOFTWARE-DEVE
descr: Beijing Waei Software Development
country: CN
address: Rm.9032 jingan center No.8 Beisanhuan Rd. chaoyang Diastrict Beijing 100028


inetnum: 221.208.0.0 - 221.212.255.255
netname: CNCGROUP-HL
descr: CNCGROUP Heilongjiang Province Network
descr: China Network Communications Group Corporation
descr: No.156,Fu-Xing-Men-Nei Street,
descr: Beijing 100031
country: CN


inetnum: 61.152.0.0 - 61.152.255.255
netname: CHINANET-SH
descr: CHINANET Shanghai province network
descr: Data Communication Division
descr: China Telecom
country: CN


inetnum: 218.66.0.0 - 218.67.127.255
netname: CHINANET-FJ
descr: CHINANET Fujian province network [Remember the boat people province -- BC and boats landing with illegal aliens from Fujian]
descr: China Telecom
descr: A12,Xin-Jie-Kou-Wai Street
descr: Beijing 100088
country: CN

inetnum: 218.70.0.0 - 218.70.255.255
netname: CHINANET-CQ
descr: CHINANET Chongqing province network
descr: China Telecom
descr: A12,Xin-Jie-Kou-Wai Street
descr: Beijing 100088
country: CN

inetnum: 218.70.0.0 - 218.70.255.255

inetnum: 61.129.34.0 - 61.129.35.255
netname: GREEN-POWER-BAR
descr: Green Power Bar
country: CN
address: F18,819 West Beijing Road, Shanghai 200081
country: CN

inetnum: 221.208.0.0 - 221.212.255.255
netname: CNCGROUP-HL
descr: CNCGROUP Heilongjiang Province Network
descr: China Network Communications Group Corporation
descr: No.156,Fu-Xing-Men-Nei Street,
descr: Beijing 100031
country: CN

inetnum: 222.76.0.0 - 222.79.255.255
netname: CHINANET-FJ
descr: CHINANET fujian province network
descr: China Telecom
descr: No1,jin-rong Street
descr: Beijing 100032
country: CN


inetnum: 61.152.0.0 - 61.152.255.255
netname: CHINANET-SH
descr: CHINANET Shanghai province network [industrial, shipbuilding]
descr: Data Communication Division
descr: China Telecom
country: CN

inetnum: 61.232.0.0 - 61.237.255.255
netname: CRTC
country: CN
descr: CHINA RAILWAY TELECOMMUNICATIONS CENTER


Of course, there must be a simple explanation; these would have nothing to do with the articles posted on this site . . . would they?

Note that, if you check, you will find Beijing in the list rather often. No attempt at control there . . . A little googling (Chunghwa) and guess what? Do you remember which Hong Kong Canadian billionaire owns Hutchison Whampoa?

irasia.com - Hutchison Whampoa Limited
... owned subsidiary of Chunghwa Telecom Co. Ltd. and the largest ISP in Taiwan.... owns and operates the largest full fibre-optic network in Hong Kong....

Link: http://www.irasia.com/listco/hk/hutchison/press/p031203.htm




HGC Collaborates with INET in Thailand and HiNet in Taiwan to Explore Opportunities In IP-Related Service Markets

Hutchison Global Communications ("HGC") announced today that it will collaborate with the Internet Thailand Public Company Limited (INET) and with HiNet in Taiwan to target market opportunities in IP-related services. This represents two significant milestones reflecting HGC's success in its international business in more than 10 overseas markets in the past 12 months.

Last month, HGC signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with INET to identify opportunities. . . . INET, . . . high-speed Internet connectivity.

. . . HGC has clinched a peering agreement with HiNet. [. . . . ]

Scroll down today or check later for "China", "NTDTV" and "control" in the same article and you'll understand why this is more than ominous. . . . . Soon, the world.



Then I had occasion to learn about this group:

inetnum: 61.232.0.0 - 61.237.255.255
netname: CRTC [no, not Canada's CRTC, controller of media, telephone, cable, wireless, VoIP and thus information outlets in Canada]
country: CN
descr: CHINA RAILWAY TELECOMMUNICATIONS CENTER
[. . . . ] address: 22F Yuetan Mansion,Xicheng District, Beijing,P.R.China


I became curious. Would that group have anything to do with . . . scroll down for this phrase:

"Bombardier signed the Cdn$402-million rail passenger car contract with China’s Ministry of Railways in Beijing in February," writes The Asian Pacific Post. "

inetnum: 202.156.0.0 - 202.156.95.255
netname: SGCABLVISION-SG
descr: StarHub Cable Vision Ltd
descr: SINGAPORE CABLE NETWORK PROVIDER[. . . . ] address: StarHub Cable Vision Ltd


inetnum: 61.152.0.0 - 61.152.255.255
netname: CHINANET-SH
descr: CHINANET Shanghai province network
descr: Data Communication Division
descr: China Telecom
country: CN
address: No.31 ,jingrong street, beijing
address: Room 805,61 North Si Chuan Road,Shanghai,200085,PRC


Then there is France from which hacks have emanated repeatedly for too long, particularly from Wanadoo -- Is that a place or a service provider?

inetnum: 82.123.22.0 - 82.123.22.255
netname: IP2000-ADSL-BAS
descr: BSMSO151 Montsouris Bloc1
country: FR
Wanadoo FR

What on earth for?

For those getting into bed with dragons, how much privacy, personal or otherwise, do you think you and your business will have? Perhaps a more pertinent question: How long do you think you'll have your business?

Of course, there might be a possible quid pro quo. . . . if someone is in a position to offer any . . . . or to know nothing about such arrangements. . . . which may amount to the same thing.




Bombardier building "Roof of the World" railway in China-challenged Tibet Judi McLeod, Canadafreepress.com, May 2, 2005

Bombardier . . . taking a page from the book of the Canadian Liberal government . . . in opening the floodgates to Canadian-Chinese business ventures. Andre Desmarais . . . Paul Desmarais . . . Power Corporation. . . honorary chairman of the Canada-China Business Council . . . . Power Corp. Vice President Peter Kruyt . . .

[. . . ] Bombardier, which has taken at least $1.5 billion in grants, loans, and/or loan guarantees from the Canadian federal government [i.e. Canadian taxpayers] in the last couple of decades, is one of the five western corporations to directly partner with the Communist Chinese government in the construction of the railway.

"Bombardier signed the Cdn$402-million rail passenger car contract with China’s Ministry of Railways in Beijing in February," writes The Asian Pacific Post. " [. . . . ]

The consortium includes Bombardier Transportation, Bombardier Sifang Power (Qingdao) Transportation Limited–its joint venture in East China’s Shandong province–and Sifang Locomotive and Rolling Stock Co. Ltd., a local company.

[. . . . ] Bombardier also has a wholly-owned venture in Shanghai, Bombardier Railway Transportation Equipment (Shanghai) Co. Ltd. [. . . . ]

Bombardier, Tellier & Perqs

Tellier got $5.84M after leaving Bombardier Last updated May 3 2005 09:12 AM EDT, CBC

MONTREAL – Paul Tellier, Bombardier Inc.'s former chief executive, collected $5.84 million when he abruptly left the company in January, a company document shows.

Tellier, 65, got a lump sum payment of $3.84 million, equal to two years' salary, plus $2 million from an executive incentive bonus plan. He's also eligible for an annual pension of $360,000. [. . . . ]

This is the company to which Canadians' tax money has been bleeding for . . . When do the taxpayers who have paid for it get something in return . . . besides requests for more?




Dig beneath the surface . . .

I just re-read an article I recommended a few days ago. If you have not read Puppets of Beijing by Kevin Steel, yet, do not miss it. I just found items I had missed in skimming too fast the first time.

Search:

financial backers of Martin's political campaigns
stand to benefit from Canada's increasingly cozy relationship with the Communists in Beijing
for the first time in six years, withdrew its support for a UN resolution censuring . . .
nephew of Michael Pitfield, a confidant of former prime minister Pierre Trudeau
officials would later claim
had managed to cultivate influence in Canadian politics and our economy
specializing in the international smuggling of drugs, weapons and humans
rocked the Clinton presidency [immigrant to Canada]
overshadowed by the disclosure of then president Bill Clinton's affair
caught making illegal contributions to Clinton's campaign
Canadian intelligence underlined the extent to which political systems and electoral processes were being subverted
unorthodox attempts to suppress
According to documents obtained through the Access to Information Act, Martin had several meetings with
Henry Fok met with
won the federal contract to take Petro-Canada public
remains a senior adviser to Martin today and is a member of the Privy Council
working with Anhui to help develop its Chery automobile industry
becoming more menacing every year
made a point of attending a service at one of the officially atheist nation's few legal churches




I thought of the criticisms the PM and entourage levelled at Jason Kenny's support for the deceased Chinese leader associated with a democratic movement in China--in that he visited those mourning, perhaps at the home of mourning--during the PM's trip to China.

Then, I considered what Paul Martin was really in China for . . . and this article seems worth re-reading. (It was not labelled as a business trip, but there was much Canada-China business activity blessed by his presence.)

Has anyone noticed that Canada seems to be more and more following France in its foreign policy? Did I read that Canada's Foreign Affairs Minister Pierre Pettigrew lives part of the year in Paris? No connection. Ah . . . !



China cuts pipeline deal

Listen to Voiceprint: Audio Archival System for China cuts pipeline deal -- "no final agreement as yet" a memo of some kind was signed in Beijing by Enbridge, from the Toronto Star, by Tony Wong, April 15, 05




China spying on us: CSIS Robert Fife, CanWest, Dec. 29, 05

China's intelligence services have systematically targeted Canada's science and technology sectors and use Chinese students and visiting scientists to steal technology for military use and to enhance the country's global economic competitiveness, a senior intelligence source says.

In its annual report to Parliament, the Canadian Security Intelligence Service warns foreign spies are seeking to acquire ''Canada's scientific and technological developments, critical economic and information infrastructure, military and other classified information, putting at risk Canada's national security.''

[. . . . ] The official said CSIS was mainly referring to China in its 2003-04 report . . . engage in economic espionage against Canada.''

China uses visiting students, scientists, business people and delegations to. . .

Russian intelligence services have also [. . . . ]

[. . . . ] China has targeted Canada's nuclear, aerospace, biotechnology, mining and metallurgy, environmental and oil and gas sectors.

[. . . . ] Chinese military's General Equipment Department (GED).

According to a 2003 Pentagon report, China's GED oversees a ''complex web of factories, institutes and academies that are subordinate to China's nuclear, aeronautics, electronics, ordnance, shipbuilding and astronautics industries.'' [. . . . ]

There could be an audit based on this story; what did that money collected go into? A monster mansion in the tonier area of Ottawa? A gambling foray to Macau?

[http://www.asianpacificpost.com/news/article/195.html] Canadian diplomat bolts from Beijing Sep 21, 2004

A high ranking Canadian diplomat based in China has left his post suddenly after he was suspected of accepting bribes to help Chinese nationals enter Canada illegally, The Asian Pacific Post has learned.

A parallel probe is also underway on reports that Chinese passports with Canadian student visas have been stolen from the embassy. Some have reportedly turned up in Korea. [. . . . ]

Search: Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade employee in China , Canadian of Chinese origin , Shanghai , second secretary , teaching English to foreign students in Vancouver , regurgitated the same government public relations mantra , when Ottawa doesn‘t want the public to know about a scandal , so-called Chinese business delegations , fix a price , some claiming refugee status , bogus Chinese business delegations , "130,000 foreign students in Canada, with the bulk of them coming from China." , education scams , "China‘s most wanted man, Lai Changxing" , MOFTEC , Asian Pacific Post article or "http://www.asianpacificpost.com/news/article/5.html" , RCMP oversight committee vindicated , the extent of damage



Chinese Document: Sources and Techniques of Obtaining National Defence Science and Technology Intelligence




In Canada spies are us by Judi McLeod, Canadafreepress.com, January 26, 2005

Hidden Paul Martin firm linking leftwing activists to Information Highway

Welcome to the Peoples’ Republic of China on Canadian soil by Judi McLeod & Brian Thompson, Canadafreepress.com, January 22, 2005

Is China’s ownership interest in Alberta oil sands being financed with Canadian tax dollars?

Officials with Sinopec Corp. [which has gained some new deal in the oil sands, so it was reported in May ] -- a company majority owned by the Chinese government has already been in Alberta for their own look-see--an actual tour of the oil sands.

[. . . . ] When the fix is in, the Canadian Liberal Government will have managed to sell off our nation’s coveted natural resources–allowing China to buy them with our own money!

This story begins and ends with The Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), which provides more development assistance to China than to any other country in the world. That information gem comes from the Canadian Embassy in Beijing.

CIDA’s disbursements for the bilateral program (the core of Canada’s development in China) amounted to $65.45 million in 2002.

Megamillion Canadian economic expenditures in China extend to projects conducted by Canadian non-profit and private sector groups, as well as by the International Development Research Centre. Canada also contributes big time to the work of multilateral agencies in China, such as the United Nations Development Program, UNICEF and the World Health Organization.

Overtaxed Canadian citizens ruled by a Liberal government that claims budget surplus, and still no tax breaks in sight, are paying plenty to Communist China. [. . . . ]

Search: Canada China Cooperation Project , Sustainable Agriculture Development , Alberta Research Council

Search CIDA for its annual report to Parliament for the years 2003-2004. See also the Auditor General's Report Feb. 2005 (I do not have the exact link, so check 2004 also; I do have a pdf file so I know it exists.) See Chapter 5 on CIDA in "Canadian International Development Organization Financial Compliance Audits and Managing Contracts and Contributions"




Forensic Accounting the Next "Big Thing"?

Rumours are going about that this field is becoming . . . well, I suppose the word that came to mind (s**y) is not normally associated with the field; nevertheless, with televised Gomery Inquiry appearances, the practitioners are gaining a kind of celebrity status, at least, in the field's passage from gray functional to something else.

With that in mind, then, there are other government contracts which the CCRA and its forensic accountants might go through, instead of detouring around; for example. These contracts have to do with Bombardier and a network of influence and power.

This is most engaging reading matter -- yes, from a forensic accountant. . .

[www.DavidHawkinsResearch.com]-- IBAT Independent Benchmark Asset Tracking -- PDF by David Hawkins. Update June 1: the link had changed so I have fixed it.

I-BAT 004
New Flyer’s $273 million trolley buses? Bombardier’s $2 billion RAV Line?
A saga of procurement fraud by the GVRD and TransLink board?

Lack of transparency in TransLink’s use of “off-book credit” to buy specialized transit vehicles through a GVRD finance department with alleged links to organized labour and crime syndicates based in Montreal and New York.

[. . . . ] FACT: Bombardier’s (?) RAV project fails the ‘smell test’ because…

[. . . . ] BACKGROUND: The Vancouver Winter Olympics Bid Committee had a number of “Persons of Influence” who could be targets for kickbacks, bribes or extortion in return for their help in ‘fast tracking’ the otherwise un-financable $2 billion RAV project. Such targets include Ms. France Chrétien-Desmarais, Mr. Laurent Beaudoin, Chair of Bombardier Inc, Mr. Ken Georgetti, president of the Canadian Labour Congress and Mr. Peter Dhillon, political agent for federal cabinet minister, Herb Dhaliwal, and, with Sue Paish, a managing partner of the CCRA. [emphasis added]

Search:

Hells Angels
real-estate kickbacks
Richmond-Airport-Vancouver Rapid Transit project (RAV)
public-servant promoters
can buy cheap land
‘flip’ the property
rezoning.
government insiders
the Chretien-Desmarais family with Power Corp
MacDonald Dettwiler and Associates (MDA)
exclusive online access to BC’s land registry system (BC OnLine)
property information based on its
proprietary database
government insiders
privileged access to
opaque to the public
un-elected directors
TransLink CEO Pat Jacobsen,
Vancouver International Airport Authority president and CEO Larry Berg
B.C. deputy transportation minister Dan Doyle.
tax-free kickbacks
France Chrétien-Desmarais
control the Treasury Board of Canada and therefore control all public-private partnerships and off-book projects in Canada.
a director of Pargesa (Paribas Geneve S.A.) in Geneva, a holding company managing private investments for international clients, including
Andre Desmarais
Laurent Beaudoin
bcIMC
Bombardier which is bidding to design, build and operate
AMEC
Bouygues Travaux Publics SA


Read it and form your own conclusions.


LPO-CBC Suppressing or just Incompetent?

U.S. Government Agency Cites “China Pressure” in Stopping NTDTV Broadcast Posts Report About NTDTV-Eutelsat Satellite Agreement James Fish, The Epoch Times, Apr. 8, 05, via Prime Time Crime

I assume NTDTV refers to New Tang Dynasty Television. NJC

The United States’ Senate Congressional-Executive Committee on China has published a report on their website describing how the Chinese Communist government has systematically harassed and suppressed New York-based television station NTDTV, finally pressuring many companies to renege on contracts and agreements that allowed the station to broadcast overseas.

[. . . . ] Citing information from Reporters Without Borders (RSF), an internationally-respected media rights group, the report . . . .

On January 18, 2005, an RSF report said that the Chinese embassy in Ottawa had revoked visas issued to two Canadian journalists working for NTDTV who wished to cover Prime Minister Paul Martin's visit to China. [. . . . ]

Did you hear that on the Liberal Propaganda Organ? If it was on, it certainly was not replayed as often as most of its anti-CPC items CBC . . . suppressing what a good journalist should have been investigating and featuring. Who stood to benefit?




Powder burns TV station worker Kim Bradley, Toronto Sun, April 13, 2005

AN EMPLOYEE at the Chinese TV station New Tang Dynasty suffered burns to his hands after opening an envelope at the station that had white powder inside. It's the fourth attack on the station since two of its reporters had their visas revoked by Chinese authorities while following Prime Minister Paul Martin to China in January. [. . . . ]

TV crew detained as Martin lauds China on human rights -- Beijing visit -- "we had badges showing we were with the Prime Minister's trip"

In case this link disappears, the article was:

TV crew detained as Martin lauds China on human rights -- Beijing visit Robert Fife, CanWest, January 21, 2005 at this link.

http://www.canada.com/national/nationalpost/news/story.html?id=5f70a42a-e86f-4aef-9cda-589fda81647f

The important thing to remember is that it appears that the Chinese and Paul Martin did not want anyone to visit the home of the deceased leader, Mr. Zhao Ziyang:

the late communist party boss Zhao Ziyang, who was fired for opposing the Tiananmen Square massacre.

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