1) expect to find a lot of PLA spooks in that location
2) expect to find that any China related hackers have their address there, because that's the last point that they can change their IP address before the packets head over to the US
Doesn't mean that the two groups are connected....
One thing that surprised me looking in this is how most internet traffic goes through a very few links. There are only two major connection points between the US and China and the neighorhood with the IP blocks hosts one of them.
In particular, if you the hackers were physically located in Beijing, I'd bet that the packets would look like they came from that part of Pudong.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TPE_%28cable_system%29
In other words, you'd
1) expect to find a lot of PLA spooks in that location 2) expect to find that any China related hackers have their address there, because that's the last point that they can change their IP address before the packets head over to the US
Doesn't mean that the two groups are connected....
One thing that surprised me looking in this is how most internet traffic goes through a very few links. There are only two major connection points between the US and China and the neighorhood with the IP blocks hosts one of them.
In particular, if you the hackers were physically located in Beijing, I'd bet that the packets would look like they came from that part of Pudong.