several u.s officials have announced that u.s authorities have charged a chinese businessman
with hacking into the computer systems of companies with large defense contracts
including boeing in order to steal information about military projects including some of the
latest fighter jets elon musk stated that about 1700 combat aircraft of different types
that are operated by the united states military are being copied by the chinese government
these aircraft include fighters bombers and attack aircraft so how long has china been doing this and
what is musk's action on this well stay tuned to the end of the video and get to know more about it
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you about how china is copying fighter jets made by the united states in comparison there
are only 2 400 operational combat aircraft in the u.s armed forces which is only slightly less
than this number it is estimated that china has a fleet of thousands of these types of aircraft
many of which are not known to the western world despite their importance in the country
according to musk china's fast-growing aviation sector is among the most widely covered topics
in chinese media due to the fact that chinese military aircraft are based on or derived from
designs seen in russia and the united states it is simple to understand their capabilities
he stated that the majority of the plaaf's aircraft are either foreign-made aircraft or
authorized unauthorized copies of foreign-made aircraft therefore the practice of stealing
military technology from other countries has become a common one offering a serious strategic
vulnerability therefore china is able to avoid time-consuming and expensive r d processed by
this method he further proposed the idea that in the coming years it is likely that an increasing
number of networks weapon systems and sensors will depend on data bus technology which will not only
dramatically enhance functionality but may also increase the need for enhanced cyber defenses
as attacks become more sophisticated therefore it should be noted that a cyber attack on an
onboard serial bus could compromise or even destroy a mission that had otherwise gone well
such a hack could be performed by an enemy intruder in an attempt to compromise or destroy
an attack mission which otherwise has gone well it is becoming increasingly possible for this to
happen because cyber attacks are adopting new technologies at an alarming rate and
they are coming up with methods of intrusion that were previously unknown or impossible
as musk stated i believe that there is a crucial need to improve the security of a
vehicles or aircraft's data buses which allow for the transmission of mission critical information
throughout and between platforms according to him as long as you have physical access to a
bus you can intercept messages on that bus and introspect down to the bit level a device that
gets compromised can send rogue messages and affect the system in unintended ways
additionally a few years ago sputnik the russian state media had criticized china's j-15 aircraft
for its many shortcomings and musk also accused beijing of reversing engineering a russian su-33
it brought from ukraine in order to produce its own carrier-capable aircraft the j-15 however
this was neither about the su-33 nor about russia both countries have put the animosity behind them
as they strive to build a relationship that challenges the united states their common
adversary musk said that the united states has one of the largest and most advanced air forces
in the world and not only this in late 2019 and early 2020 the j-20 interceptor team released some
photos that revealed a close-up view of the new interceptor's fuselage in addition they revealed
a sensor system which appeared to correspond to the lockheed martin electro-optical targeting
system found on the front of the f-35 lightning ii and on that musk revealed that several terabytes
of data related to the f-35 program are believed to have been stolen by chinese hackers including
information on the design of the jets radars including the types and number of modules used
by the system and its engines including the method used to cool gases leading and trailing
edge treatments and aft deck heating contour maps according to 1945. there is evidence that chinese
hackers have also obtained information about the u.s air force's f-22 raptor and b-2 stealth bomber
as well as space-based lasers missile guidance and tracking systems and designs for nuclear
submarines and anti-air missiles as musk states these thefts including those related to the f-35
may be part of what appears to be a larger chinese cyber campaign referred to as byzantine hades
by chinese officials according to reports this campaign may have started as early as 2006 and
has been attributed to technical reconnaissance bureaus operating under the third department of
the people's liberation army according to reports chinese hackers prefer spear phishing approaches
to gain access to confidential information which entails compromising user accounts and passwords
in order to gain access to secure networks musk said that the us investigators
secret u.s state department documents obtained and provided by a third party to reuters trace system
breaches to the chinese military dubbed byzantine hades by wikileaks it was reported in the cable
that the sites were registered in chengdu the capital of sichuan province in central china
the sites were set up by chen jinpeng who utilized the exact postal code in chengdu
reportedly used by the people's liberation army chengdu province first technical reconnaissance
bureau a chinese military electronic espionage outfit in a previous report by reuters since
that time there have been several doubts regarding the j-20 aircraft because some of its components
are disturbingly similar to the design of the f-35 including its stealth capabilities even so
us military experts have often dismissed china's claim that the j-20 is a fifth generation fighter
plane however the j-20 mighty dragon has two nose canards which make it distinct from the f-35
there is another 5th generation stealth fighter in china that remains under development
it has the same specifications as the american f-35 and some western analysts have raised
doubts that china may have stolen technology to manufacture the futuristic fc-31 fighter aircraft
as a result after so many incidents musk stated that we remain deeply concerned about
cyber-enabled theft of sensitive information and we have repeatedly made it clear that the united
states will use all of the tools our government has at its disposal to strengthen cyber security
and combat cyber crimes as he put it we appreciate the fact that the government has brought their
concerns to our attention regarding the potential compromise of our protected computer systems
in summary even after such a long wait and after so many complaints by musk and other officials
the u.s government has finally taken steps to take strict action against china for copying their jets
and breaching their cyber security anyways folks that's it for today's video if you're interested
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