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pactWhat Does China-Russia ‘No Hack’ Pact Mean For US?

Russia/China pact could be an Internet governance issue or a response to the U.S. DoD’s new cyber strategy, but one thing is certain: it doesn’t really mean China and Russia aren’t spying on one another anymore.

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Sara Kellerman Russia and China on Friday signed a pact agreeing not to hit one another with cyberattacks. Experts agree, however, that the countries don’t actually have any intention of ceasing their cyberespionage campaigns against each other. They say that the agreement instead is political posturing intended to send a message to the United States and its allies, though they differ slightly on what that message is, what motivated Russia and China to send it, and what it means for the U.S.

The nations also agreed to exchange technology, share information between their law enforcement agencies, and “jointly counteract technology that may ‘destabilize the internal political and socio-economic atmosphere,’ ‘disturb public order’ or ‘interfere with the internal affairs of the state,'” as the Wall Street Journal reports. Continue reading