Reply #21: It could be, but sometimes things are as simple as they look.

[caseymoz]

It seems to me that the PRC would put state security above everything: including feeding its people. It would put computer espionage and security at a very high priority. I don't think the "Great Firewall of China" only works one way, so spoofing its network is more difficult than it successfully spoofing other networks. When after security investigations are over and they've worked past the spoofs, if the arrows point to within China, than it's probably usually China. Especially when its identifiable enemies are involved.