Cheat Sheet - This Is How China Hacks America

February 20, 2013 MANDIANT REPORT 1. This Is How China Hacks America Cybersecurity firm Mandiant released a massive and scathing report identifying a unit of the Chinese government that has hacked 115 U.S. companies. The Daily Beast's John Avlon and Sam Schlinkert break down the critical details. Plus, Eli Lake investigates whether state-sponsored Chinese hackers targeted him. Read it at The Daily Beast BLADE RUNNER 2. Testosterone at Pistorius Home Police said they found two boxes of testosterone and needles in Oscar Pistorius's bedroom, although defense lawyers argued that was not a banned substance but rather a herbal remedy the runner used. Witnesses to the fatal shooting of Reeva Steenkamp testified on Wednesday at a bail hearing that they heard screams at the house of her boyfriend before he fatally shot and killed her last week. Pistorius appeared in court Wednesday for the second day of a continuous battle to get bail after being charged with premeditated murder last week. The double-amputee Olympian has insisted he shot and killed Steenkamp because he mistakenly thought she was an intruder, but prosecuting attorneys have created a very different version of events. Read it at Associated Press BLAME GAME 3. It's Boehner's Sequester! Republicans have taken to calling the deep cuts that could reverse our hard-won economic recovery 'Obama's Sequester.' But a July 2011 PowerPoint obtained by The Daily Beast's John Avlon shows the opposite may be true. Read it at The Daily Beast CHAOS 4. Kansas City Blast 'Like an Earthquake' At least one person is still missing on Wednesday in a natural-gas explosion at a Kansas City restaurant on Tuesday night that injured at least 16 people. At least four of those injuries were considered critical. The blast, which happened at JJ's restaurant in the downtown shopping district, knocked out windows at least a half-block away and sent flames shooting up above the height of the buildings. "It sounded like thunder, but it felt like an earthquake," said witness Tracy Truitt. Due to the smell of natural gas at the restaurant earlier in the evening, JJ's employees had been canceling reservations—causing the restaurant to be relatively empty when the explosion happened. On Wednesday morning, the odor of gas still hung in the air. Read it at Kansas City Star YIKES 5. Only 15 Percent Approve of Congress Oh, Congress. Just 15 percent of Americans approve of Congress and a whopping 81 percent disapprove of the way it is handling the job, according to a Gallup poll released Tuesday. But things aren't quite as bleak as those numbers seem: unbelievably, it's up from Congress's all-time low approval rating of just 10 percent from February to August 2012. It's also a point up from January. Democrats fared slightly better than Republicans, with 19 percent approval, as opposed to Republicans, who mustered just 12 percent—which is a huge leap from its dismal 6 percent approval rating in January. Maybe the sun will come out after all for Congress after a long and lonely winter. Of course, there's always the looming sequester drama … Read it at Gallup HISTORIC Cameron Visits Indian Massacre Site But stops short of apology. TRAGIC Russian Questions Adoptee's Death Three-year-old allegedly beaten before he died in Texas. SHAKEUP Report: Soledad Leaving CNN Her promised primetime slot never happened. DOUBLE TROUBLE Texas Mom Has Two Sets of Twins Odds are one in 70 million. HE SAID, SHE SAID Clarkson 'Bullied' by Davis Memoir Accuses Davis of spreading false rumors and making her cry. GET The Cheat Sheet A speedy, smart summary of news and must-reads from across the Web. You'll love the featured original stories on politics, entertainment, and more from The Daily Beast's diverse group of contributors. GET Culture Beast Weekly cultural recommendations from The Daily Beast. Axelrod's Awk-Talk Now that the former Obama adviser is becoming the newest high-profile TV pundit, The Daily Beast takes a look at David Axelrod's unique brand of, er, eloquence. More Videos My Years With Jerry Buss by Derek Fisher Twitter's Rape-Joke Day by Caroline Linton He Said, He Said: Who Will Win on Oscar Night? by Ramin Setoodeh , Marlow Stern

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