{ "id": "17d5f3d1-ecbf-4ad4-9e11-84b2c2567720", "created_at": "2026-04-06T00:21:56.303147Z", "updated_at": "2026-04-10T03:37:58.775697Z", "deleted_at": null, "sha1_hash": "69ba836b746dc63d8887f37a81da2f3ac0b74acc", "title": "Enter the Cyber-dragon", "llm_title": "", "authors": "", "file_creation_date": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "file_modification_date": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "file_size": 639651, "plain_text": "Enter the Cyber-dragon\r\nBy Michael Joseph Gross, Brad Holland\r\nPublished: 2011-08-02 · Archived: 2026-04-05 21:19:30 UTC\r\nSkip to main content\r\nMenu\r\nNational Security\r\nSeptember 2011 Issue\r\nHackers have attacked America’s defense establishment, as well as companies from Google to Morgan Stanley to\r\nsecurity giant RSA, and fingers point to China as the culprit. The author gets an exclusive look at the raging\r\ncyber-war—Operation Aurora! Operation Shady rat!—and learns why Washington has been slow to fight back.\r\nRelated: Michael Joseph Gross goes inside Operation Shady rat.\r\nAugust 2, 2011\r\nhttps://www.vanityfair.com/news/2011/09/chinese-hacking-201109\r\nPage 1 of 6\n\ncorrection appended\r\nKeep Reading\r\nhttps://www.vanityfair.com/news/2011/09/chinese-hacking-201109\r\nPage 2 of 6\n\nContinue reading with a Vanity Fair subscription and get unlimited access, exclusive newsletters, and more. Your\r\nfirst month is free.\r\nSTART FREE TRIAL\r\nAlready a subscriber? Sign In\r\nSubscribe to continue. Unlock your free month today. GET DIGITAL ACCESS\r\nRead More\r\nBusiness\r\nhttps://www.vanityfair.com/news/2011/09/chinese-hacking-201109\r\nPage 3 of 6\n\nGaston Glock Made the World's Favorite Gun. 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